Patents by Inventor Dong-Min OH

Dong-Min OH 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: 20250134272
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes: an air pocket unit configured to contain air; a pressure regulator for controlling the air pocket unit; and a body unit accommodating the air pocket unit and the pressure regulator. The body unit includes: a frame part having a top side open to provide an accommodation space for accommodating the air pocket unit and the pressure regulator; and a cover part disposed on the frame part to cover the accommodation space. The cover part includes; a first area formed to be relatively movable with respect to the frame part and covering or exposing the pressure regulator; and a second area disposed adjacent to the first area and fixed to the frame part. The first area faces an upper edge of the frame part when covering the pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Woo PARK, In Du CHOI, Eu Jean MOON, Byung Il KANG, Jong Min KIM, Jin Wook LEE, Dong Min OH, Hye Young YI, Jung Kyu YANG, Ho Sik YIM
  • Publication number: 20250082112
    Abstract: A mattress assembly includes an air pocket, a flow channel, pumps for making air flow into the air pocket, a valve that regulates the air flow in the flow channel and air pocket, and a controller for controlling the pump and the valve so that the hardness of the air pocket changes. The flow channel includes first and second injection flow path members that provide passages for making the air flow from first and second pumps to a first and second air pockets, respectively, and an air flow path which communicates with the first and second injection flow path members. The valve includes a flow path valve for opening and closing the air flow path, and the controller controls the pump and the flow path valve so that the hardness of at least one of the first air pocket or the second air pocket changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Min KIM, Dong Min OH, Byung Il KANG
  • Publication number: 20240409437
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a water purifier including: a main body having a purified water outlet through which purified water is dispensed, a cold water outlet through which cold water is dispensed, and a hot water outlet through which hot water is dispensed; a first flow path module coupled to be attachable to and detachable from the main body and having a purified water dispensing pipe connected to the purified water outlet and a cold water dispensing pipe connected to the cold water outlet; and a second flow path module coupled to be attachable to and detachable from the main body and having a hot water dispensing pipe connected to the hot water outlet, wherein, when an external force of a predetermined value or more is applied in a first direction, coupling of the first and second flow path modules to the main body is fixed, and when the external force of the predetermined value or more is applied in a second direction, the coupling of the first and second flow path modules to the main body is relea
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Joo KANG, Hee do JUNG, Jong Hwan LEE, Hyun Kang LEE, Byung Hyo YE, Dong Min OH, Seung Won LEE, Seong Min PARK
  • Publication number: 20240400366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water purifier. The water purifier according to the present disclosure includes: a tank providing an accommodation space, which extends in an up-down direction to accommodate purified water generated by filtering raw water and of which the maximum length in a height direction is at least three times the maximum length in a width direction or more, and provided so that the purified water is introduced through an upper side of the accommodation space; a cold water generator configured to cool the purified water accommodated in the accommodation space and generate cold water; a cold water dispensing flow path provided to dispense the cold water generated in the accommodation space to the outside; and an upper clamp assembly, an intermediate clamp assembly, and a lower clamp assembly provided to effectively respond to pressure that acts on the tank in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Joo KANG, Hee do JUNG, Jong Hwan LEE, Hyun Kang LEE, Byung Hyo YE, Seong Min PARK, Dong Min OH, Seung Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240262674
    Abstract: A cold water tank for a direct water purifier is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Joo KANG, Hee Do JUNG, Chan Jung PARK, Jong Hwan LEE, Hyun Kang LEE, Hyun Goo KIM, Yoo Won OH, Da Woon JUNG, Min Chul YONG, Dong Min OH, Seong Min PARK
  • Publication number: 20240191486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidet that forms a pollution-preventing water film that prevents contamination of a cleaning nozzle, and the bidet according to the present disclosure includes a main body mounted at an upper side of a toilet bowl, wherein a ceramic ware containing an excrement of a user is formed in the toilet bowl; a toilet seat provided to the main body and forming a seating surface on which the user sits; a cleaning nozzle coupled to the main body and spraying cleaning water to wash the user's body; a pollution prevention module provided to the main body and including an outlet for discharging pollution-preventing water to prevent contamination of the cleaning nozzle; and a controller configured to control an operation of the pollution prevention module, wherein the outlet of the pollution prevention module discharges the pollution-preventing water to a front surface of the cleaning nozzle so that a surface of the main body is opened at a position spaced upward from the cleaning nozzle,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Joo KANG, Da Woon JUNG, Hyun Kang LEE, Seong Min PARK, Dong Min OH, Woong JUNG, Chan Jung PARK
  • Patent number: 10982894
    Abstract: An ice storage includes a storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port for discharging ice to the outside, a transferring and breaking part which, by having at least a part thereof provided in the storage space, transfers the ice in the storage space to the discharge port, and if necessary, breaks the transferred ice, and a door part allowing the ice to be discharged through the discharge port as unbroken ice or broken ice unbroken or broken up by the transferring and breaking part. The transferring and breaking part includes a transferring member for transferring ice and a breaking member for breaking ice, and the transferring member and the breaking member are configured such that ice is not stuck therebetween while being transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Hoon Hong, Jung-Hwan Lee, Hyun-Seok Moon, Kyu-Jun Kim, Gyeong-Min Lee, Jong-Min Kim, Han-Soo Kim, Dong-Min Oh
  • Publication number: 20200278144
    Abstract: An ice storage includes a storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port for discharging ice to the outside, a transferring and breaking part which, by having at least a part thereof provided in the storage space, transfers the ice in the storage space to the discharge port, and if necessary, breaks the transferred ice, and a door part allowing the ice to be discharged through the discharge port as unbroken ice or broken ice unbroken or broken up by the transferring and breaking part. The transferring and breaking part includes a transferring member for transferring ice and a breaking member for breaking ice, and the transferring member and the breaking member are configured such that ice is not stuck therebetween while being transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Young-Hoon HONG, Jung-Hwan LEE, Hyun-Seok Moon, Kyu-Jun KIM, Gyeong-Min LEE, Jong-Min KIM, Han-Soo KIM, Dong-Min OH
  • Patent number: 10682009
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for extracting coffee that includes an input part which receives a command for controlling an operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee; a heater which heats water supplied to a coffee flow path for extracting coffee; a temperature sensor which measures the temperature of the heater; an input voltage acquisition part which acquires an input voltage value applied to the apparatus for extracting coffee; and a control part which determines the possibility of coffee extraction by detecting the operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee, and if it is determined that there is a high possibility of coffee extraction, controls a preheating operation of the heater on the basis of the input voltage value acquired by the input voltage acquisition part and the temperature of the heater measured by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Coway Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dong-Min Oh, Tae-Yong Son
  • Patent number: 10667643
    Abstract: Provided are a coffee extraction device and a coffee extraction method, which are capable of extracting coffee from a coffee capsule (capsule coffee) and the like. The coffee extraction device can comprise: a coffee extraction unit on which a coffee capsule is to be mounted; a pump for pressurizing water and supplying the same to the coffee extraction unit; a flow rate sensor for measuring the flow rate of water to be supplied to the coffee extraction unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump on the basis of the flow rate to be sensed at the flow rate sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Coway Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae-Yong Son, Dong-Min Oh
  • Publication number: 20170290457
    Abstract: Provided are a coffee extraction device and a coffee extraction method, which are capable of extracting coffee from a coffee capsule (capsule coffee) and the like. The coffee extraction device can comprise: a coffee extraction unit on which a coffee capsule is to be mounted; a pump for pressurizing water and supplying the same to the coffee extraction unit; a flow rate sensor for measuring the flow rate of water to be supplied to the coffee extraction unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump on the basis of the flow rate to be sensed at the flow rate sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Tae-Yong SON, Dong-Min OH
  • Publication number: 20170280928
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for extracting coffee and a method for preheating a heater thereof. The apparatus for extracting coffee comprises: an input part which receives a command for controlling an operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee; a heater which heats water supplied to a coffee flow path for extracting coffee; a temperature sensor which measures the temperature of the heater; an input voltage acquisition part which acquires an input voltage value applied to the apparatus for extracting coffee; and a control part which determines the possibility of coffee extraction by detecting the operation of the apparatus for extracting coffee, and if it is determined that there is a high possibility of coffee extraction, controls a preheating operation of the heater on the basis of the input voltage value acquired by the input voltage acquisition part and the temperature of the heater measured by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Dong-Min OH, Tae-Yong SON