Patents by Inventor Ig Geun Kwon
Ig Geun Kwon 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: 9003839Abstract: A laundry machine is provided that includes a tub to receive wash water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to support the shaft, a tub back including a rim that extends in a front to rear direction and coupled to the bearing housing at a front thereof, a rear gasket coupled to the rim of the tub back, and a suspension configured to reduce vibration of the drum. The rear gasket is connected between the tub back and the tub rear.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Min Gyu Jo, Hyun Seok Seo, Soo Bong Kim
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Patent number: 8997533Abstract: The present application relates to a laundry machine for washing laundry, including a tub for holding washing water, the tub including at least one fastener for fastening and wiring a wire harness along an outside surface thereof, a drum in the tub for holding laundry, a rotation shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotation shaft passes, a bearing housing for supporting the rotation shaft, a rear gasket connected between the tub and the tub back, and a suspension unit for supporting the bearing housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Tae Lim, Dong Il Lee
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Patent number: 8966944Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8844327Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8800165Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Sangwook Hong, Youngsuk Kim, Hyunseok Seo
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Patent number: 8782871Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laundry machine is disclosed. The manufacturing method of the laundry machine includes a suspension preparing step configured to prepare a suspension unit (40) configured to flexibly support a drum (30), a tub rear securing step configured to secure a tub rear (120) to the suspension unit (40), a drum securing step configured to a shaft (351) or the drum (30) to the suspension unit (40) via an inside of the tub rear (120), a tub front coupling step configured to couple a tub front (100) to the tub rear (120), a tub seating step configured to seat the tub front (100) and the tub rear (120) in a cabinet cabinet base (600)m and a suspension securing step configured to secure the suspension unit to the cabinet base (600).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong Il Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Hee Tae Kim, Jung Tae Song
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Patent number: 8763184Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8746015Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Publication number: 20140150278Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Sangwook Hong, Youngsuk Kim, Hyunseok Seo
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Publication number: 20140150277Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Ig Geun KWON, Sangwook HONG, Youngsuk KIM, Hyunseok SEO
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Publication number: 20140150276Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Ig Geun KWON, Sangwook HONG, Youngsuk KIM, Hyunseok SEO
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Publication number: 20140150279Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Sangwook Hong, Youngsuk Kim, Hyunseok Seo
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Patent number: 8713736Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8578533Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8533883Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8393184Abstract: A drum-type washing machine is disclosed. The drum-type washing machine includes a case formed with an opening part for receiving therethrough laundry to be washed, a door opening and closing the opening part, a tub mounted in the case to receive wash water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a path compensation unit disposed at an inner lower end of the tub to facilitate flow of fluid while the drum is rotating. According to this drum-type washing machine, the dehydration efficiency can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyu Hwan Lee, Hee Tae Lim, Jae Hyun Choi, Ig Geun Kwon
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Patent number: 8336342Abstract: A clothes refreshing apparatus is disclosed. The clothes refreshing apparatus includes a cabinet forming an external appearance, a drum which is installed in the cabinet and provides a space in which clothes are loaded and refreshed, a front panel which forms a front surface of the cabinet and has a loading port through which the clothes are loaded into the drum, and a door which is installed to open and close the loading port, wherein the door is formed to have a vertical length equal to or larger than a vertical length of side surfaces of the front panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jung-tae Song, Hee-tae Lim, Suk-yun Moon, Ig Geun Kwon, Heung-gi Kim
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Publication number: 20120180534Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Publication number: 20120174631Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: IN HO CHO, HYUNG YONG KIM, EUN JIN PARK, IG GEUN KWON, SANG II HWANG, HAN SU JUNG, KYUNG CHUL WOO, BYUNG KEOL CHOI, MYONG HUN IM, SOO YOUNG OH, MOON HEE HONG, WOO YOUNG KIM, SANG HEON LEE
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Publication number: 20120151689Abstract: A control method of a laundry machine is disclosed. The control method of a laundry machine comprising a circulating step configured to circulate water inside the tub to re-supply the water to the tub, the circulating step implemented in a heating step.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Sang Il Hwang, Ig Geun Kwon, Dong II Lee, Jae Hyuk Jang, Bon Kwon Koo