Patents by Inventor Byeong Kang

Byeong Kang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080006048
    Abstract: An ice tray assembly and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ice tray assembly includes an outer case on which a water container is mounted, and an inner case detachably mounted in the outer case to include ice trays which are supplied with water from the water container. The ice tray assembly includes the inner case which is detachable therefrom, thereby facilitating washing. Further, the ice trays can be supplied with water at once without water leakage and ice cubes made in the ice trays can be separated from the ice trays at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong YOON, Byeong Kang, Young Woo Kim, Sang Park, Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20070295023
    Abstract: Disclosed are a water tank and a refrigerator having the same. The water tank includes a tank main body provided with a water storage space formed therein and a discharge hole; a tank cover connected to the tank main body for opening and closing the water storage space; a valve movably installed in the tank main body for opening and closing the discharge hole; and a valve driving unit moving the valve using magnetic force so as to cause the valve to open and close the discharge hole. The water tank is opened and closed by the magnetic force of magnets and the restoring force of elastic members, and thus it is possible to prevent water stored in the water tank from leaking out in a process of attaching or detaching the water tank to or from the rear surface of a door or a refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Yoon, Byeong Kang, Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20070283714
    Abstract: An ice tray assembly and refrigerator having the same are disclosed, by which pieces of ice stored in a plurality of ice trays can be simultaneously discharged by a single motion without interfering with each other. The present invention includes a plurality of ice trays vertically provided within a case, a plurality of the ice trays connected to one another by an interoperating means to be simultaneously rotated and a driving means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays by being connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Yoon, Byeong Kang, Jae Lee