Patents by Inventor Dong-Wug Kim

Dong-Wug 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).

  • Publication number: 20110126581
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger connected to the compressor through a first connection pipe, a second heat exchanger connected to the first heat exchanger through a second connection pipe and adapted to discharge super-cooled refrigerant through a third connection pipe, and a blower to blow air toward the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger includes a first header in communication with the first connection pipe for introduction of the refrigerant, a plurality of tubes each having one end in communication with the first header and the other opposite end, and a second header in communication with the other end of each of the plurality of tubes. The second heat exchanger includes a heat exchange pipe that is bent plural times between the second connection pipe and the third connection pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Cho, Dong Wug Kim, Dong` Seob Seo
  • Patent number: 5983998
    Abstract: An evaporator of an air conditioner has front and rear sections, and heat-exchanging pipes comprised of first, second, and third independent refrigerant passages. In the first passage, refrigerant enters a first row of a front line of the rear section, circulates completely through the rear section, and then exits from a second row of the front line of the rear section. In the second passage, refrigerant enters a first row of the front line of the front section, circulates through an upper portion of the front section, and then exits from a first row of the rear line of the front section. In the third passage refrigerant enters a fifth row of the front line of the front section, circulates through a lower portion of the front section, and then exits from a seventh row of the rear line of the front section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-wug Kim
  • Patent number: 5542469
    Abstract: An indoor air conditioner unit cools separate rooms through the use of a common fan. The fan comprises a rotary member positioned to physically separate first air inlet and outlet ports from second air inlet and outlet ports. The fan sucks-in air from both inlet ports and discharges air through both outlet ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wug Kim