Patents by Inventor Byeongmin KIM

Byeongmin KIM 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: 20250102149
    Abstract: A cooking appliance may include a cavity configured to accommodate food to be cooked, a heater disposed in the cavity, a thermistor disposed in the cavity and configured to measure a temperature of the cavity, a blowing fan disposed outside the cavity and configured to discharge air from the cavity to a surroundings of the cavity, a circuit breaker disposed outside the cavity and configured to cut off power to the cooking appliance, and a controller configured to control an operation of the cooking appliance. Additionally, a method for controlling the cooking appliance may include operating the blowing fan when the temperature of the cavity reaches a first set temperature, stopping the operation of the blowing fan when the temperature of the cavity increases, and cutting off the power to the cooking appliance when a temperature of the circuit breaker reaches a fourth set temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junhee LEE, Moon Ho CHOI, Seungtae JANG, Jaekeun LEE, Soomin CHOI, Byeongmin KIM, Seungho HAN, Younghwan KWON
  • Publication number: 20250060107
    Abstract: A method for controlling cleaning of a cooking appliance is discussed. The cooking appliance may include a cavity configured to accommodate food to be cooked, the cavity including a panel, a broil heater configured to apply radiant heat to the cavity, and a bake heater configured to heat the panel. Additionally, the method may include selecting a mode including selecting a self-clean mode of the cavity, increasing an internal temperature of the cavity to a set second temperature, and maintaining the internal temperature of the cavity at the second temperature. Further, the increasing the internal temperature may include controlling a temperature increase rate inside the cavity in the increasing the internal temperature by operating the broil heater and the bake heater alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungtae JANG, Moon Ho CHOI, Junhee LEE, Jaekeun LEE, Younghwan KWON, Seungho HAN, Byeongmin KIM