Patents Assigned to Daewoo Electronics Corporation
  • Drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 9534333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drum type washing machine including a tub; a drum in the tub, configured to receive laundry; a motor coupled to the tub configured to rotate the drum; a spider configured to transfer torque from the motor to the drum, the spider including a shaft mount connected to a shaft of the motor, a plurality of arms radially extending from the shaft mount, and a plurality of supporting bars extending from the arms; a fixing member configured to fix or attach the drum to the spider; a plurality of slide guides in at least one of a side surface of the drum and the supporting bars; and a plurality of slide rails on another one of the side surface of the drum and the supporting bars, configured to be inserted into and/or slide along the slide guides, wherein the drum is movable in forward and backward directions of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ju Dong Lee, Jeong Hyeon Kim, In Dong Kim, Hye Ung Kim
  • Cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 9526374
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber, a top wall plate with an upper heater hole section, a bottom wall plate with a lower heater hole section, and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; an upper heater unit on the top wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the upper heater hole section; a lower heater unit on the bottom wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the lower heater hole section; and a convection heater unit on the rear wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Han Ju Kim
  • Method for controlling drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 9518353
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drum type washing machine including a condensing duct configured to receive air from a tub, the method including supplying a first coolant into a storage unit in the condensing duct holding or maintain the first supply of the coolant in the storage unit; and supplying a second coolant into the storage unit after a preset or predetermined time period elapses is provided. The preset time period is shorter by a predetermined time length than an expected time period for thermal equilibrium between the coolant in the storage unit and the air in the condensing duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Su Joo
  • Washing machine and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9517585
    Abstract: A washing machine includes: a cabinet and a tub that is installed in the cabinet and holds washing water. The tub includes a cylindrical housing, and the housing is formed by blow molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Heui Seok Kwak
  • Compressor and valve assembly thereof for reducing pulsation and/or noise
    Patent number: 9518680
    Abstract: A valve assembly may include a valve plate having an inlet hole through which working fluid passes from a vacuum muffler, a first discharge hole through which working fluid discharged from a cylinder passes, a second discharge hole through which the working fluid from the first discharge hole passes, and a pulsation and/or noise reducing passage through which the working fluid from the second discharge hole flows; a discharge valve at or in the valve plate configured to open and/or close the first discharge hole; a valve sheet having a first hole therein communicating with the first discharge hole and a second hole therein at an outlet of the pulsation and/or noise reducing passage; and a vacuum valve in the valve sheet configured to open and/or close the inlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Won Woong Lee
  • Fully automatic washing machine having a laundry lifting device
    Patent number: 9499931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fully automatic washing machine for easily unloading washed laundry on a bottom surface of a washing tub, and more particularly, to a full automatic washing machine for easily unloading laundry by lifting the laundry from the bottom of the washing tub by lifting a pulsator at the bottom of the washing tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Young Ho Ham, Young Shin Park, Jin Sub Youn, Ahn Chul Jung
  • Drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 9493898
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes a main body including a cabinet, a drum in the cabinet having a rotational axis thereof parallel with the ground, and a motor configured to drive or rotate the drum; and an angle adjusting unit configured to adjust an angle of the main body from the ground and/or tilt the main body up to the angle, wherein the angle adjusting unit includes a base configured to support the main body and a driver on the base configured to tilt or raise the main body, and the angle adjusting unit is configured to tilt the main body at a rear lower end of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: In Dong Kim, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Hye Ung Kim, Ju Dong Lee
  • Refrigerator having curved door edges and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9470450
    Abstract: A refrigerator decreasing the space needed to opened a door by forming a curvature at an edge of the door and decreasing risk of an accident or injury caused when a body part is caught between the door and a wall, and a method of manufacturing the same, are disclosed according to embodiments of the present invention. The durability of the door may be improved by forming a curvature of the door edge so that a curvature radius of an upper side of the door is greater than a curvature radius of a lower side of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Man Sung Do
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: 9464376
    Abstract: A washing machine including an attachment groove on or in a top portion or surface of a cabinet; a joint member coupled to the cabinet and in the attachment groove; a door configured to open and close an inlet of the cabinet, and a damper connected to the joint member and configured to adjust or control a rotational speed of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dae Hyun Kim
  • Washing machine including a micro bubble generation unit
    Patent number: 9453295
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a main body that includes a washing unit capable of washing laundry and a micro bubble generation unit configured to generate micro bubbles and supply the generated micro bubbles to the washing unit. The micro bubble generation unit includes a circulation unit supplied with water from the washing unit and configured to pressurize the water at a high pressure, an air supplier configured to supply air, a mixer connected to the circulation unit and the air supplier, configured to mix the washing water and the air, and a slit through which the mixed water and air pass through to generate the micro bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung Gon Bae, Bae Gyun Kim, Ji Ae Jeong
  • Wall-mounted washing machine
    Patent number: 9435067
    Abstract: A wall-mounted washing machine includes a main body configured to be detachably mounted on a wall, a recess along a peripheral rear surface of the main body and configured to face the wall, and a removable seal in the recess and having a free end configured to contact the wall and block water from outside the washing machine from entering the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Man Ki Kim
  • Drum type washing machine
    Patent number: 9422656
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes a main tub having a main drum that rotates to wash laundry, a sub tub separate from the main tub and having a sub drum that rotates to wash laundry, and a clutch unit including a motor that provides a rotational force to at least one of the main drum and the sub drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ju Dong Lee, Jeong Hyeon Kim, In Dong Kim, Hye Ung Kim
  • Refrigerator with adjustable storage space
    Patent number: 9410733
    Abstract: An inner volume adjustment assembly using a sliding panel to adjust volumes of a refrigerating space and a freezing space of a refrigerator. The sliding panel divides a storage space into the refrigerating space and the freezing space which are respectively coupled to a refrigerating chamber and a freezer of the refrigerator. The sliding panel slides on a rail through a coupling shaft. The temperatures in refrigerating space and the freezing space can be controlled based on a detected position of the sliding panel in the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyo Su Kim
  • Suspension for washing machine and washing machine with the same
    Patent number: 9388522
    Abstract: A suspension for a washing machine and a washing machine with the suspension is disclosed. The suspension includes a support shaft; a first elastic member that surrounds a portion of the support shaft and provides a first elastic force to the support shaft in a longitudinal direction of the support shaft; a second elastic member between the support shaft and the first elastic member, and configured to provide a second elastic force different from the first elastic force to a support shaft in the same direction as the first elastic member; a guide stopper at one end of the support shaft, configured to restrict movement of the first elastic member and the second elastic member in one direction; and a housing on the support shaft that surrounds the first and second elastic members, configured to restrict movement of the first and second elastic members in another direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyoung Tae Yoon
  • Refrigerator having centrifugal fan-duct assembly
    Patent number: 9382909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a centrifugal fan-duct assembly including a body having a storage room therein; and the centrifugal fan-duct assembly in the storage room, configured to separate a flow of cool air and a flow of defrosted water from each other, in order to prevent freezing in the cool air passage. Since the flow and/or directions of cool air and the defrosted water are different and/or separate from each other, the cool air passage is prevented from freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Key Hwan Hwang
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: 9382653
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing machine that may include an integrated tub/drum that has a cylindrical shape or a truncated conical shape, stores water, holds or accommodates laundry together with the water, rotates, and has an opening in one region of the integrated tub/drum; a drum cover that separably or removably covers the opening of the integrated tub/drum and is separable or removable from the opening; and a cover hinge that is at one side and/or edge of the opening of the integrated tub/drum, and rotatably supports one side of the drum cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: In Dong Kim
  • Suspension for full automatic washing machine
    Patent number: 9365966
    Abstract: A suspension for an automatic washing machine is provided. The suspension includes a main body, a tub having a drum therein coupled to the main body, a snubber bar having one end connected to a cabinet of the washing machine and another end in the main body, a seal at to a lower end of the snubber bar and configured to slide and/or move in the main body, and one or more springs in the main body, configured to apply an elastic force to the seal when the seal slides and/or in the main body, and including at least two sections having different spring constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Man Ki Kim
  • Cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 9341382
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein; a door on the cavity unit, opening and closing an opening of the cavity unit; a heater in at least one of upper, rear and lower parts of the cavity unit, generating hot air to be supplied to the cooking chamber; a cooking container including a housing unit which has an entrance through which hot air enters, and a support unit on the housing unit and on which one or more cooking objects to be cooked by the hot air are placed; and an agitation unit configured to directly contact the cooking object(s) placed on the cooking container, and mix or turn the cooking object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Han Ju Kim
  • Level measuring device for a wall mounted drum type washing machine and method thereof
    Patent number: 9322123
    Abstract: A level measuring device for a wall mounted drum type washing machine and a level measuring method thereof, in which water levels of the left side and the right side of a tub of the wall mounted drum type washing machine are measured by first and second level measuring units, a control unit determines whether the washing machine is level from the measured water levels of the left and right sides of the tub, and a display unit displays a result of determining whether the washing machine is level, thereby reducing the installation time to install and level the washing machine, and allow a consumer to easily identify and maintain the level washing machine during use, thereby reducing vibrations and noise that occur during operation of the wall mounted drum type washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang III Bae
  • Water connecting device
    Patent number: 9297485
    Abstract: A connecting device for a washing machine or other apparatuses that connect to a water conduit includes a main body configured to connect to a water supply hose, having a passage through which water passes; a sealing unit in the main body, configured to contact the water conduit; a fixing unit in the main body, fixed to or in contact with an outer surface of the water conduit; and a tightening unit that screws onto the main body, configured to press and/or fix the fixing unit to the water conduit when the tightening unit is tightened. There is no need for a separate tool, because the connecting device is easily and conveniently connected by hand tightening the tightening unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Bo Hong