Patents Assigned to Daewoo Electronics
  • Refrigerator door frame apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9958196
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator door frame apparatus and method. In one embodiment, a refrigerator door frame: a first side section forming a first side of the door frame; a second side section forming a second side of the door frame; a third side section forming a third side of the door frame, the third side section integrally coupled to the first side section and the second side section; and a fourth side section forming a fourth side of the door frame; the fourth side section integrally coupled to the first side section and the second side section; wherein the first side section, the second side section, the third side section, and the fourth side section are integrally formed with one another, and one or more ribs are formed on one or more of the first side section, the second side section, the third side section, and the fourth side section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Jin Yang
  • Drum-type washing machine
    Patent number: 9951452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drum type washing machine, including a cabinet configured to form an outer appearance; a tub in the cabinet and configured to contain water therein; a drum in the tub and configured to accommodate laundry therein; and a lifter on the drum, configured to lift the laundry in the drum by upward rotation of the drum. The lifter comprises a lifter housing fixed to the drum and having an opening in one or more ends or sides thereof; and a lifter plate pivotally coupled to the lifter housing, the lifter plate being configured to hold water in the lifter during the upward rotation of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: In Dong Kim
  • Dispenser with an integral control switch for discharging water and ice on refrigerator
    Patent number: 9926183
    Abstract: A refrigerator with a single lever switch for a user to control dispensing both water and ice. A water/ice dispenser includes a main body, an ice discharge port disposed on one side of the main body, an ice guide coupled to the outlet of the ice discharge port, a water discharge port disposed on the other side of the main body, and an integral lever. The integral lever is coupled pivotally to the ice guide through its middle portion. One end of the integral lever serves as a water discharge button for a user to request dispensing water and the other end of the integral lever serves as an ice discharge button for a user to request dispensing ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Sun Kim
  • Dispenser for a refrigerator
    Patent number: 9920978
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid dispenser for a refrigerator. According to some embodiments, the liquid dispenser includes a liquid discharge unit including a nozzle through which liquid received in the liquid dispenser is discharged, and a lever that opens and closes the nozzle based on whether the lever is pressed or not. A liquid receiving unit receives the liquid discharged from the liquid discharge unit, and a support unit allows the liquid receiving unit to be positioned to press the lever based on the weight of liquid in the liquid receiving unit. A damper may be used to stably seat the receiving unit and reduce or eliminate noise generated when liquid flows to the liquid receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wang Goo Lee
  • Ice tray for ice-making device and method of making ice
    Patent number: 9915460
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ice tray comprising: a tray body configured to provide ice-making spaces configured to retain water; a plurality of partition walls extending upward from a bottom surface of the tray body to define the ice-making spaces; and a vibration-generating unit configured to vibrate the tray body. The vibration-generating unit can include a vibration-generating member configured to generate vibration and a mounting member configured to mount the vibration-generating member to a lower surface of the tray body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Jin Yang
  • Ice making system and method for refrigerator
    Patent number: 9903636
    Abstract: A method and system for ice making in a refrigerator is disclosed. The ice making system comprising an ice making unit that makes ice cubes in a refrigerator compartment door, a cool air producing unit that is provided in a refrigerator body and cools air inside a cooling duct, a connection unit that connects the ice making unit to the cooling duct in response to a closure of the refrigerator compartment door onto the refrigerator body, and a cool air circulation unit that supplies the cool air from the cool air producing unit to the ice making unit and discharges the cool air from the ice making unit to the cool air producing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Min Bon Koo
  • Compressor and discharging muffler thereof
    Patent number: 9903356
    Abstract: A discharge muffler may include a discharge space in the cylinder block and a pulsation and/or noise reducing member (e.g., a pulsation reducing member) engaged in the discharge space having a passage (e.g., a pulsation and/or noise reducing passage) on a circumferential surface configured to guide the working fluid to an inner space of the discharge space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yong Seok Lee
  • Refrigerator including a door opening device
    Patent number: 9897368
    Abstract: A refrigerator equipped with a door opening device that can be triggered to facilitate door opening when a door handle is moved by a user in either of the two permitted opposite directions. A first link member is coupled to the door handle and can be rotated in the same direction as the door handle. A second link member is coupled to the first link member. The second link member is configured to be rotated by the first link member when the door handle is rotated in one direction, and to remain stationary when the door handle is rotated in another direction. When door handle is rotated, the first or the second link member can cause a slide member to slide out of the refrigerator door partially to press against the main body, thereby opening the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Hwan Lee
  • Over-the-range microwave oven and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9900936
    Abstract: An over-the-range microwave oven includes: a housing; an electric equipment chamber which is disposed in the housing, and includes a control panel, and a drive unit; a cooking chamber which is disposed in the housing and controlled by the electric equipment chamber, and has an air inlet portion which is disposed at one side of the cooking chamber and into which outside air flows, and an opening and closing unit which is disposed at the other side of the cooking chamber and that is opened and closed based on a flow rate of flowing air; and a duct unit in the housing and disposed outside the cooking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Hyuk Imm, Jong Jin Lee
  • Centrifugal fan for devices including refrigerators
    Patent number: 9885361
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan for a refrigerator can include a plurality of vanes arranged radially about a central a shaft; a ring-shaped shroud coupled to the vanes and having a curved portion with a predetermined radius or curvature and also having an angled portion with a predetermined gradient or angle relative to the curved portion; and a bottom surface coupled to the vanes on the side opposite the shroud; where a ratio (r/R) of an inner diameter r, which is the shortest distance between the vane and the shaft, and an outer diameter R, which is the longest distance between the vane and the shaft, is approximately 0.69±0.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hyuk Jang Kwon
  • Over-the-range microwave oven and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9888531
    Abstract: An over-the-range microwave oven includes: a housing; a cooking unit which is disposed in the housing; an air discharge unit which includes an air discharge motor in the housing; an air discharge duct unit which discharges air through the air discharge unit; a cooling duct unit which guides outside air to the air discharge motor in order to cool the air discharge motor; and a duct unit in which the air discharge duct unit and the cooling duct unit are separated vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hyuk Imm, Jong Jin Lee
  • Ice making system and method for a refrigerator
    Patent number: 9879896
    Abstract: Ice making system and method for a refrigerator is disclosed. The ice making system includes an ice making unit that makes ice cubes, a cold air generator that cools air inside a cooling duct so as to produce cold air, a cold air circulation unit that supplies the cold air from the cold air generator to the ice making unit, and discharges the cold air from the ice making unit to the cold air generator, and a cold air guiding unit that circulates the cold air inside the ice making unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Min Bon Koo
  • Microwave range
    Patent number: 9877360
    Abstract: A microwave range includes a main body having a cooking chamber therein; and a tray unit in the cooking chamber, in which the tray unit is configured to rotate food on a first plane and a second plane, the second plane being is orthogonal to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chang Ho Lee
  • Dryer for wall-mounted washing machine
    Patent number: 9869051
    Abstract: A dryer for a wall-mounted washing machine is disclosed. The dryer provides a duct passage that is curved in multiple ways, and that has a heater and a fan. Therefore, the dryer may be installed in a wall-mounted washing machine having a relatively small or narrow accommodating space. The dryer may have a relatively high gas flow rate and/or flow velocity. That is, the dryer may implement a function for drying laundry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Bo Hong
  • Refrigerant channel-integrated ice making tray and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 9869504
    Abstract: A refrigerant channel-integrated ice making tray includes an ice making tray configured to have a number of partition ribs for containing water; and a refrigerant channel configured to traverse under the partition ribs inside of the ice making tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Won Gu Park
  • Ice maker capable of adjusting full-ice level, device and method for adjusting full-ice level
    Patent number: 9863686
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a full-ice level includes: an ice making tray for making ice; an ice making tray fixing unit positioned on both sides of the ice making tray to support the ice making tray; an ice storage unit positioned below the ice making tray and for storing ice that is separated from and drops from the ice making tray; a full-ice level sensor for sensing the highest level of ice stored in the ice storage unit; a sensor guide on which the full-ice level sensor is installed, and positioned in the ice storage unit; and a motor on one side of the ice making tray fixing unit and coupled with the sensor guide, and for moving the sensor guide upward and downward in the ice storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Won Gu Park
  • Ice maker of refrigerator and manufacturing method for the same
    Patent number: 9857121
    Abstract: An ice maker includes a cooling unit for generating cold air; a case defining a cooling space for receiving the cold air; an ice making assembly for making ice; and a bucket for receiving the ice. The ice making assembly includes an ice tray; and a cold air guiding unit for guiding the cold air to the lower side of the ice tray. A guide member of the guiding unit defines a flow channel, along which the cold air flows, between the guide member and the bottom surface of the tray. The guide member includes a first inclined section extending in a longitudinal direction of the ice tray for guiding the cold air to the bottom surface of the tray. An imaginary extension line of the first inclined section reaches between two of the ice making recesses adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the ice tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Jin Yang
  • Over-the-range microwave oven and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9854628
    Abstract: An over-the-range microwave oven including a duct unit configured to direct air from the back of the oven to the front and further includes an integrated duct module. The duct unit includes: a first panel at the bottom, a pair of second panels forming both lateral side surfaces of the duct unit. Water vapor generated from food being cooked flows along an enclosed flow path and thus is unaffected by the exhaust air flow. A humidity sensor is disposed on the first panel and operable to detect water vapor in the cooking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hyuk Imm, Jong Jin Lee
  • Drainage device for wall-mounted washing machine
    Patent number: 9845565
    Abstract: A drainage device for a wall-mounted washing machine includes a drain housing having an inlet at an upper side of a body, a valve wall in the body, a drain and a cap receiver at a lower side of the body opposite to the inlet relative to the valve wall, and a driving unit or actuator receiver on the valve wall, a cap on the cap receiver configured to collect foreign materials; and a driving unit or actuator in the driving unit or actuator receiver, configured to open and close the valve wall. As a result, the user cannot come in contact with the inlet, thereby preventing accidents or burns from components in or near the inlet, such as a heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Ui Kun Hwang
  • Washing machine and washing method thereof
    Patent number: 9840801
    Abstract: A washing machine includes an auxiliary washing unit. When an inner tank is rotated during a washing cycle or a rinsing cycle, washing water passing through the auxiliary washing unit impacts the laundry, which lies by trapping on a projection member, thereby improving washing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: In Dong Kim