Patents by Inventor Haeyoon JE

Haeyoon JE 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: 20240052550
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the apparatus comprising, in order to improve an air flow mechanism for circulating air to a drum, the drum for accommodating objects to be treated, an air circulation path connected to the drum, a circulation fan, which is provided on the downstream side of a heat exchanger inside the air circulation path and generates suction force so as to suction the air of the air circulation path and supply same to the drum, a water collection part formed at the lower side of the drum so as to collect condensate water, and a trap having a bottom surface that is lower than a peripheral area in the water collection part so as to allow the condensate water to gather therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Seonghwan KIM, Myoungjong KIM, Manseok LEE, Ingeon LEE, Haeyoon JE
  • Patent number: 11834774
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the apparatus comprising, in order to improve an air flow mechanism for circulating air to a drum, the drum for accommodating objects to be treated, an air circulation path connected to the drum, a circulation fan, which is provided on the downstream side of a heat exchanger inside the air circulation path and generates suction force so as to suction the air of the air circulation path and supply same to the drum, a water collection part formed at the lower side of the drum so as to collect condensate water, and a trap having a bottom surface that is lower than a peripheral area in the water collection part so as to allow the condensate water to gather therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghwan Kim, Myoungjong Kim, Manseok Lee, Ingeon Lee, Haeyoon Je
  • Publication number: 20210230788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus comprising: a drum for accommodating clothes; a circulation flow path which forms a path enabling air discharged from a frontal-side opening of the drum to undergo heat exchange and then flow into a rear-side opening of the drum; and a base cabinet which is disposed in a lower portion of the drum to provide a space in which various components are mounted, wherein the base cabinet comprises: a base flow path part which forms a part of the circulation flow path and in which an evaporator, a condenser, and a circulation fan are disposed sequentially towards a rear of the base flow path part; a drum motor mounting part which is disposed at one side in front of the base flow path part, and in which a drum motor for generating a driving force for rotating the drum is mounted; and a compressor mounting part which is disposed at one side behind the base flow path part, and in which a compressor for generating compressed air for heat exchange is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hyuksoo LEE, Soowon PARK, Kwangjo LEE, Manseok LEE, Woohee KANG, Seonghwan KIM, Ingeon LEE, Haeyoon JE
  • Publication number: 20210187559
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the apparatus comprising, in order to improve an air flow mechanism for circulating air to a drum, the drum for accommodating objects to be treated, an air circulation path connected to the drum, a circulation fan, which is provided on the downstream side of a heat exchanger inside the air circulation path and generates suction force so as to suction the air of the air circulation path and supply same to the drum, a water collection part formed at the lower side of the drum so as to collect condensate water, and a trap having a bottom surface that is lower than a peripheral area in the water collection part so as to allow the condensate water to gather therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Seonghwan KIM, Myoungjong KIM, Manseok LEE, Ingeon LEE, Haeyoon JE
  • Publication number: 20210140092
    Abstract: A dryer includes a heat pump system provided as a heat source for heating air supplied to a drum. The dryer includes a controller configured to perform operations that include selecting one of a plurality of operation modes in which initial driving frequencies are different from one another and inputting a drying start command to the dryer by a user, checking an outer temperature and comparing the outer temperature with a preset reference temperature T, performing the operation mode selected by the user, in a case where the outer temperature is equal to or more than the reference temperature T, performing an operation mode in which the initial driving frequency of the compressor is the highest of the plurality of operation modes, in a case where the outer temperature is less than the reference temperature T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Haeyoon JE, Ingeon LEE
  • Patent number: 10947661
    Abstract: A control method of a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention in which a heat pump system is provided as a heat source for heating air supplied to a drum includes selecting one of a plurality of operation modes in which initial driving frequencies are different from one another and inputting a drying start command to the dryer by a user; checking an outer temperature and comparing the outer temperature with a preset reference temperature T by a control unit; performing the operation mode selected by the user by the control unit, in a case where the outer temperature is equal to or more than the reference temperature T; performing an operation mode in which the initial driving frequency of the compressor is the highest of the plurality of operation modes, in a case where the outer temperature is less than the reference temperature T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Haeyoon Je, Ingeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20210047773
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a clothes treating apparatus, the clothes treating apparatus, and a method for controlling the clothes treating apparatus configured to sterilize an evaporator by stopping an operation of a compressor under a specific condition to allow a surface temperature of the evaporator to be at or above a reference temperature due to thermal equilibrium caused by the stopping of the operation of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Seonghwan KIM, Haeyoon JE, Ingeun AHN
  • Patent number: 10329709
    Abstract: A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Nam, Haeyoon Je, Simong Park
  • Publication number: 20190153658
    Abstract: A control method of a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention in which a heat pump system is provided as a heat source for heating air supplied to a drum includes selecting one of a plurality of operation modes in which initial driving frequencies are different from one another and inputting a drying start command to the dryer by a user; checking an outer temperature and comparing the outer temperature with a preset reference temperature T by a control unit; performing the operation mode selected by the user by the control unit, in a case where the outer temperature is equal to or more than the reference temperature T; performing an operation mode in which the initial driving frequency of the compressor is the highest of the plurality of operation modes, in a case where the outer temperature is less than the reference temperature T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Haeyoon JE, Ingeon LEE
  • Patent number: 10280554
    Abstract: A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Nam, Haeyoon Je, Simong Park
  • Patent number: 10273628
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control method for a laundry drying machine. The control method includes driving a compressor configuring the heat pump cycle for generation of heated air, sensing a compressor outlet temperature (TE) and a drum outlet temperature (TD), and determining plugging of a filter, based on a difference between the compressor outlet temperature (TE) and the drum outlet temperature (TD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Haeyoon Je, Junseok Lee
  • Patent number: 9951464
    Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a rotatable drum, a drum supporter for supporting the drum, the drum supporter being provided with a discharge port for discharging air from the drum, a circulation channel for guiding air discharged through the discharge port into the drum, and a filter cartridge for filtering air in the circulation channel, wherein the filter cartridge includes an inside filter cartridge for filtering air discharged from the drum and an outside filter cartridge disposed in the circulation channel in a state of being supported by the drum supporter, the outside filter cartridge including a front filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows forward, a rear filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows rearward, and a lateral filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Manseok Lee, Haeyoon Je
  • Publication number: 20180080169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control method for a laundry drying machine. The control method includes driving a compressor configuring the heat pump cycle for generation of heated air, sensing a compressor outlet temperature (TE) and a drum outlet temperature (TD), and determining plugging of a filter, based on a difference between the compressor outlet temperature (TE) and the drum outlet temperature (TD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Haeyoon JE, Junseok LEE
  • Publication number: 20170362769
    Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a rotatable drum, a drum supporter for supporting the drum, the drum supporter being provided with a discharge port for discharging air from the drum, a circulation channel for guiding air discharged through the discharge port into the drum, and a filter cartridge for filtering air in the circulation channel, wherein the filter cartridge includes an inside filter cartridge for filtering air discharged from the drum and an outside filter cartridge disposed in the circulation channel in a state of being supported by the drum supporter, the outside filter cartridge including a front filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows forward, a rear filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows rearward, and a lateral filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Manseok LEE, Haeyoon Je
  • Publication number: 20170016172
    Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a rotatable drum, a drum supporter for supporting the drum, the drum supporter being provided with a discharge port for discharging air from the drum, a circulation channel for guiding air discharged through the discharge port into the drum, and a filter cartridge for filtering air in the circulation channel, wherein the filter cartridge includes an inside filter cartridge for filtering air discharged from the drum and an outside filter cartridge disposed in the circulation channel in a state of being supported by the drum supporter, the outside filter cartridge including a front filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows forward, a rear filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows rearward, and a lateral filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Manseok LEE, Haeyoon Je
  • Publication number: 20170002509
    Abstract: A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hyunsu NAM, Haeyoon JE, Simong PARK
  • Publication number: 20160362829
    Abstract: A device for drying laundry includes a refrigerant pipe made of a first metal material that injects a refrigerant into a heat exchanger or discharges a refrigerant from a heat exchanger and a heat exchanger having a pipe type connecting portion made of a second metal material different from the first metal material connected to the refrigerant pipe, a diameter of an end portion from the end of one of the connecting portion and the refrigerant pipe to a predetermined length A is enlarged and thus have arriving portions having a concavely obtuse angle formed an inner diameter surface thereof, and an end portion of the other one of the connecting portion and the refrigerant pipe is inserted into the enlarged diameter and is latched to the arriving portion, and the device includes a lock ring that encloses an external diameter surface of the end portion having the enlarged diameter and presses an inner diameter surface of the end portion having an enlarged diameter and an external diameter surface of the inserted
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kiwook JUNG, Haeyoon JE