Patents Examined by Pallavi Chitta
  • Patent number: 11993884
    Abstract: A washing machine of the present disclosure includes a rotating tub configured to receive laundry, a motor configured to apply a driving force to the rotating tub, a detector configured to detect electrical signal of the motor; a controller configured to receive the electrical signal detected by the detector for a predetermined time when the speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value in the received electrical signal, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the obtained average value and the ripple value, and control an operation of the motor to stop or maintain the dehydration stroke based on the obtained eccentric value and a driver configured to drive the motor in respond to a control command of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Mo Lee, Jun Hyun Park, Jung Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 11959216
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of identifying whether laundry of an inner tub includes waterproof clothing. The washing machine includes a cabinet provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof, an outer tub provided in the cabinet, an inner tub provided in the outer tub, a motor configured to rotate the inner tub, a camera configured to capture an image of an inside of the inner tub, and a controller configured to control the motor to increase a rotational speed of the inner tub to a first rotational speed during spinning. The controller is configured to control the motor to set the rotational speed of the inner tub to a second rotational speed, which is less than the first rotational speed, based on the image of the inside of the inner tub captured by the camera during the spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungmo Lee, Junhyun Park, Seokmo Chang, Jeonghoon Kang
  • Patent number: 11952699
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet including an entrance which is formed in a front surface of the cabinet such that laundry is input into or output from the entrance, a tub mounted inside the cabinet, a drum received in the tub and rotatably provided, a motor to provide driving force to rotate the drum, and a vibration sensor to sense vibration of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Younghan Cho
  • Patent number: 11952698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine. A laundry treatment machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure including an inverter to convert the DC voltage from the converter into an alternating current (AC) voltage based on a switching operation and to output the converted AC voltage to the drain motor; and a controller to control the drain motor to operate at any one of a first speed, a second speed less than the first speed, and a stop when the washing tub motor is accelerated. Accordingly, according to the operation of the washing tub motor, it is possible to efficiently drive the drain motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junsung Kim, Sungwan Kim, Chungill Lee
  • Patent number: 11950739
    Abstract: A wash arm (1) for a commercial dishwasher (50), with a wash arm housing (2) which extends in a longitudinal direction and in which at least one inlet for supplying washing liquid and at least one nozzle opening for spraying the supplied washing liquid are formed, wherein at least one cleaning opening (4) with an assigned opening/closing mechanism (5) is provided preferably at at least one end region of the wash arm housing (2), wherein the opening/closing mechanism (5) is designed to automatically open for thorough rinsing of at least one region of the wash arm housing (2) in particular as required and to automatically close for ending the thorough rinsing of the at least one region of the wash arm housing (2) in particular as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Adrian Boldt
  • Patent number: 11885058
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior. An antenna is configured to receive RFID data from RFID tags on the laundry items and outputs a signal indicative of the RFID data. A controller receives the signal from the antenna and is configured to process the signal and to suggest, alter, or implement the cycle of operation based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Hammond, David Adrian Moelker, Luke John Paul
  • Patent number: 11885056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine. The laundry treatment machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a controller configured to start dewatering after a first period from completion of drainage when a lift is at a first level, and to start the dewatering after a second period from the completion of the drainage when the lift is at a second level greater than the first level, wherein the second period is longer than the first period. Accordingly, based on the lift, it is possible to change the dewatering entry period after drainage is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungmoon Je, Kiwook Lee
  • Patent number: 11879203
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle that is self-contained and equipped to wash firefighter gear at the firefighter's station. The vehicle would be on a dispatched network and be activated after an incident, and for scheduled cleanings on a regular basis; the vehicle having the required equipment to clean all contaminated gear by use of a sonic cleaner, extractors, and dryers. The process includes monitoring the life of the gear and decontaminating the gear in accordance with the gear manufacturer's recommendations. Gear that has been cleaned is reassembled, wrapped, sealed and placed back into a fireman's station, giving the firefighter the assurance that their firefighting gear was cleaned, sanitized, and serviced per the manufacturer's recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HC Risk Reduction, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Matros
  • Patent number: 11873597
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet including a first front panel arranged on a front side and a second front panel arranged on the first front panel and operated by a user, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to provide a space to store laundry, and a panel cover arranged on a front side of the second front panel to protect the second front panel. The panel cover includes a water penetration prevention rib formed on a top surface thereof to prevent water from penetrating into the control part from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Namchul Kim, Seunghyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11868881
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence laundry drying machine is provided. The artificial intelligence laundry drying machine includes a communication unit configured to receive washing information of a washing machine from the washing machine, a drying unit configured to dry a drying object, and a processor configured to acquire information about a dryness degree of the drying object by using the washing information and perform drying by using the information about the dryness degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghoon Chae, Esther Park
  • Patent number: 11851797
    Abstract: A washing machine and a control method therefor are disclosed. The washing machine comprises: a sensor for emitting white light, which includes infrared (IR) light, at washing water and receiving, from the white light emitted at the washing water, visible light of a specific wavelength and infrared light of a specific wavelength, which are reflected by the washing water or penetrate the washing water; and a processor for determining turbidity and the color of the washing water on the basis of the intensity and patterns of the visible light and the infrared light of the specific wavelengths, which are received from the sensor, and controlling an operation of the washing machine on the basis of the turbidity and the color of the washing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-hoe Choi, Tae-gyoon Noh, Seo-ho Lee, Jeong-su Han
  • Patent number: 11846060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus and a control method thereof. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a tub providing a space in which washing water is stored, a drum, a drain pump, a control unit controlling water supply and drain and determining a drain state, and a pump control unit changing and controlling an operation speed of the drain pump depending on the drain state and is configured to drain the washing water by repeating a process of decreasing and then increasing a speed of the drain pump depending on a speed set by the pump control unit, such that the wash water does not remain and may be effectively drained, and noise generated due to a flow of residual water and an operation of the drain pump may be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jinkeun Kang
  • Patent number: 11842903
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate is provided. The apparatus for treating the substrate includes a high pressure chamber to provide a treatment space to perform a process of treating the substrate using a process fluid, a fluid supply source to provide the process fluid to the high pressure chamber, a fluid supply unit to supply the process fluid to the treatment space of the high pressure chamber, an exhaust unit to exhaust the process fluid in the high pressure chamber, and a pre-vent unit to vent a process fluid remaining inside a supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miso Park, Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11821128
    Abstract: A control method of washing machine includes: a first detection step of acquiring amount of laundry accommodated in a washing tub; a first washing step of performing washing based on a first laundry amount, when the first laundry amount acquired in the first detection step is equal to or larger than a preset first threshold value; a second detection step of, acquiring the laundry amount accommodated in the washing tub by an output of an output layer of an artificial neural network while using a current value inputted to a motor for rotating and acceleration of the washing tub as an input data of an input layer of the artificial neural network previously learned by machine learning; and a second washing step of performing washing based on a second laundry amount, when the second laundry amount acquired in the second detection step is smaller than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myunghun Im, Hwanjin Jung, Seonhwa Yu, Sunggyun Kim, Kyungchul Woo
  • Patent number: 11793387
    Abstract: A dishwasher has a housing (10) with a wash chamber (20) and a top wall (204) with a non-planar surface (214;214?) facing downwardly into the wash chamber, the surface having portions (216,218; 226,228) facing downwardly and facing in different horizontal directions (H1,H2; HX,HY,HP,HQ). Nozzles (402) mounted within the wash chamber spray a liquid upwardly within the wash chamber. The surface portions redistribute the upwardly-sprayed water in horizontal directions to provide a more uniform washing action. A portable dishwasher may have a fresh water reservoir (422) and a used water reservoir (430) mounted in the housing beneath the wash chamber. The used water reservoir may be removably mounted in the housing so that the user can remove used wash water by removing the used water reservoir. The portable dishwasher can be used at a location remote from a sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OhmIQ, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremiah M. Callahan, Michael J. Wieckowski
  • Patent number: 11737639
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a main body, a tub provided in the inside of the main body, a basket provided in the inside of the tub to store dishes, an injection unit configured to spray wash water to wash dishes in the basket, and a circulation pump configured to circulate wash water, a sump arranged on a lower surface of the tub, and a connector provided to connect the circulation pump to the injection unit and having a tubular shape. The sump includes a coupling portion extending upward from the lower surface of the tub, and the connector and the injection unit are connected to each other in the inside of the tub by being coupled to the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Chang Wook Lee, Kyu Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 11723510
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a detergent solution from a solid detergent into a dishwasher includes a dispenser that can collect water sprayed into the dishwasher and use the collected water to produce the detergent solution by dissolving a portion of the solid detergent, controlling the amount of the detergent solution produced, and releasing the produced detergent solution between cleaning cycles. The dispenser can perform these functions automatically without being electrically powered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Bharath Jairam, Daniel Davis Anderson, Steven James Lundberg, Thomas David LaVenture, Marvin Harris York, Michael Patrick Kremer
  • Patent number: 11725324
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet including an entrance which is formed in a front surface of the cabinet such that laundry is input into or output from the entrance, a tub mounted inside the cabinet, a drum received in the tub and rotatably provided, a motor to provide driving force to rotate the drum, and a vibration sensor to sense vibration of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Younghan Cho
  • Patent number: 11718946
    Abstract: A laundry treatment machine includes a washing tub, a washing tub motor, a water level sensor, a drain pump, a motor to operate the drain pump, a converter to output DC power, an inverter to convert the DC power into AC power, and a controller to, when power consumed by the motor during a drainage operation does not reach first power, perform control to increase a speed of the motor or the power consumed by the motor, and when the power consumed by the motor during the drainage operation reaches the first power and remains within a first range corresponding to the first power and then falls from the first range, output a drainage completion message. Accordingly, it is possible to quickly and accurately determine the completion of the operation of the drain pump. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the drainage time and reduce the waste of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jinkeun Kang
  • Patent number: 11718945
    Abstract: The present application relates to a laundry treating apparatus. More specifically, the present application relates to a laundry treating apparatus having a camera and a control method thereof. One embodiment of the present application provides a method including: causing a drum to move laundry inside the drum; generating time-series images of movement of the laundry by capturing an inside of the drum while the laundry moves over time; determining a movement state of the laundry based on the generated time-series images while the drum rotates at a revolutions per minute (RPM); controlling the RPM of the drum based on the movement state of the laundry to increase a laundry spread value; and after the laundry spread value has increased, increasing the RPM of the drum to perform a spinning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yunsik Park