Patents by Inventor Doyoun HAN

Doyoun HAN 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: 20240068740
    Abstract: A home appliance includes: a cabinet defining a storage space, a plurality of doors configured to open and close the storage space, a plurality of lighting devices provided in the plurality of doors, respectively, and configured to show a color of each door, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of lighting devices. The control unit is configured to, based on a color of one door of the plurality of doors being input, control the plurality of lighting devices to synchronize the colors of the plurality of doors to be the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ikkyu LEE, Doyoun HAN, Woohyuk CHOI, Changseok OCK
  • Publication number: 20230152504
    Abstract: A home appliance includes a cabinet having a storage space formed therein; a door configured to open and close an open front of the cabinet; a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door; and a controller, wherein the panel assembly includes: a front plate forming a front exterior of the door and transmitting light; and a lighting device emitting light of a set color, wherein the front plate includes: a base layer; and a colored layer formed on one surface of the base layer and has a first color, wherein the front surface of the door has the first color when the lighting device is turned off, and wherein the front surface of the door shines in a color selected by a user when the lighting device is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Doyoun HAN, Hyesun JUNG, Jaesung PARK
  • Patent number: 11623437
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exterior panel for a home appliance and a method of manufacturing the same. The exterior panel for a home appliance according to one aspect includes: a base layer made of a metal material, a deposition layer formed at a center except for an edge of an upper layer of the base layer and made of a metal material, and a coating layer formed on the deposition layer and an upper surface of the edge of the base layer, on which the deposition layer is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Doyoun Han, Youngwoo Kim, Hyesun Jung
  • Publication number: 20230013230
    Abstract: A home appliance includes a cabinet defining a storage region and a door to open and close the storage region. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted on the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel through which light is transmissible, a light guide plate spaced apart from the panel and having a pattern so that the light is irradiated onto the panel, and a light source installed to be spaced apart from a light entrance surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Doyoun HAN, Hyesun JUNG, Jaesung PARK
  • Publication number: 20230018403
    Abstract: A home appliance, e.g. a refrigerator, includes a cabinet forming a space and a door for opening and closing the space, the door including a door body with an insulator filled therein, and a panel assembly mounted in front of the door body, wherein the panel assembly includes a lighting device configured to emit light, a panel forming a front surface of the door and configured to transmit light therethrough, a light guide plate disposed behind the panel and configured to guide light emitted from the lighting device to the panel, and a member disposed between the panel and the light guide plate, including the panel and the light guide plate mounted thereon, and configured to transmit light of the light guide plate through an entire part of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jaesung PARK, Hyesun JUNG, Doyoun HAN, Seongmin SONG
  • Publication number: 20210016556
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exterior panel for a home appliance and a method of manufacturing the same. The exterior panel for a home appliance according to one aspect includes: a base layer made of a metal material, a deposition layer formed at a center except for an edge of an upper layer of the base layer and made of a metal material, and a coating layer formed on the deposition layer and an upper surface of the edge of the base layer, on which the deposition layer is not formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Doyoun HAN, Youngwoo KIM, Hyesun JUNG