Patents by Inventor Eung-Ryeol Seo

Eung-Ryeol Seo 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).

  • Patent number: 11834773
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine capable of improving solubility of a powder detergent that remains without having been dissolved in mixing water contained in a tub. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a detergent supplier, a tub arranged in the cabinet to be connected to the detergent supplier and containing mixing water in which washing water supplied to the detergent supplier and a powder detergent are mixed, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a circulation hose connecting between the tub and the drum for the mixing water contained in a lower portion of the tub to be circulated, a detergent dissolution device generating vortex current in mixing water circulated through the circulation hose to improve solubility of the powder detergent, and a circulation pump arranged in the circulation hose and configured to repeatedly supply and discharge mixing water to and from the detergent dissolution device through on/off controlling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Ung Lee, Hwang Mook Cho, Jin Baek Kim, Hyun Joo Kim, Jun Hong Park, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11788222
    Abstract: A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub; a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwang-mook Cho, Geon-ung Lee, Eun-suk Bang, Dong-pil Seo, Eung-ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11592030
    Abstract: The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum installed inside the cabinet, and a fan assembly to guide heated air into the drum. A fan assembly includes a shroud provided with an air inlet hole, a hub rotated by a driving motor, a plurality of blades provided along a circumferential direction of the hub to guide the air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub, and a scroll guiding the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub into the drum. A partition wall prevents the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub from being re-introduced into the air inlet hole. The blade includes a shroud contact portion in contact with the shroud and a hub contact portion in contact with the hub. An inflection point is formed between the shroud contact portion and the hub contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hun Kang, Geon Ung Lee, Hwang Mook Cho, Jin Baek Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11459697
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus comprises a main body including a clothes care compartment, a clothes support member disposed in the clothes care compartment and including an air supply port provided to allow air to flow therein, a blower configured to form an airflow to be supplied to the clothes support member, and a nozzle provided to guide the airflow formed by the blower to the clothes support member, and including an airflow outlet disposed to face the air supply port, the airflow outlet provided to supply an airflow to an inside and an outside of the clothes support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Ung Lee, Hyun Joo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Dong Woo Shin, Seung-Mok Lee, Hwang Mook Cho
  • Patent number: 11448419
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner capable of inducing airflow blown through a blowing port to blow in a substantially horizontal direction. The air conditioner includes a housing including a blowing port, and an airflow guide unit installed in the blowing port to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, wherein the airflow guide unit includes a main blade configured to cover the blowing port, and a pair of sub blades spaced downwardly apart from the main blade and disposed in a flow passage of the blowing port such that outer surfaces thereof are in contact with airflow in the blowing port as a whole, and having different inclination angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hun Kang, Jin Baek Kim, Seong Hyun Yoon, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11421374
    Abstract: A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum installed in the cabinet and having an inlet through which air is introduced and an outlet through which air is discharged, a heat exchanger configured to remove moisture of the air discharged through the outlet and increase a temperature of the air, a fan installed between the outlet and the heat exchanger and configured to guide the air discharged through the outlet to be introduced into the heat exchanger, a blowing passage connecting the fan to the heat exchanger such that the air discharged through the fan is introduced into the heat exchanger after being bent at 90 degrees, and a vane installed perpendicular to a bottom surface of the blowing passage and disposed at a portion in the blowing passage in which the air introduced into the heat exchanger has a highest flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hong Park, Guangri Jin, Jin Baek Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11248329
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub. The washing machine includes a drum rotationally provided inside the tub to receive an object to be washed. The washing machine also includes a pulsator rotationally provided inside the drum. The washing machine further includes an outer shaft connected to the drum and including a cavity. The washing machine also includes an inner shaft connected to the pulsator and arranged in the cavity. The washing machine further includes a first pulley including a first axial coupler to be coupled to the outer shaft. The washing machine also includes a second pulley including a second axial coupler protruding toward the tub. The second axial coupler arranged in the cavity and coupled to the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Hyun Lee, Jeoung Kyo Jeoung, Hooi Joong Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Publication number: 20220042230
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes care apparatus capable of preventing the spreading of fire when a fire occurs on a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The clothes care apparatus may comprise: a PCB assembly; a PCB housing having an accommodation space for accommodating the PCB assembly, the PCB housing including a sidewall that forms the accommodation space; and a protective body filled into the accommodation space to cover the PCB assembly, wherein the sidewall may include guide wall having a height lower than or equal to a height of the protective body filled in the accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeon Joo KIM, Jin Young CHOI, Eung Ryeol SEO, Sang Jin KIM, Kyoung-Woong NOH, Dong Bum LEE
  • Patent number: 11242638
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine having an improved structure for efficiently controlling a distribution of washing water to improve washing performance. The washing machine includes a tub, a rotary tub rotatably provided inside of the tub, a tub cover coupled to the tub to prevent washing water from overflowing the tub, and a plurality of guide units formed on a bottom surface of the tub cover to guide the washing water into the inside of the rotary tub. The plurality of guide units includes a first guide having an outer end spaced from an edge of the tub cover in an inward direction of the tub cover, a second guide having an outer end spaced from the edge of the tub cover in the inward direction of the tub cover, and disposed to be spaced apart from the first guide in a circumferential direction of the tub cover, and a third guide connecting the outer end of the first guide and the outer end of the second guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwang Mook Cho, Jun Hong Park, Eung Ryeol Seo, Geon Ung Lee
  • Publication number: 20210396398
    Abstract: A home appliance comprises a housing including an inlet, a first outlet formed in the housing to discharge air introduced through the inlet, a second outlet disposed adjacent to the first outlet, a fan assembly including a first fan configured to discharge air toward the first outlet, and a second fan configured to discharge air toward the second outlet, and a stator provided to guide air, which is discharged from the first fan, to the first outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Seong Hyun YOON, Jin Baek KIM, Yeon Je KIM, Eung Ryeol SEO, Chang-Woo JUNG, Dong Gi HAN
  • Patent number: 11186936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure so as to enable noise reduction. The disclosed washing machine comprises: a main body; a drum rotatably disposed inside the main body; and a detergent supply device provided in the main body and supplying detergent into the drum, wherein the detergent supply device includes: a housing; a detergent container containing the detergent and movably coupled to the housing; and a water supply frame having an inflow hole through which water supplied from the outside flows in, and a flow velocity mitigation part provided at the lower side of the inflow hole so as to mitigate the flow velocity of the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-hong Park, Do-yeon Kim, Jong-ha Park, Eung-ryeol Seo, Geon-ung Lee, Hong-yeol Lee, Woong Choi
  • Patent number: 11168426
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a laundry care device movably provided inside the cabinet, wherein the laundry care device includes a jetting unit configured to jet air to the laundry, and a suction unit into which air jetted by the jetting unit, after passing through the laundry, is suctioned. Inside of the laundry treating apparatus is kept pleasant and laundry care efficiency is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwang Mook Cho, Eung Ryeol Seo, Geon Ung Lee
  • Patent number: 11149967
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Woo Seog Song, Jong Whal Kim, Jin Baek Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Tae Woo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Won-Hee Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20210310180
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus comprises a main body including a clothes care compartment, a clothes support member disposed in the clothes care compartment and including an air supply port provided to allow air to flow therein, a blower configured to form an airflow to be supplied to the clothes support member, and a nozzle provided to guide the airflow formed by the blower to the clothes support member, and including an airflow outlet disposed to face the air supply port, the airflow outlet provided to supply an airflow to an inside and an outside of the clothes support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Ung LEE, Hyun Joo KIM, Eung Ryeol SEO, Dong Woo SHIN, Seung-Mok LEE, Hwang Mook CHO
  • Publication number: 20210254256
    Abstract: A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub; a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hwang-mook CHO, Geon-ung LEE, Eun-suk BANG, Dong-pil SEO, Eung-ryeol SEO
  • Publication number: 20210238791
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine capable of improving solubility of a powder detergent that remains without having been dissolved in mixing water contained in a tub. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a detergent supplier, a tub arranged in the cabinet to be connected to the detergent supplier and containing mixing water in which washing water supplied to the detergent supplier and a powder detergent are mixed, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a circulation hose connecting between the tub and the drum for the mixing water contained in a lower portion of the tub to be circulated, a detergent dissolution device generating vortex current in mixing water circulated through the circulation hose to improve solubility of the powder detergent, and a circulation pump arranged in the circulation hose and configured to repeatedly supply and discharge mixing water to and from the detergent dissolution device through on/off controlling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Ung LEE, Hwang Mook CHO, Jin Baek KIM, Hyun Joo KIM, Jun Hong PARK, Eung Ryeol SEO
  • Patent number: 11079119
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Woo Seog Song, Jong Whal Kim, Jin Baek Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Tae Woo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Won-Hee Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20210190370
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner capable of inducing airflow blown through a blowing port to blow in a substantially horizontal direction. The air conditioner includes a housing including a blowing port, and an airflow guide unit installed in the blowing port to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, wherein the airflow guide unit includes a main blade configured to cover the blowing port, and a pair of sub blades spaced downwardly apart from the main blade and disposed in a flow passage of the blowing port such that outer surfaces thereof are in contact with airflow in the blowing port as a whole, and having different inclination angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hun KANG, Jin Baek KIM, Seong Hyun YOON, Eung Ryeol SEO
  • Patent number: 11028526
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus capable of improving cooling performance of a printed circuit board assembly includes a body, a first chamber provided inside the body and configured to receive clothes, a second chamber provided inside the body but separated from the first chamber, a printed circuit board housing configured to form one side wall of the second chamber and provided with a receiving space separated from the second chamber in the second chamber, the receiving space to which air outside the body flows, and a printed circuit board assembly arranged in the receiving space to be cooled by air flowing into the receiving space from the outside of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Bum Lee, Sang Jin Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11001955
    Abstract: A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub, a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwang-mook Cho, Geon-ung Lee, Eun-suk Bang, Dong-pil Seo, Eung-ryeol Seo