Patents by Inventor Hwan Joo Myung

Hwan Joo Myung 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: 8104192
    Abstract: A laundry dryer is provided. The laundry dryer includes a drying drum (14), a drying duct (17), a heater (166), an upper base (22), a lower base (21), and a blower (23). The drying drum (14) hold laundry. The drying duct (17) guides indoor air to be suctioned into the drying drum (14). The heater (16) heats the air suctioned into the drying drum (14) The upper base includes a drum connecting duct (203) that guides air passing from the drying drum (14) in a downward direction. The lower base (21) has the upper base (22) mounted therabove, and forms an air passage (201) that exhausts the air guided downward by the drum connecting duct (203) an indoor space. The blower (23) is mounted on one side of the lower base, and suctions air inside the drying drum (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hwan-Joo Myung, Soon-Jo Lee
  • Patent number: 7640678
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry dryer. The laundry dryer includes a drying drum for inserting laundry in, a base, and a cabinet enclosing the drying drum and the base. The base includes an outside air intake port that suctions indoor air, an air passage for moist air from the drying drum to pass through, and an impurity descending slot recessed a predetermined depth at a front of the outside air intake port for impurities to fall into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, Hwan Joo Myung, Hung Myong Cho
  • Patent number: 7506458
    Abstract: A drying machine having a drum mounted within a cabinet on a base unit is provided. The base unit includes a base lower unit, and a base upper unit positioned atop the base lower unit to define passages therebetween. The base unit includes a moisture sensor mounting portion that receives a moisture sensor on a top of the base upper unit. The moisture sensor senses a moisture level of air flowing through the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Publication number: 20090071030
    Abstract: A laundry dryer is provided. The laundry dryer includes a drying drum (14), a drying duct (17), a heater (166), an upper base (22), a lower base (21), and a blower (23). The drying drum (14) hold laundry. The drying duct (17) guides indoor air to be suctioned into the drying drum (14). The heater (16) heats the air suctioned into the drying drum (14) The upper base includes a drum connecting duct (203) that guides air passing from the drying drum (14) in a downward direction. The lower base (21) has the upper base (22) mounted therabove, and forms an air passage (201) that exhausts the air guided downward by the drum connecting duct (203) an indoor space. The blower (23) is mounted on one side of the lower base, and suctions air inside the drying drum (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hwan-Joo Myung, Soon-Jo Lee
  • Patent number: 7406780
    Abstract: There is provided an air inlet structure of a laundry dryer. In the air inlet structure, a base defines an air inlet, a front cabinet is disposed in front of the base and defines a suction hole to pass ambient air into the base, a cooling fan is stably disposed in the base to suck the ambient air, a blower tube forms a flow passage for the ambient air, a blower cover is fixed to the base to connect the blower tube and the cooling fan, and an air guide is disposed between the base and the blower cover, the air guide having a shroud at a center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Jin Doh, Soon Jo Lee, Young Hwan Park, Jun Seok Lee, Kyung Seop Hong, Soo Won Park, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 7204040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drum type washer with dry function, by which a product cost is lowered and by which compatibility of a blower cover is enhanced. The present invention includes a first duct housing provided to a tub included in the drum type washer, a second duct housing provided to an upper side of the first duct housing, a blower cover provided to the upper side of the first duct housing adjacent to the second duct housing, the blower cover being formed of a synthetic resin based injection material, a heater provided between the first and second duct housings, a motor provided to the blower cover, and a blower provided under the blower being rotatably connected to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hwan Joo Myung, Choong Hwi Lee
  • Patent number: 7093377
    Abstract: There is provided an air inlet structure of a laundry dryer. In the air inlet structure, a base defines an air inlet, a front cabinet is disposed in front of the base and defines a suction hole to pass ambient air into the base, a cooling fan is stably disposed in the base to suck the ambient air, a blower tube forms a flow passage for the ambient air, a blower cover is fixed to the base to connect the blower tube and the cooling fan, and an air guide is disposed between the base and the blower cover, the air guide having a shroud at a center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Jin Doh, Soon Jo Lee, Young Hwan Park, Jun Seok Lee, Kyung Seop Hong, Soo Won Park, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 7065904
    Abstract: A laundry dryer includes a dry drum in which laundry is loaded, a noise reduction member mounted on an outer circumference of the dry drum to absorb vibration/noise, a lift attached on an inner circumference of the dry drum to lift the laundry, a coupling member coupling the noise reduction member and/or the lift to the dry drum, and a belt disposed around the dry drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, Hwan Joo Myung, Young Jin Doh
  • Patent number: 7024802
    Abstract: Provided is an air flow structure for a dryer, which includes a drying fan, and an air guide having a bent and inclined shape so as to guide flow of a circulation air discharged by the drying fan. This air flow structure improves air circulation flow in the dryer, reduces noise generated in the drying procedure, and increases air volume introduced into a drying duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 6698107
    Abstract: In a drum for a clothes drier having a plurality of baffles projected from the inner circumference of the drum, lifting and moving clothes, a drum for a clothes drier comprises a cylindrical body housing clothes and rotating and a plurality of baffles projected from the inner circumference of the cylindrical body in a length direction of the cylindrical body and lifting the clothes, wherein at least one baffle is installed at each disposal domain and is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the cylindrical body when the inner circumference of the cylindrical body is divided into a plurality of disposal domains in the length direction of the cylindrical body. Accordingly, because the clothes housed in the drum can be regularly dispersed, contact of the clothes and heating air can be performed well, accordingly clothes drying efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 6692238
    Abstract: A muffler of a compressor in which an imaginary central line of flowing direction in a passage pipe at an inlet side and an imaginary central line of the flowing direction in a passage pipe at an outlet side are formed to have an angle of 40˜50° or a curved surface having a certain curvature is formed in an extended space between an outlet end of the passage pipe at the inlet side and an outlet end of the passage pipe at the outlet side. Accordingly, the refrigerant gas which flows to the passage pipe at the outlet side through the passage pipe at the inlet side can flow smoothly as the refrigerant gas passes the curved surface and by attenuating pulsation flow between the passage pipes at the inlet side and outlet side, the refrigerant gas can be sucked smoothly. Therefore, suction amount of the refrigerant gas increases, thus to improve the efficiency of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hwan Joo Myung, In Seop Lee
  • Patent number: 6647643
    Abstract: A clothes dryer, for drying washed clothes, including a drum supported in a case rotatably, for drying clothes inserted to the inside of the case, a driving means installed in the case, for rotating the drum, a suction duct connected to a side of the drum, for supplying heated air to the inside of the drum, an exhaust duct connected to the other side of the drum, for exhausting air which dried the clothes in the drum, a first blowing means installed in the suction duct or the exhaust duct, for flowing air to the inside of the drum and exhausting the air at the same time and a suction increasing means installed in the case, for blowing air into an inlet of the suction duct can improve clothes drying performance and reduce time for drying clothes by increasing the amount of air supplied into the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 6643953
    Abstract: A clothes dryer in accordance with the present invention includes a drum rotatably supported in a case having an interior space for drying clothes. Air for drying clothes is supplied to the suction duct that is connected to one side of the drum. An extension duct extending from the suction duct into the drum supplies the air from the suction duct into the drum. An exhaust duct is connected to the other side of the drum for exhausting the air that is used to dry clothes to the outside of the case. The clothes dryer uniformly dries clothes inputted into the drum as the dryer directly transmits heated air to the center portion of the drum, thereby improving clothes drying efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 6618958
    Abstract: A laundry dryer has a drum rotatively installed inside a case, a heater heating air flowing inside the drum, a rear plate coupled so as to cover a rear portion of the drum and having a vertically elongated inlet hole traversing upper and lower areas of the drum body, a central portion of the vertically elongated inlet hole crossing a horizontal line of the rear plate, and an inlet duct covering the inlet hole and simultaneously having a plurality of duct holes formed at a portion covering the inlet hole so as to guide air heated by the heater to flow inside the drum. The present invention enables the common use of the rear plate for both electrical and gas laundry dryers, and thus allows the use of a common line for assembly. Therefore, the present invention reduces product costs and increases productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hwan-Joo Myung, Sang-Heon Yoon, Sung-Bae Song, Sang-Wook Hong
  • Publication number: 20030136022
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry dryer, comprising a drum rotatively installed inside a case, a heater heating an air flowing inside the drum, a rear plate coupled so as to cover a rear portion of the drum and having an inlet hole open long from upper to lower sides across upper and lower areas centering around a horizontal line of the rear plate, and an inlet duct covering the inlet hole and simultaneously having a plurality of duct holes formed at a portion covering the inlet hole so as to guide an the air heated by the heater to flow inside the drum. The present invention enables the common use of the rear plate for the electrical and gas type laundry dryers so as to assemble the rear plate using the same assembly line. Therefore, the present invention enables to reduce a product cost as well as improve the productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Hwan-Joo Myung, Sang-Heon Yoon, Sung-Bae Song, Sang-Wook Hong
  • Patent number: 6595105
    Abstract: Reciprocating compressor including a connecting rod for converting a rotating movement of a crank shaft into a linear reciprocating movement, a piston for making a linear reciprocating movement inside of a cylinder block by the connecting rod, and resonating means for resonating the piston, wherein the resonating means is a supplementary piston fitted to the piston additionally and a resonator fitted between the supplementary piston and the piston, or a resonator in a space between a sleeve side part and a piston side part of a divided connecting rod, thereby preventing an over pressure loss of the refrigerant and enhancing a performance by increasing refrigerant flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyup An, Hwan Joo Myung, In Seop Lee
  • Publication number: 20030037460
    Abstract: A clothes dryer in accordance with the present invention, including a drum supported in the case rotatably, having a space for drying clothes inside, a suction duct connected to one side of the drum, to which air for drying clothes is supplied, an extension duct lengthened from the suction duct into the drum, for flowing the air supplied from the suction duct into the drum and an exhaust duct connected to the other side of the drum, for exhausting air which dried clothes to the outside of the case can dry clothes inputted into the drum uniformly by composing the dryer capable of directly transmitting heated air to the center portion of the drum, thus to improve clothes drying efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Publication number: 20030000105
    Abstract: In a drum for a clothes drier having a plurality of baffles projected from the inner circumference of the drum, lifting and moving clothes, a drum for a clothes drier comprises a cylindrical body housing clothes and rotating and a plurality of baffles projected from the inner circumference of the cylindrical body in a length direction of the cylindrical body and lifting the clothes, wherein at least one baffle is installed at each disposal domain and is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the cylindrical body when the inner circumference of the cylindrical body is divided into a plurality of disposal domains in the length direction of the cylindrical body. Accordingly, because the clothes housed in the drum can be regularly dispersed, contact of the clothes and heating air can be performed well, accordingly clothes drying efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Publication number: 20030000104
    Abstract: A clothes dryer, for drying washed clothes, including a drum supported in a case rotatably, for drying clothes inserted to the inside of the case, a driving means installed in the case, for rotating the drum, a suction duct connected to a side of the drum, for supplying heated air to the inside of the drum, an exhaust duct connected to the other side of the drum, for exhausting air which dried the clothes in the drum, a first blowing means installed in the suction duct or the exhaust duct, for flowing air to the inside of the drum and exhausting the air at the same time and a suction increasing means installed in the case, for blowing air into an inlet of the suction duct can improve clothes drying performance and reduce time for drying clothes by increasing the amount of air supplied into the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Sung Bae Song, Sang Wook Hong, Sang Heon Yoon, Hwan Joo Myung
  • Patent number: 6446454
    Abstract: Suction muffler for a compressor including an inlet for introducing a refrigerant into the suction muffler, a chamber for temporary storage of the refrigerant and dropping a pressure of the refrigerant by means of a sudden increase of a volume of the refrigerant, a resonator for attenuating a noise of a specific frequency, a refrigerant supply tube for leading the refrigerant from the chamber to a cylinder, thereby stopping transmission of a pulsating flow occurred by the piston movement in the cylinder to outside of the refrigerant supply tube and preventing transmission of a noise from a suction valve and a discharge valve to outside of the suction muffler, wherein the chamber includes a vibration member having a vibration frequency corresponding to a pulsation frequency occurred at the refrigerant supply tube, thereby increasing supply of refrigerant to the cylinder a improving a performance of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Seop Lee, Kwang Hyup An, Hwan Joo Myung