Patents by Inventor Chijung KIM

Chijung 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).

  • Refrigerator and out plate for refrigerator door
    Patent number: 11378331
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an out plate that defines a front surface of the door, a display part at the out plate that defines plate holes configured to display operation information of the refrigerator by transmission of light through the out plate, light emitting members in the door at positions corresponding to the plate holes, hole filling members that fill the plate holes, and a first layer located at a surface of the hole filling members. The first layer includes a light blocking part, and light transmission parts positioned in an inner region of the plate holes. The display part is configured to transmit light having passed through one or more of the light transmission parts corresponding to one or more of the light emitting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngwoo Kim, Chijung Kim, Pojin Kim, Hyesun Jung
  • REFRIGERATOR AND OUT PLATE FOR REFRIGERATOR DOOR
    Publication number: 20190170434
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an out plate that defines a front surface of the door, a display part at the out plate that defines plate holes configured to display operation information of the refrigerator by transmission of light through the out plate, light emitting members in the door at positions corresponding to the plate holes, hole filling members that fill the plate holes, and a first layer located at a surface of the hole filling members. The first layer includes a light blocking part, and light transmission parts positioned in an inner region of the plate holes. The display part is configured to transmit light having passed through one or more of the light transmission parts corresponding to one or more of the light emitting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Youngwoo KIM, Chijung KIM, Pojin KIM, Hyesun JUNG