Patents by Inventor Byong-Yeul Kim

Byong-Yeul 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).

  • Patent number: 7360278
    Abstract: A home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator. Guide slots 72 are provided in both side surfaces of an opening 59 provided in a refrigerator door 55 and connected to one ends of links 75 which rotate and vertically move. Then, a home-bar door 63 is installed in the opening 59 so that an upper end of the home-bar door 63 vertically rotates about a hinge 65. The other ends of the links 75 are pivotably connected to both side surfaces of the home-bar door 63, respectively. An upward elastic force from coil springs 77 is provided to the one ends of the links 75, while an elastic force from torsion springs 79 is provided to the other ends of the links 75. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the impact due to the rapid opening of the home-bar door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Byong-Yeul Kim, Soo-Beom Lee
  • Publication number: 20050132535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator. According to the present invention, guide slots 72 are provided in both side surfaces of an opening 59 provided in a refrigerator door 55 and connected to one ends of links 75 which rotate and vertically move. Then, a home-bar door 63 is installed in the opening 59 so that an upper end of the home-bar door 63 vertically rotates about a hinge 65. The other ends of the links 75 are pivotably connected to both side surfaces of the home-bar door 63, respectively. An upward elastic force from coil springs 77 is provided to the one ends of the links 75, while an elastic force from torsion springs 79 is provided to the other ends of the links 75. According to the present invention so constructed, it is possible to reduce the impact due to the rapid opening of the home-bar door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Byong-Yeul Kim, Soo-Beom Lee