Patents by Inventor In Hee Han

In Hee Han 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: 8984915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry washing apparatus and particularly to a laundry washing apparatus comprising a base that forms a lower face, front/rear plates that form front and rear directions, side plates that form both sides, and a top plate that forms an upper part, wherein the top plate is further furnished with a locking device that controls the locking state of the top plate by means of an external key insertion operation, so that theft of a payment apparatus installed on the top plate can be effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Yeong Heo, In Hee Han
  • Patent number: 8468065
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system of managing a laundry room. In the method, identification information including an ID (identifier) is received through a communicator. Then, information about the rate and operating conditions is set through the communicator. A predetermined operation allowed by the setting is performed according to a received payment after receiving information about insertion of the payment from the payment device. While performing, operating information is recorded. Then, the recorded operating information is transmitted in response to a request of the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In-Hee Han, Kang-Mo Choi, Ji-An Jeong, Nam-Yeong Heo
  • Patent number: 8365437
    Abstract: Drum (1) for a washing machine or a dryer including a cylindrical metal body part (100). reduced parts (110) at opposite ends of the body part, each having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body part. and bent parts (120) each having a folded edge of the reduced part, thereby providing a drum that preventing occurrence of vibration and noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, In Hee Han
  • Patent number: 8083122
    Abstract: Drum for a washer and a dryer including a cylindrical metal body part, reduced parts at opposite end parts of the body part, each having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body part, and bent parts each having a folded edge of the reduced part, thereby providing a drum that can prevent occurrence of vibration and noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, In Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20110285262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry washing apparatus and particularly to a laundry washing apparatus comprising a base that forms a lower face, front/rear plates that form front and rear directions, side plates that form both sides, and a top plate that forms an upper part, wherein the top plate is further furnished with a locking device that controls the locking state of the top plate by means of an external key insertion operation, so that theft of a payment apparatus installed on the top plate can be effectively prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Nam Yeong Heo, In Hee Han
  • Patent number: 8024871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust structure for a clothes dryer in an apartment building. The exhaust structure includes at least one riser pipe mounted in a vertical direction crossing every floor of a building to discharge exhaust gas, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the riser pipe to a household in the every floor to guide exhaust gas from the household to the riser pipe, and a fan mounted above a top of the riser pipe and operating in proportion to the amount of exhaust gas in the riser pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Won Tug Son
  • Publication number: 20110192886
    Abstract: Drum for a washer and a dryer including a cylindrical metal body part, reduced parts at opposite end parts of the body part, each having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body part, and bent parts each having a folded edge of the reduced part, thereby providing a drum that can prevent occurrence of vibration and noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Soon Jo LEE, In Hee HAN
  • Patent number: 7987615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust structure for a clothes dryer in an apartment building. The exhaust structure includes at least one riser pipe mounted in a vertical direction crossing every floor of a building, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the riser pipe to a household in the every floor to guide exhaust gas from the household to the riser pipe, a lint filter provided in each of the plurality of branch pipes to filter lint included in the exhaust gas, a first pressure sensor provided in front of the lint filter to sense a pressure in each of the plurality of branch pipes, and a filter controller to determine whether the lint filter is blocked, by receiving a value of the pressure sensed by the first pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Won Tug Son
  • Patent number: 7950087
    Abstract: A commercial laundry system is disclosed. The commercial laundry system includes a plurality of laundry machines that independently perform washing and/or drying, a plurality of receiving devices provided at the respective laundry machines for receiving a signal, and a single payment device for transmitting a signal for use permission to the receiving device of any one of the laundry machines and separately controlling authorities to use the laundry machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Nam Yeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20110056086
    Abstract: Drum for a washer and a dryer including a cylindrical metal body part, reduced parts at opposite end parts of the body part, each having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body part, and bent parts each having a folded edge of the reduced part, thereby providing a drum that can prevent occurrence of vibration and noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Soon Jo Lee, In Hee Han
  • Patent number: 7661202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, in which mounting/dismounting of a fan is made easy by clamping a motor shaft with a tool, such as a spanner, effectively in cases when the fan is dismounted/mounted from/on the motor shaft for service of the product. For this, a motor shaft structure, in a clothes dryer including a drying drum rotatably mounted in a body, a motor bracket fixed to a bottom of an inside of the body, a motor mounted on the motor bracket for generating a rotating power, and a fan coupled to the motor with a shaft, includes chambered parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Soo Won Park
  • Patent number: 7494197
    Abstract: Cabinet for a home appliance including a base panel 10, one pair of side panels 20 respectively provided to side ends of the base panel 10, each having a size of holes 21 in a front end, a front panel 30 provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels 10 and 20, the front panel 30 having projections 31 mounted on a rear surface thereof for being inserted in the holes 21 and engaged with circumferential portions 21a of the holes 21, respectively, and a rear panel 40 provided to rear ends of the base panel and the side panels 10 and 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Seong Hai Jeong, Soon Jo Lee
  • Publication number: 20080196171
    Abstract: A commercial laundry system is disclosed. The commercial laundry system includes a plurality of laundry machines that independently perform washing and/or drying, a plurality of receiving devices provided at the respective laundry machines for receiving a signal, and a single payment device for transmitting a signal for use permission to the receiving device of any one of the laundry machines and separately controlling authorities to use the laundry machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Nam Yeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20080196453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine, and the laundry machine includes main body forming an external appearance, and a drum which is rotatably installed in the main body to accommodate a laundry, wherein an opening is formed at one side of the main body to selectively connect an inside of the main body to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Yeong Heo, In Hee Han
  • Patent number: 7395612
    Abstract: A drum for use in a dryer is provided. The drum includes a plurality of segments joined axially to form the drum's cylindrical shape. The drum has a simple structure enabling the use of standardized segments to facilitate dryer manufacture by reducing production costs, increasing productivity, and reducing failure rates. The drum, which has a cylindrical shape, is composed of a plurality of segments, preferably, three, each arranged axially with respect to the axis of the drum. The drum includes a coupling mechanism, provided on each side edge of each segment, for joining the segments to form the cylindrical shape of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Hai Jeong, Ju Han Yoon, Soo Won Park, In Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20080132160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust structure from dryers in an apartment building including at least one riser tube running vertically crossing stories of the apartment building, a plurality of branch tubes branched from the riser tube to apartments on each of the stories for guiding exhaust gas from the apartments to the riser tube, and a fan mounted to a top of the riser tube and to be driven for making a pressure distribution in the riser tube to be the same with a pressure distribution on an outside of the building, substantially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Won Tug Son
  • Publication number: 20080127506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust structure for a clothes dryer in an apartment building. The exhaust structure includes at least one riser pipe mounted in a vertical direction crossing every floor of a building, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the riser pipe to a household in the every floor to guide exhaust gas from the household to the riser pipe, a lint filter provided in each of the plurality of branch pipes to filter lint included in the exhaust gas, a first pressure sensor provided in front of the lint filter to sense a pressure in each of the plurality of branch pipes, and a filter controller to determine whether the lint filter is blocked, by receiving a value of the pressure sensed by the first pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Won Tug Son
  • Publication number: 20080127505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust structure for a clothes dryer in an apartment building. The exhaust structure includes at least one riser pipe mounted in a vertical direction crossing every floor of a building to discharge exhaust gas, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the riser pipe to a household in the every floor to guide exhaust gas from the household to the riser pipe, and a fan mounted above a top of the riser pipe and operating in proportion to the amount of exhaust gas in the riser pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Hee Han, Won Tug Son
  • Publication number: 20080027741
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of managing laundry room machines in a laundry room. The method includes the step of: a) receiving identification information including an ID (identifier) through a communicator; b) setting information about the rate and operating conditions through the communicator; c) receiving a selection of a course allowed by an inserted payment after receiving information about insertion of the payment from the payment device; d) performing a predetermined operation according to the selected course; and e) recording operating information of the predetermined operation performed in the step d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: In-Hee Han, Kang-Mo Choi, Ji-An Jeong, Nam-Yeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20080027816
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system of managing a laundry room. In the method, identification information including an ID (identifier) is received through a communicator. Then, information about the rate and operating conditions is set through the communicator. A predetermined operation allowed by the setting is performed according to a received payment after receiving information about insertion of the payment from the payment device. While performing, operating information is recorded. Then, the recorded operating information is transmitted in response to a request of the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: In-Hee Han, Kang-Mo Choi, Ji-An Jeong, Nam-Yeong Heo