Patents by Inventor Hyung Kwen Ham

Hyung Kwen Ham 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: 20210278090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oven including a main body including a cooking chamber, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, and a door locking device to lock the door not to be open with respect to the main body, wherein the door locking device includes a cam to be rotatable and including a plurality of first contact parts and a plurality of second contact parts, a lock releasing guide to linearly move to selectively come into contact with the plurality of first contact parts, and a locker to come into contact with the plurality of second contact parts and coupled to a locker holder provided in the door when coming into the plurality of second contact parts. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen HAM, Hyeon Kyu LIM, Nam Soo PARK, Wan Gi PARK
  • Patent number: 11089936
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher. The dishwasher, which is installed in a built-in manner in a system kitchen including a cabinet having a receiving space and a counter disposed on the cabinet to include an opening, includes a tub including a front opening, a front door configured to open and close the front opening, a cover frame disposed in the opening of the counter, an upper door rotatably coupled to the cover frame to open and close the opening of the counter, a trigger configured to lock or unlock the upper door, and a lift apparatus disposed to be spaced apart from the trigger and configured to open the upper door by a predetermined angle when the trigger releases the locking of the upper door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen Ham, Hyeon Kyu Lim, Yong Soo Kyong, Nam Soo Park, Chang Wook Lee, Jin Doo Kim
  • Patent number: 11078697
    Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an accommodation space, a first door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the accommodation space and having an opening, a second door rotatably coupled to the first door to open and close the opening, and a locking device configured to fix or separate the first door to or from the main body or fix or separate the second door to or from the first door. The locking device includes a main ring unit, an operating lever configured to separate the second door from the first door by pressure, and a dual opening preventing member configured to maintain a fixed state of the second door with respect to the first door when the operating lever is pressed in a state in which the first door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-kwen Ham, Hyeon-kyu Lim, Nam-soo Park, Sang-jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 10746411
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus capable of accurately perceiving whether a door is closed. Disclosed herein is also a cooking apparatus capable of preventing a latch assembly of a main body from being pressurized by another object outside the cooking apparatus in a state in which a door is opened. The cooking apparatus includes a latch assembly disposed in a main body and configured to confine a key member of a door, wherein the latch assembly includes: a body including an interference hole therein; a first lever rotatably coupled to the body; a second lever configured to be rotatable in a first direction due to pressurization of the key member; a stopper connected to the second lever and configured to restrict rotation of the first lever as the stopper is inserted into the interference hole; and a sensor configured to be selectively pressurized by the first lever and sense whether the door is opened and closed to prevent malfunction of the cooking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen Ham, Hyeon Kyu Lim, Nam Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20200221921
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher. The dishwasher, which is installed in a built-in manner in a system kitchen including a cabinet having a receiving space and a counter disposed on the cabinet to include an opening, includes a tub including a front opening, a front door configured to open and close the front opening, a cover frame disposed in the opening of the counter, an upper door rotatably coupled to the cover frame to open and close the opening of the counter, a trigger configured to lock or unlock the upper door, and a lift apparatus disposed to be spaced apart from the trigger and configured to open the upper door by a predetermined angle when the trigger releases the locking of the upper door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen HAM, Hyeon Kyu LIM, Yong Soo KYONG, Nam Soo PARK, Chang Wook LEE, Jin Doo KIM
  • Patent number: 10702123
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a main body, a washing tub provided inside the main body, and configured to wash dishes therein, a fixed nozzle assembly fixed to one side of the washing tub, and configured to spray washing water; and a vane installed inside the washing tub in such a way to be movable along a first direction, and configured to reflect washing water sprayed from the fixed nozzle assembly toward the dishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Seung Gee Hong, Hyung Kwen Ham, Ji Sun Yang, Buesing Johannes, Soo Hyung Yoo, Seung Wan Yoo
  • Patent number: 10278240
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a body includes a cooking compartment and an electrical component compartment formed therein, a door link-coupled with the body to open and/or close the cooking compartment, a door moving unit including a link member which connects the door with the body to allow the door to pivot upward and downward in front of the cooking compartment, and a cover unit which prevents the electrical component compartment in the body from being exposed by a movement of the link member. Here, the body includes a link moving portion formed on a front side to allow the link member to move into or out of the body, and the cover unit is configured to shield the link moving portion when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen Ham, Nam Soo Park, Jea Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20190063123
    Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an accommodation space, a first door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the accommodation space and having an opening, a second door rotatably coupled to the first door to open and close the opening, and a locking device configured to fix or separate the first door to or from the main body or fix or separate the second door to or from the first door. The locking device includes a main ring unit, an operating lever configured to separate the second door from the first door by pressure, and a dual opening preventing member configured to maintain a fixed state of the second door with respect to the first door when the operating lever is pressed in a state in which the first door is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung-kwen HAM, Hyeon-kyu LIM, Nam-soo PARK, Sang-jin JEONG
  • Patent number: 10182699
    Abstract: A washing operation and a drying operation are performed while a basket which is located inside a washing tub and accommodates dishes reciprocates in a vertical direction of a washing tub due to a driving device. The basket reciprocates in order to pass through an injection nozzle which injects washing water and an air nozzle which injects air to perform the washing operation while passing through the injection nozzle and to perform the drying operation while passing through the air nozzle. Through this, a small amount of dishes may be washed and dried in a short time and the dishes may be washed using a small amount of water and energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee-Hoon Lee, Ji Won Ryu, Jea Won Lee, Hyung Kwen Ham
  • Patent number: 10168093
    Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In Eom, Nam Soo Park, Hyung Kwen Ham, Seon Ju Lee, Young Seok Lee, Bok Hyun Jang, Simon Ireland, June Hyuck Choi
  • Publication number: 20180238604
    Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In EOM, Nam Soo PARK, Hyung Kwen HAM, Seon Ju LEE, Young Seok LEE, Bok Hyun JANG, Simon IRELAND, June Hyuck CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180209659
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus capable of accurately perceiving whether a door is closed. Disclosed herein is also a cooking apparatus capable of preventing a latch assembly of a main body from being pressurized by another object outside the cooking apparatus in a state in which a door is opened. The cooking apparatus includes a latch assembly disposed in a main body and configured to confine a key member of a door, wherein the latch assembly includes: a body including an interference hole therein; a first lever rotatably coupled to the body; a second lever configured to be rotatable in a first direction due to pressurization of the key member; a stopper connected to the second lever and configured to restrict rotation of the first lever as the stopper is inserted into the interference hole; and a sensor configured to be selectively pressurized by the first lever and sense whether the door is opened and closed to prevent malfunction of the cooking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen HAM, Hyeon Kyu LIM, Nam Soo PARK
  • Patent number: 9976793
    Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In Eom, Nam Soo Park, Hyung Kwen Ham, Seon Ju Lee, Young Seok Lee, Bok Hyun Jang, Simon Ireland, June Hyuck Choi
  • Publication number: 20180055332
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a main body, a washing tub provided inside the main body, and configured to wash dishes therein, a fixed nozzle assembly fixed to one side of the washing tub, and configured to spray washing water; and a vane installed inside the washing tub in such a way to be movable along a first direction, and configured to reflect washing water sprayed from the fixed nozzle assembly toward the dishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Wook LEE, Seung Gee HONG, Hyung Kwen HAM, Ji Sun YANG, BUESING JOHANNES, Soo Hyung YOO, Seung Wan YOO
  • Patent number: 9700197
    Abstract: A dishwasher enabling wash water to be reused, and a method of controlling the same, include a body provided with a washing tub on which dishware is disposed to be washed, a sump unit provided at a lower side of the body, and configured to accommodate wash water and pump the accommodated wash water, a spray nozzle configured to receive the wash water from the sump unit and spray the wash water to the washing tub, a storage tank provided at a lower side of the body and configured to accommodate used wash water which is supplied from the sump unit, a water supply pipe connecting the sump unit to the storage tank, and a pump connected to the water supply pipe and configured to pump the wash water being accommodated in the sump unit to the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen Ham, Jung Yoon Hahm, Dong Ho Park, Keon Ho Hong
  • Publication number: 20170159992
    Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In EOM, Nam Soo PARK, Hyung Kwen HAM, Seon Ju LEE, Young Seok LEE, Bok Hyun JANG, Simon IRELAND, June Hyuck CHOI
  • Patent number: 9668637
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly for spraying wash water at an inside a washing tub and a dishwasher having the same, the nozzle assembly including a nozzle configured to rotate on a rotating axis thereof, an inside rotor having a shape of a cylinder and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the nozzle while coupled to the rotating axis, and an outside rotor case having a larger radius than a radius of the inside rotor to accommodate the inside rotor therein, and having an opening hole through which the rotating axis passes, and the rotating axis of the nozzle revolves around a circumference of the opening hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Jung Yoon Hahm, Hyung Kwen Ham
  • Patent number: 9615719
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a washing chamber to wash dishes, a sump concavely formed at a lower portion of the washing chamber to collect water used in washing, a microfilter disposed at the sump to filter out dirt produced when the dishes are washed, and an ultrasonic generator to radiate ultrasonic waves toward the microfilter. Since the microfilter is automatically cleaned by the ultrasonic generator, a user may not need to manually clean the microfilter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Hee Lim, Su Jin Seong, Ae Lee Im, Jea Won Lee, Jong Ho Lee, Jung Min Choi, Hyung Kwen Ham, Kyung Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160374157
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a body includes a cooking compartment and an electrical component compartment formed therein, a door link-coupled with the body to open and/or close the cooking compartment, a door moving unit including a link member which connects the door with the body to allow the door to pivot upward and downward in front of the cooking compartment, and a cover unit which prevents the electrical component compartment in the body from being exposed by a movement of the link member. Here, the body includes a link moving portion formed on a front side to allow the link member to move into or out of the body, and the cover unit is configured to shield the link moving portion when the door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Kwen HAM, Nam Soo PARK, Jea Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20160338568
    Abstract: A washing operation and a drying operation are performed while a basket which is located inside a washing tub and accommodates dishes reciprocates in a vertical direction of a washing tub due to a driving device. The basket reciprocates in order to pass through an injection nozzle which injects washing water and an air nozzle which injects air to perform the washing operation while passing through the injection nozzle and to perform the drying operation while passing through the air nozzle. Through this, a small amount of dishes may be washed and dried in a short time and the dishes may be washed using a small amount of water and energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Hoon LEE, Ji Won RYU, Jea Won LEE, Hyung Kwen HAM