Patents by Inventor Byoungwoo Choi

Byoungwoo Choi 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: 9599348
    Abstract: An oven having a cabinet and a cooktop disposed above the cabinet is provided. The cooktop includes a top frame located at a top surface of the cabinet, the top frame including at least one heater installation opening and at least two heater support brackets adjacent the installation opening, a top plate located on a top surface of the top frame, and a heater located in the installation opening, the heater including at least two heater support holders, each support holder being elastically coupled to a corresponding support bracket to movably support the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoungwoo Choi, Euisu Jung, Jungmin Cha
  • Patent number: 9217573
    Abstract: Provided is a cook top unit of a cooker. The cook top unit for a cooker includes a top frame, a bracket, and at least one heating source. The top frame includes a top surface part and a rear surface part extending at a predetermined angle with respect to the top surface part. The bracket is fixed to a rear end of each lateral side of the top frame. The heating source is disposed at the top frame. At least a portion of the rear surface part is inserted in the bracket. Therefore, when the cooker is installed or used, the top frame may not be deformed, and an enamel coating layer on the top frame may not be damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Euisu Jung, Byoungwoo Choi, Dongwan Lim
  • Patent number: 9151505
    Abstract: A door for an oven and the oven are provided. The door includes a door frame and a door panel where the door panel is coupled to the door frame. The door panel includes a front panel, a top panel bent from an upper end of the front panel to form a topside of the door, the top panel having a first bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact a top side of the door frame, and a pair of side panels, each side panel being bent from a lateral side of the front panel to form lateral sides of the door, and each side panel having a second bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact sides of the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suhwan Kim, Yungeon Baek, Byoungwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 9115903
    Abstract: An oven door is provided. The oven door includes a door panel having an air discharging opening part configured to discharge air flowing in the oven door, a door frame coupled to the door panel, the coupled door panel and door frame providing at least one air introducing hole in the bottom of the door to introduce air into the door, an inner cover located between the door panel and the door frame, the inner cover having an inner opening, the inner cover and the door frame defining a space to allow airflow, an inner glass located in the inner opening of the inner cover, and a glass holder supporting the inner glass. Air introduced through the air introducing hole flows through the space between the door frame and the inner cover at both lateral sides of the glass holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwan Lim, Kilyoung Yu, Byoungwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 9012815
    Abstract: A drawer unit for an oven is provided. The drawer unit includes a drawer casing, a drawer movable into and out from the drawer casing, the drawer defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate food or a food container, and a warming heater disposed at an upper portion of the drawer casing between the drawer casing and the drawer to provide warming energy to the accommodation space. In addition, an oven including the drawer unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungmin Cha, Byoungwoo Choi, Seungjun Lee, Dongwan Lim
  • Patent number: 8925540
    Abstract: An oven is provided. The oven includes an oven chamber having an interior surface, the interior surface including a first recess at an upper portion thereof and a second recess provided in a portion of the first recess, a first heat source disposed in the first recess to provide energy for cooking food placed in the oven chamber, and a second heat source disposed in the second recess to provide energy for cooking food placed in the oven chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kilyoung Yu, Byoungwoo Choi, Euisu Jung, Seungjun Lee
  • Publication number: 20130019853
    Abstract: A door for an oven and the oven are provided. The door includes a door frame and a door panel where the door panel is coupled to the door frame. The door panel includes a front panel, a top panel bent from an upper end of the front panel to form a topside of the door, the top panel having a first bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact a top side of the door frame, and a pair of side panels, each side panel being bent from a lateral side of the front panel to form lateral sides of the door, and each side panel having a second bent portion spaced from the front panel to contact sides of the door frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Yungeon BAEK, Byoungwoo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130020308
    Abstract: A drawer unit for an oven is provided. The drawer unit includes a drawer casing, a drawer movable into and out from the drawer casing, the drawer defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate food or a food container, and a warming heater disposed at an upper portion of the drawer casing between the drawer casing and the drawer to provide warming energy to the accommodation space. In addition, an oven including the drawer unit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jungmin CHA, Byoungwoo Choi, Seungjun Lee, Dongwan Lim
  • Publication number: 20130019852
    Abstract: An oven is provided. The oven includes an oven chamber having an interior surface, the interior surface including a first recess at an upper portion thereof and a second recess provided in a portion of the first recess, a first heat source disposed in the first recess to provide energy for cooking food placed in the oven chamber, and a second heat source disposed in the second recess to provide energy for cooking food placed in the oven chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Kilyoung Yu, Byoungwoo Choi, Euisu Jung, Seungjun Lee
  • Publication number: 20130019851
    Abstract: An oven having a cabinet and a cooktop disposed above the cabinet is provided. The cooktop includes a top frame located at a top surface of the cabinet, the top frame including at least one heater installation opening and at least two heater support brackets adjacent the installation opening, a top plate located on a top surface of the top frame, and a heater located in the installation opening, the heater including at least two heater support holders, each support holder being elastically coupled to a corresponding support bracket to movably support the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Byoungwoo Choi, Euisu Jung, Jungmin Cha
  • Publication number: 20130019854
    Abstract: An oven door is provided. The oven door includes a door panel having an air discharging opening part configured to discharge air flowing in the oven door, a door frame coupled to the door panel, the coupled door panel and door frame providing at least one air introducing hole in the bottom of the door to introduce air into the door, an inner cover located between the door panel and the door frame, the inner cover having an inner opening, the inner cover and the door frame defining a space to allow airflow, an inner glass located in the inner opening of the inner cover, and a glass holder supporting the inner glass. Air introduced through the air introducing hole flows through the space between the door frame and the inner cover at both lateral sides of the glass holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Dongwan LIM, Kilyoung YU, Byoungwoo CHOI