Patents by Inventor Han Ki Cho
Han Ki Cho 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: 7275398Abstract: Washing machine including a washing tub having an inner tub rotatably mounted for holding and washing laundry, and an outer tub having the inner tub mounted therein, a driving device for rotating the inner tub, a body having a base plate, one pair of side panels at opposite side edges of the base plate, a rear panel at rear edges of the base plate and the side panels, and a top panel on top of the side panels and rear panel, and the washing tub and the driving device held therein, and a front panel rotatably engaged with, supported on, and detachably mounted on, a front part of the body, thereby permitting easy and fast assembly/disassembly of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park
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Patent number: 7272960Abstract: A washing machine is provided which has a structurally reinforced apparatus for accurately sensing a water level. The washing machine includes a housing, a tub installed in the housing, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, and a water level sensing apparatus for sensing a water level in the tub/drum so as to provide an appropriate water level for each washing step. The water level sensing apparatus includes an air chamber installed in communication with the tub. The air chamber stores a predetermined amount such that the water present in the system develops a pressure on the stored air. The water level sensing apparatus also includes a sensor installed at an end of a tube connected to the air chamber which determines a water level by sensing an air pressure in the tube, and a protecting member which prevents disassembly and breakage of the air chamber and the tube during operation of the washing machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jong Seok Kim, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Young Hoon Ha, Myung Sik Park
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Patent number: 7265309Abstract: A button assembly of a control panel assembly, which includes buttons each enabling execution of a selected operation of a drum washing machine when pressed, is disclosed. The button assembly includes a control panel provided with a plurality of button holes, a printed circuit board fixedly mounted to a rear surface of the control panel, a vertical rib attached to the control panel, a plurality of vertically-arranged horizontal ribs each having one end connected to the vertical rib, a plurality of buttons each connected to the other end of an associated one of the horizontal ribs, and slidably fitted in an associated one of the button holes, and flow guides each adapted to guide water, penetrating an associated one of the button holes, downward along a predetermined flow path.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Ho Sung Jang, Dong Hoon Kang, Jung Hoon Kang
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Publication number: 20070193865Abstract: A control panel assembly in a washer is disclosed, in which a push button and a rotary knob can be selectively replaced to use without altering the control panel and a button guide frame. The present invention includes a push button or a rotary knob provided to a front side of control panel and a guide frame having a button receiving hole to receive the push button or the rotary knob therein so that either the push button or the rotary knob is selectively loaded in the guide frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jong Min Kim, Han Ki Cho, Ho Sung Jang, Dong Hoon Kang, Jung Hoon Kang
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Patent number: 7257969Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent supplying apparatus in a washer which includes a cabinet (1), a drum (4) rotatably provided in the cabinet and a tub (3) fixed outside the drum (4).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: 7254966Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent storing assembly and washing machine using the same, by which a lid part and a detergent box constructing the detergent storing assembly are correctly assembled to each other. The present invention includes a tub having an open front side to hold water and detergent, a drum rotatably installed in the tub to hold laundry, a motor rotating the drum, a cabinet having the tub and the motor inside, and a detergent storing assembly at the cabinet to provide the detergent to detergent to the tub. And, the detergent storing assembly includes a detergent box having an open topside to store the detergent and to provide the detergent to the tub for washing, a lid part fixed to the topside of the detergent box to open/close, and an incorrect-assembling preventing means for leading the lid part to a correct position for a reciprocal assembling of the lid part and the detergent box.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: 7246510Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine for preventing leakage of bubbles. The washing machine includes: a housing (10); a tube (20) installed inside the housing (10), for storing washing water, the tub (20) including at least one opening (21, 22, 23) and at least one pipe (21b,22b, 23b) connected with the opening (21, 22, 23); a drum (30) installed inside the tub (20) and configured to wash laundry; and cutoff means (100, 200, 300, 400) for preventing bubbles generated in the drub (30) and the tub (20) from being leaked to an outside through the opening (21, 22, 23) and the pipe (21b, 22b, 23b).Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jeong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: 7096695Abstract: Washing machines having improved frictional forces with laundry. Those machines include a cabinet with a door, a tub inside for retaining wash water, and an internal vessel, inside the tub that is coupled with a motor that rotates the internal vessel. A friction member inside the internal vessel rubs against laundry. The frictional member includes a friction enhancer, such as a spherical structure or a freely rotating ball, that enhances laundry friction during washing and reduces adhesion of laundry after a dehydration cycle.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Myeong Seok Park, Young Hoon Ha, Jong Seok Kim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Youn Su Jung
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Publication number: 20040263032Abstract: Stand including a stand body of a predetermined height having an opening in one side, a drawer for pushing in or pulling out through the opening in the stand body to open/close the opening, a guide device for smooth pushing in/pulling out of the drawer, and a self locking device for automatic locking of the drawer when the drawer is inserted in the stand more than a certain depth, and preventing slipping out of the drawer even if the stand is tilted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventor: Han Ki Cho
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Publication number: 20040245899Abstract: Pedestal including a pedestal body for supporting a bottom of a washing machine or a laundry dryer to a height, and at least one coupling means provided both to a side of the washing machine or the laundry dryer and a side of the pedestal body for coupling the washing machine or the laundry dryer with the pedestal body, wherein the coupling means includes a coupling member provided both to a side of the washing machine or the laundry dryer, and a side of the pedestal body under the washing machine or the laundry dryer, and fastening members for fastening the coupling member to the side of the washing machine or the laundry dryer and the side of the pedestal body, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventor: Han Ki Cho
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Publication number: 20040194514Abstract: A drum-type washing machine includes a ventilation apparatus providing an air passage for an inner space of a tub to communicate with an external atmosphere. The ventilation apparatus employs a bubble dissipation device for preventing bubbles generated in a tub from reaching a ventilating bellows and being discharged from a cabinet of the washing machine. The ventilation apparatus includes a ventilating duct formed at an upper part of the tub; a ventilating bellows, one end of which is coupled to an exterior surface of the cabinet and the other end of which is connected to the ventilating duct, to allow a passage of air in the tub to the external atmosphere; and a bubble dissipation device, vertically installed along the air passage of the ventilation apparatus, for preventing bubbles generated in the tub from being discharged from the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jong Seok Kim, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Young Hoon Ha, Myung Sik Park
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Publication number: 20040187528Abstract: A drum-type washing machine includes a washing water supply apparatus providing a liquid passage from a water outlet of a detergent reservoir to an inner space of a tub. The washing water supply apparatus employs a bubble dissipation device for preventing bubbles generated in a tub from reaching an inlet bellows and entering a detergent reservoir. The washing water supply apparatus includes a water supply duct formed at an upper part of the tub; an inlet bellows, one end of which is coupled to the water outlet of the detergent reservoir and the other end of which is connected to the water supply duct, for supplying a liquid to the tub; and a bubble dissipation device, vertically installed along the liquid passage of the washing water supply apparatus, for preventing bubbles generated in the tub from entering the detergent reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jong Seok Kim, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Young Hoon Ha, Myung Sik Park
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Publication number: 20040168483Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent storing assembly and washing machine using the same, by which a lid part and a detergent box constructing the detergent storing assembly are correctly assembled to each other. The present invention includes a tub having an open front side to hold water and detergent, a drum rotatably installed in the tub to hold laundry, a motor rotating the drum, a cabinet having the tub and the motor inside, and a detergent storing assembly at the cabinet to provide the detergent to detergent to the tub. And, the detergent storing assembly includes a detergent box having an open topside to store the detergent and to provide the detergent to the tub for washing, a lid part fixed to the topside of the detergent box to open/close, and an incorrect-assembling preventing means for leading the lid part to a correct position for a reciprocal assembling of the lid part and the detergent box.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park, Young Hoon Ha
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Publication number: 20040168484Abstract: Washing machine including a washing tub having an inner tub rotatably mounted for holding and washing laundry, and an outer tub having the inner tub mounted therein, a driving device for rotating the inner tub, a body having a base plate, one pair of side panels at opposite side edges of the base plate, a rear panel at rear edges of the base plate and the side panels, and a top panel on top of the side panels and rear panel, and the washing tub and the driving device held therein, and a front panel rotatably engaged with, supported on, and detachably mounted on, a front part of the body, thereby permitting easy and fast assembly/disassembly of the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park
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Publication number: 20040163426Abstract: Disclosed is a tilted drum type washing machine, in which an internal structure is improved to prevent a contact between a drum and a lip of a gasket. The present invention includes a cabinet having an entrance at a front side for inputting/outputting a laundry, a door opening/closing the entrance, a tub installed slant in the cabinet to hold water, a drum in the tub to hold a detergent and the water, a gasket between the door and the tub, the gasket bringing the door airtight to prevent the water from leaking outside, a lip on an inner circumference of the gasket to prevent particles from being put in a space between the tub and the drum, and a support member preventing the lip from drooping to prevent an interruption between the lip and the drum. And, the support member includes a reinforcement rib on an inner circumference of the tub to support an inner lateral side of the lip or a protrusion at the inner lateral side of the lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Yeon Su Jung, Jung Hoon Kang, Myung Sik Park, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: D502298Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jung Hoon Kang, Jong Seok Kim, Myung Sik Park, Han Ki Cho, Youn Su Jung, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: D506045Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jung Hoon Kang, Jong Seok Kim, Myung Sik Park, Han Ki Cho, Youn Su Jung, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: D521702Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2005Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Han Ki Cho, Young IL Kim, Bo Won Suh
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Patent number: D524496Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jung Hoon Kang, Jong Seok Kim, Myung Sik Park, Han Ki Cho, Youn Su Jung, Young Hoon Ha
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Patent number: D528719Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang Hwan No, Jung Hoon Kang, Jong Seok Kim, Myung Sik Park, Han Ki Cho, Youn Su Jung, Young Hoon Ha