Patents by Inventor Byoung Lee

Byoung Lee 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: 10433695
    Abstract: A robot cleaner enables a wet cleaning, has a replaceable cleaning unit, and ensures a sufficient friction force for doing a wet cleaning of a floor. The robot cleaner includes a frame including a wheel for driving, a replaceable cleaning unit formed at a lower part of the frame to clean a bottom surface and disposed in front of the wheel, a tank disposed at an upper part of the wheel and configured to supply fluid to the cleaning unit, a pump configured to pump the fluid contained in the tank such that the fluid contained in the tank is supplied to the cleaning unit, a hose configured to extend to the pump and the upper part of the cleaning unit and through which the fluid pumped by the pump flows, and a bumper formed on a side of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Du Hwan Hyun, Hwi Chan Jang, Dong Won Kim, Byoung In Lee, Sahng Jin Lee, Won Min Lee, Hyun Soo Jung, Seung Il Han
  • Publication number: 20190155276
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning robot including a main body; a driving unit configured to move the main body; a communication unit configured to establish wireless communication with a user terminal to which a manipulation command is input; and a controller configured to transmit a position detecting signal to the user terminal, and detect a position of the user terminal based on a time difference between the position detecting signal and a response signal transmitted from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Young JUNG, Shin KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Byung Chan KIM, Byoung In LEE
  • Publication number: 20190117028
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot cleaner which adjusts a suction area of air suctioned into a suction port through a shutter and a shutter driving device configured to operate the shutter, so that a flow rate of air is adjusted, thus more effectively suctioning dust in the air by using a fan motor having a fixed capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kyung Han JEONG, Byung Chan KIM, Woo Ram OH, Kyu Ha LEE, Byoung In LEE
  • Publication number: 20190045991
    Abstract: A robot cleaner motor assembly including: a fan motor and a fan motor casing including an exhaust passage for guiding, to an exhaust port, air discharged from the fan motor, wherein the exhaust passage includes: a first exhaust passage guiding the air such that the air, discharged from a discharge port of the fan motor, moves to an upper or lower side of the fan motor; a second exhaust passage guiding, to a front end of the fan motor, the air discharged from the first exhaust passage; a third exhaust passage guiding the air such that the air, discharged from the second exhaust passage, moves to the lower or upper side of the fan motor along left and right sides of the fan motor; and a fourth exhaust passage guiding, to an exhaust port, the air having moved along the left and right sides of the third exhaust passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-in LEE, Byung-chan KIM, Woo-ram OH, Won-kyu LIM, Kyung-han JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180292819
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a navigator to move a main body, a remote controller to output a modulated infrared ray in accordance with a control command of a user and to form a light spot, a light receiver to receive the infrared ray from the remote controller, and a controller to control the navigator such that the main body tracks the light spot when the modulated infrared ray is received in accordance with the control command. Because the cleaning robot tracks a position indicated by the remote controller, a user may conveniently move the cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jea Yun SO, Jin Hee KIM, Won Min LEE, Gwang Jin JUNG, Sang Hwa CHOI, Shin KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Byoung In LEE, Hyun Soo JUNG
  • Patent number: 10025305
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a navigator to move a main body, a remote controller to output a modulated infrared ray in accordance with a control command of a user and to form a light spot, a light receiver to receive the infrared ray from the remote controller, and a controller to control the navigator such that the main body tracks the light spot when the modulated infrared ray is received in accordance with the control command. Because the cleaning robot tracks a position indicated by the remote controller, a user may conveniently move the cleaning robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jea Yun So, Jin Hee Kim, Won Min Lee, Gwang Jin Jung, Sang Hwa Choi, Shin Kim, Sang Sik Yoon, Byoung In Lee, Hyun Soo Jung
  • Publication number: 20180184862
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner including a brush to rotate and collect foreign materials on the floor, and a grinder to grind the foreign materials collected through the brush. Since the hair-like foreign materials wound around the brush are grinded and cut by the grinders, a cleaning cycle of the brush can be extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ji Won CHOI, Byoung In LEE, Hak Bong LEE
  • Publication number: 20180103812
    Abstract: A robot vacuum cleaner that may increase cleaning efficiency around obstacles includes a main body having an intake to suck in dust and air while the main body is driven on a floor, a shutter installed in front of the intake to be able to move from the main body toward the floor, and a shutter driver configured to supply power to move the shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung In LEE, Young Ho Ko, Ji Won Choi, Hak Bong Lee, Seung II Han, Myeong Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20180028035
    Abstract: A robot cleaner enables a wet cleaning, has a replaceable cleaning unit, and ensures a sufficient friction force for doing a wet cleaning of a floor. The robot cleaner includes a frame including a wheel for driving, a replaceable cleaning unit formed at a lower part of the frame to clean a bottom surface and disposed in front of the wheel, a tank disposed at an upper part of the wheel and configured to supply fluid to the cleaning unit, a pump configured to pump the fluid contained in the tank such that the fluid contained in the tank is supplied to the cleaning unit, a hose configured to extend to the pump and the upper part of the cleaning unit and through which the fluid pumped by the pump flows, and a bumper formed on a side of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Du Hwan HYUN, Hwi Chan JANG, Dong Won KIM, Byoung In LEE, Sahng Jin LEE, Won Min LEE, Hyun Soo JUNG, Seung II HAN
  • Publication number: 20180000300
    Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a body to travel on a floor; an obstacle sensing unit to sense an obstacle approaching the body; an auxiliary cleaning unit pivotably mounted to a bottom of the body, to be extendable and retractable; and a control unit to control extension or retraction of the auxiliary cleaning unit based on a pivot angle formed by the auxiliary cleaning unit with respect to a travel direction of the body when the obstacle is sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Sik YOON, Byung Chan KIM, Byoung In LEE, Jun Hwa LEE, Jae Young JUNG
  • Patent number: 9795265
    Abstract: A robot cleaner enables a wet cleaning, has a replaceable cleaning unit, and ensures a sufficient friction force for doing a wet cleaning of a floor. The robot cleaner includes a frame including a wheel for driving, a replaceable cleaning unit formed at a lower part of the frame to clean a bottom surface and disposed in front of the wheel, a tank disposed at an upper part of the wheel and configured to supply fluid to the cleaning unit, a pump configured to pump the fluid contained in the tank such that the fluid contained in the tank is supplied to the cleaning unit, a hose configured to extend to the pump and the upper part of the cleaning unit and through which the fluid pumped by the pump flows, and a bumper formed on a side of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Du Hwan Hyun, Hwi Chan Jang, Dong Won Kim, Byoung In Lee, Sahng Jin Lee, Won Min Lee, Hyun Soo Jung, Seung Il Han
  • Patent number: 9758006
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a driving unit and a robot cleaner having the same. The robot cleaner has a configuration in which an elastic member is supported so that an angle formed between the elastic member and a rotation shaft of the driving unit is provided in a predetermined range to offset a decrease in an elastic force generated while the robot cleaner is driving on a surface having steps and a driving wheel protrudes downward from the robot cleaner. Accordingly, there is the effect where a traction force is maintained at a predetermined level for maintaining the driving performance of the robot cleaner even while the robot cleaner is driving and the driving wheel is lowered to decrease the elastic force of the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Han Jeong, Byoung In Lee
  • Publication number: 20170141615
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless power transmission device to reduce an electromagnetic wave except for a signal to be transmitted during wireless power transmission, the wireless power transmission device including a transmitter configured to generate a magnetic field by inputting a high-frequency power signal generated by a transmission circuit into a first coil, a receiver configured to generate an induced current by allowing the generated magnetic field to pass through a second coil, and a reducer configured to reduce a harmonic component of the high-frequency power signal using a third coil inserted on a path between the transmitter and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Seong Uk BAEK, Byoung In LEE, Woo Chul LEE, Jong Seup LEE, Dong Woo CHEON, Sang Bong JEON, Seong Min KIM, Duk Ju AHN, In Kui CHO, Byung Chan KIM, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG, Hyung Do CHOI
  • Patent number: 9526391
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a robot cleaner having an opening unit and a first dirt container funneled to the opening unit, and a maintenance station to which robot cleaner is docked to discharge dirt stored in the first dirt container. The maintenance station includes a first inlet hole configured to intake dirt from the first dirt container through the opening unit, a first outlet hole configured to blow air into the first dirt container, a circulating passage provided between the first inlet hole and the first outlet hole, a second dirt container disposed on the circulation passage to store dirt taken in from the robot cleaner, a draft apparatus having a draft fan and a fan motor to drive the draft fan to circulate air through the circulating passage, and a second outlet hole configured to discharge air inside the circulating passage of the maintenance station to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung In Lee, Dong Won Kim, Hyun Soo Jung, Hwi Chan Jang
  • Publication number: 20160302636
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a main body, a cleaning tool assembly connected to the main body to be movable in at least one axial direction, a handle part connected to the main body and configured to receive an applied force of a user, a detection part provided in the handle part and configured to detect a magnitude and a direction of the force applied to the handle part, and a control part configured to control the movement direction of the cleaning tool assembly based on the detected direction of the force and to control the movement distance of the cleaning tool assembly based on the detected magnitude of the force. In this way, the steering performance may be improved by reducing a horizontal load felt by a user when the user holds and moves the handle of the cleaner, fatigue felt when performing the cleaning operation may be removed by removing a vertical load applied by the handle, and convenience may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Chan Kim, Kyung Han Jeong, Shin Kim, Won Min Lee, Eun Sung Kim, Sang Sik Yoon, Byoung In Lee, Woo Ram Oh, Yeon Kyu Jeong, Jae Young Jung
  • Publication number: 20160297276
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a driving unit and a robot cleaner having the same. The robot cleaner has a configuration in which an elastic member is supported so that an angle formed between the elastic member and a rotation shaft of the driving unit is provided in a predetermined range to offset a decrease in an elastic force generated while the robot cleaner is driving on a surface having steps and a driving wheel protrudes downward from the robot cleaner. Accordingly, there is the effect where a traction force is maintained at a predetermined level for maintaining the driving performance of the robot cleaner even while the robot cleaner is driving and the driving wheel is lowered to decrease the elastic force of the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Han JEONG, Byoung In LEE
  • Publication number: 20160274579
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a navigator to move a main body, a remote controller to output a modulated infrared ray in accordance with a control command of a user and to form a light spot, a light receiver to receive the infrared ray from the remote controller, and a controller to control the navigator such that the main body tracks the light spot when the modulated infrared ray is received in accordance with the control command. Because the cleaning robot tracks a position indicated by the remote controller, a user may conveniently move the cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jea Yun SO, Jin Hee KIM, Won Min LEE, Gwang Jin JUNG, Sang Hwa CHOI, Shin KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Byoung-In LEE, Hyun-Soo JUNG
  • Publication number: 20160274580
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning robot including a main body; a driving unit configured to move the main body; a communication unit configured to establish wireless communication with a user terminal to which a manipulation command is input; and a controller configured to transmit a position detecting signal to the user terminal, and detect a position of the user terminal based on a time difference between the position detecting signal and a response signal transmitted from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Young JUNG, Shin KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Byung Chan KIM, Byoung In LEE
  • Patent number: 9241602
    Abstract: A driving wheel assembly and a robot cleaner having the same includes a main body and a driving wheel assembly including a driving wheel, a housing, a driving motor, a rotary member with rotation around a rotation shaft of the driving motor, where the rotary member includes a first unit and a second unit disposed at a position opposite to the driving wheel with respect to the rotation shaft of the driving motor, and a compression coil spring disposed between the housing and the second unit to apply pressure to the second unit, where a distance between a contact point where the compression coil spring and the second unit contact and the rotation shaft of the driving motor is shorter than a distance between a rotation shaft of the driving wheel and a rotation shaft of the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung In Lee, Hwi Chan Jang, Hyun Soo Jung, Dong Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8912377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing aromatic products (benzene/toluene/xylene) and olefin products from petroleum fractions obtained by fluid catalytic cracking, and, more particularly, to a method of producing products comprising high-concentration aromatic products and high value-added light olefin products from light cycle oil obtained by fluid catalytic cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Joong Kim, Tae Jin Kim, Do Woan Kim, Sung Won Kim, Sang Hun Oh, Sam Ryong Pakr, Seung Hoon Oh, Yoon Kyung Lee, Gyung Rok Kim, Hong Seok Jung, Eun Kyoung Kim, Byoung In Lee, Dae Hyun Choo