Patents by Inventor Byung Kwan YANG

Byung Kwan YANG 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: 11668511
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and close the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a front surface in a form of a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Yong Lee, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Byung Kwan Yang, Jae Pil Cho, Hyo Ju Han
  • Publication number: 20220316788
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and dose the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a front surface in a form of a flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joo Yong LEE, Il Sung BAE, Joo Hee SONG, Byung Kwan YANG, Jae Pil CHO, Hyo Ju HAN
  • Publication number: 20220252325
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from Elite evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and close the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a from surface in a form of a flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Joo Yong Lee, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Byung Kwan Yang, Jae Pil Cho, Hyo Ju Han
  • Patent number: 11402146
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body including an inner case and an outer case, a storage compartment defined by the inner case, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, an ice making chamber disposed on a rear surface of the door, a fan configured to supply cold air to the storage compartment and the ice making chamber, and a guide passage formed by being recessed into the inner case to guide cold air supplied by the fan to the ice making chamber. The inner case includes an upper wall, and the guide passage is formed by being recessed into the upper wall of the inner case to be exposed to the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Woo Jeon, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Ki-Hyun Kim, Byung Kwan Yang
  • Patent number: 11313607
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a duct module, wherein the duct modules include a front panel and a rear panel coupled to each other in the front-rear direction and forming a flow path, a plurality of flow path forming protrusions extending from a front surface of the front panel to form a flow path therebetween, and a sealing surface extending parallel to the rear surface of the front panel from front ends of the plurality of flow path forming protrusions and in surface contact with the rear surface of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Yong Lee, Sun Gi Hong, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Byung Kwan Yang
  • Patent number: 11306960
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a cabinet in which a storeroom is formed and including a duct opening; a cooling module detachably coupled to the cabinet and including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, a module body having a space in which the evaporator is accommodated, and a duct module detachably coupled to the module body to guide cold air produced from the evaporator to the storeroom, wherein the duct opening, the duct module and the storeroom are arranged so that, when the duct module is detached from the module body, the duct module is passable through the duct opening to be removed through the storeroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Jin Hong, Il Sung Bae, Byung Kwan Yang, Byung Woo Jeon, Sun Gi Hong
  • Publication number: 20220099352
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open. An evaporator is arranged inside the main body and is configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber. A first duct is configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber and a second duct is configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber. A connection duct is configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper is configured to selectively open and close the connection duct. The damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a flat front surface in a form of a flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Yong LEE, Il Sung BAE, Joo Hee SONG, Byung Kwan YANG, Jae Pil CHO, Hyo Ju HAN
  • Publication number: 20210095910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator having an improved structure to improve ice making performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Woo Jeon, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Ki-Hyun Kim, Byung Kwan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200200463
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a cabinet in which a storeroom is formed and including a duct opening; a cooling module detachably coupled to the cabinet and including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, a module body having a space in which the evaporator is accommodated, and a duct module detachably coupled to the module body to guide cold air produced from the evaporator to the storeroom, wherein the duct opening, the duct module and the storeroom are arranged so that, when the duct module is detached from the module body, the duct module is passable through the duct opening to be removed through the storeroom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Jin HONG, II Sung BAE, Byung Kwan YANG, Byung Woo JEON, Sun Gi HONG
  • Publication number: 20180224188
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a duct module, wherein the duct modules include a front duct and a rear duct coupled to each other in the front-rear direction and forming a flow path, a plurality of flow path forming portions extending from a front surface of the rear duct to form a flow path therebetween, and a sealing portion extending parallel to the rear surface of the front duct from front ends of the plurality of flow path forming portions and in surface contact with the rear surface of the front duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Joo Yong LEE, Sun Gi HONG, Il Sung BAE, Joo Hee SONG, Byung Kwan YANG