Patents by Inventor Eun Sung Jo
Eun Sung Jo 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).
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Patent number: 11493230Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner, and more particularly, to an air conditioner having an airflow guide to make the flow of discharged air uniform. An air conditioner comprising a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing, a blower fan configured to suck in air through the suction port, force the air to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharge the heat-exchanged air through the discharge port, a first blade pivotally arranged to open or close the discharge port and having a first face and a second face opposite of the first face, a first flow path formed between the discharge port and the first face, a second flow path formed between the discharge port and the second face, a second blade movably installed inside the housing and a third blade formed to protrude from the second blade to guide air to the first flow path and the second flow path.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keun Jeong Jang, Chur Ju Lee, Yong-Sam Kwon, Jang Jung Lee, Eun Sung Jo, Jong Moon Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo
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Patent number: 11226120Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keun Jeong Jang, Wan Soo Yang, Eun Sung Jo, Hyun Wuk Kang, Hyeon U Park, Jei Min Choi, Bu Youn Lee, Wang Byung Chae
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Patent number: 11041506Abstract: Disclosed are: a blower fan capable of reducing noise and power consumption; and an air conditioner having the same. The present device comprises: a hub connected to a driving member so as to receive rotating power; and a plurality of wings radially arranged along the circumference of the hub, wherein the plurality of wings can comprise: uneven parts formed at trailing edges, which are the rear edge portions of each wing, with respect to the rotational direction thereof; and tail wing parts formed on the outer sides of the uneven parts so as to have convex parts protruding farther than the uneven parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung-ghun Kim, Keun-jeong Jang, Yong-ho Seo, Hyeong-joon Seo, Eun-sung Jo
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Publication number: 20200309405Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner, and more particularly, to an air conditioner having an airflow guide to make the flow of discharged air uniform. An air conditioner comprising a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing, a blower fan configured to suck in air through the suction port, force the air to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharge the heat-exchanged air through the discharge port, a first blade pivotally arranged to open or close the discharge port and having a first face and a second face opposite of the first face, a first flow path formed between the discharge port and the first face, a second flow path formed between the discharge port and the second face, a second blade movably installed inside the housing and a third blade formed to protrude from the second blade to guide air to the first flow path and the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keun Jeong JANG, Chur Ju LEE, Yong-Sam KWON, Jang Jung LEE, Eun Sung JO, Jong Moon KIM, Hyeong Joon SEO
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Publication number: 20200088421Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Keun Jeong JANG, Wan Soo YANG, Eun Sung JO, Hyun Wuk KANG, Hyeon U PARK, Jei Min CHOI, Bu Youn LEE, Wang Byung CHAE
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Patent number: 10386079Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
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Patent number: 10203121Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180355885Abstract: Disclosed are: a blower fan capable of reducing noise and power consumption; and an air conditioner having the same. The present device comprises: a hub connected to a driving member so as to receive rotating power; and a plurality of wings radially arranged along the circumference of the hub, wherein the plurality of wings can comprise: uneven parts formed at trailing edges, which are the rear edge portions of each wing, with respect to the rotational direction thereof; and tail wing parts formed on the outer sides of the uneven parts so as to have convex parts protruding farther than the uneven parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Byung-ghun KIM, Keun-jeong JANG, Yong-ho SEO, Hyeong-joon SEO, Eun-sung JO
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Patent number: 10126002Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180274794Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co, LtdInventors: Woo Seog SONG, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yui So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min- Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Patent number: 9995494Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180135871Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co,, Ltd.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
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Publication number: 20170108229Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo Seog SONG, Dong Yoon LEE, Bu Youn LEE, Dong Woon KANG, Do Yeon KIM, Do-Hoon KIM, Byung Ghun KIM, Young-Jae KIM, Jun Woo KIM, Hyun Ah KIM, Yong Ho SEO, Hyeong Joon SEO, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung SIM, Joon-Ho YOON, Jung Dae LEE, Chang Seon LEE, Chul Ju LEE, Seung Beom LIM, Keun Jeong JANG, Min Gu JEON, Min-Gi CHO, Sung-June CHO, Eun Sung JO, Hyeong Kyu CHO
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Publication number: 20170102154Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo Seog SONG, Dong Yoon LEE, Bu Youn LEE, Dong Woon KANG, Do Yeon KIM, Do-Hoon KIM, Byung Ghun KIM, Young-Jae KIM, Jun Woo KIM, Hyun Ah KIM, Yong Ho SEO, Hyeong Joon SEO, Byung Yul SO, Jae Hyoung SIM, Joon-Ho YOON, Jung Dae LEE, Chang Seon LEE, Chul Ju LEE, Seung Beom LIM, Keun Jeong JANG, Min Gu JEON, Min-Gi CHO, Sung-June CHO, Eun Sung JO, Hyeong Kyu CHO
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Patent number: 9557070Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20160327297Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo Seog SONG, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho