Patents by Inventor Deok-Eun Kang

Deok-Eun Kang 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).

  • Publication number: 20230384023
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PARK, Gi Young KIM, Seung-Jin OH, Chang Woan YANG, Jeong Wook KANG, Deok Eun KANG
  • Patent number: 11768028
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Park, Gi Young Kim, Seung-Jin Oh, Chang Woan Yang, Jeong Wook Kang, Deok Eun Kang
  • Publication number: 20210140702
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PARK, Gi Young KIM, Seung-Jin OH, Chang Woan YANG, Jeong Wook KANG, Deok Eun KANG
  • Patent number: 7856844
    Abstract: A cooling air supply apparatus of a refrigerator that is capable of uniformly supplying cooling air to all food received in a receiving box is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment for storing food at low temperature, a barrier for partitioning the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment from each other, and a receiving box mounted in the refrigerating compartment for receiving food. The cooling air supply apparatus includes a communication port formed through the barrier for guiding cooling air from the freezing compartment into the refrigerating compartment, and a hollow box-shaped cover mounted at the top part of the receiving box. The cover is provided at one side thereof with an introduction port, which communicates with the communication port. The cover is provided at the lower part thereof with at least one cooling air supplying hole, which communicates with the interior of the receiving box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Tae Ho Park, Jeong Youl Lee, Deok Eun Kang
  • Patent number: 6725685
    Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator comprises an ice making vessel installed on a front portion of a main body of the refrigerator to perform an ice making operation; a water supplying pipe for ice making installed on an upper part of the ice making vessel as apart a predetermined distance from the ice making vessel to supply water into the ice making vessel; a buffer member installed on the water supplying pipe for ice making to buff a shock by contacting to the ice making vessel when the ice making vessel is rotated for an ice separating process; and a guide member mounted on one side of the buffer member for guiding the water discharged from the water supplying pipe for ice making into the ice making vessel, in order to prevent respective components from being damaged by interference between the ice making vessel and the pipes supplying the water into the vessel and to prevent the water in the ice making vessel from being induced into a storing vessel so that ices in the storing vessel are not stuck to each ot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Deok-Eun Kang
  • Publication number: 20030213262
    Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator comprises an ice making vessel installed on a front portion of a main body of the refrigerator to perform an ice making operation; a water supplying pipe for ice making installed on an upper part of the ice making vessel as apart a predetermined distance from the ice making vessel to supply water into the ice making vessel; a buffer member installed on the water supplying pipe for ice making to buff a shock by contacting to the ice making vessel when the ice making vessel is rotated for an ice separating process; and a guide member mounted on one side of the buffer member for guiding the water discharged from the water supplying pipe for ice making into the ice making vessel, in order to prevent respective components from being damaged by interference between the ice making vessel and the pipes supplying the water into the vessel and to prevent the water in the ice making vessel from being induced into a storing vessel so that ices in the storing vessel are not stuck to each ot
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Deok-Eun Kang