Patents by Inventor Jei Min Choi
Jei Min Choi 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: 11566794Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, and a blade configured to open and close the outlet and having a plurality of holes. The blade includes a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in a second direction, and a block area in which none of the plurality of holes are formed, at least a number of the plurality of holes are disposed on a first line extending in the first direction, and a second line spaced in the second direction from the first line, respectively, where the second line extends in the first direction, and the block area comprises an area formed in the first direction between the first line and the second line.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jang Jung Lee, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jei Min Choi
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Patent number: 11480349Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a compressor that compresses a first refrigerant introduced from an indoor unit of the air conditioner and a condenser that condenses the first refrigerant compressed by the compressor. A first driving circuit drives the compressor and a second driving circuit regulates a voltage of the first driving circuit. A cooling unit includes: a heat dissipation member that comes into thermal contact with the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, and a refrigerant pipe that is provided in the heat dissipation member, and has a path along which a second refrigerant moves through the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit. As a result, it is possible to efficiently cool the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Wan-soo Yang, Tae-woo Kang, Sung-tae Kim, Seong-hwan Jang, Wang-byung Chae, Jei-min Choi
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Patent number: 11274835Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner include a housing having a discharge port, a blade located in the discharge port where the blade is rotatable with respect to the housing, a blade driving member configured to rotate the blade, and an elastic member located between the blade and the blade driving member and the elastic member including a stopper coupleable to the blade driving member.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
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Patent number: 11226120Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keun Jeong Jang, Wan Soo Yang, Eun Sung Jo, Hyun Wuk Kang, Hyeon U Park, Jei Min Choi, Bu Youn Lee, Wang Byung Chae
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Patent number: 11226131Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a discharge port, a blade rotatably provided in the discharge port, a blade drive unit configured to rotate the blade, a first support member configured to rotatably support the blade and comprising a first blade coupling portion, a second support member configured to rotatably support the blade, located to be closer to the blade drive unit than the first support member, and comprising a second blade coupling portion having a size different from that of the first blade coupling portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
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Patent number: 11002451Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hyeonu Park, Woo Seog Song, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Moon Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jun Hwa Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang
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Publication number: 20210041116Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a compressor that compresses a first refrigerant introduced from an indoor unit of the air conditioner and a condenser that condenses the first refrigerant compressed by the compressor. A first driving circuit drives the compressor and a second driving circuit regulates a voltage of the first driving circuit. A cooling unit includes: a heat dissipation member that comes into thermal contact with the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, and a refrigerant pipe that is provided in the heat dissipation member, and has a path along which a second refrigerant moves through the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit. As a result, it is possible to efficiently cool the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Wan-soo YANG, Tae-woo KANG, Sung-tae KIM, Seong-hwan JANG, Wang-byung CHAE, Jei-min CHOI
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Patent number: 10718534Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger including a refrigerant tube, a fin assembly, and a fan assembly located at an upper portion of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger adjacent to the fan assembly and a second heat exchanger under the first heat exchanger. A density of a fin assembly at the first heat exchanger is larger than that of a fin assembly at the second heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of layers with a refrigerant introduced into each of inlet pipes of the heat exchanger flowing evenly at each of the layers. The refrigerant to be discharged to each of outlet pipes is discharged at the same temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Goo Kim, Tae Il Kim, Dong-Il Jung, Seung Kwan Choi, Jei-Min Choi
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Publication number: 20200088421Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Keun Jeong JANG, Wan Soo YANG, Eun Sung JO, Hyun Wuk KANG, Hyeon U PARK, Jei Min CHOI, Bu Youn LEE, Wang Byung CHAE
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Patent number: 10386079Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
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Publication number: 20180313569Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a discharge port, a blade rotatably provided in the discharge port, a blade drive unit configured to rotate the blade, a first support member configured to rotatably support the blade and comprising a first blade coupling portion, a second support member configured to rotatably support the blade, located to be closer to the blade drive unit than the first support member, and comprising a second blade coupling portion having a size different from that of the first blade coupling portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
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Publication number: 20180313552Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, and a blade configured to open and close the outlet and having a plurality of holes. The blade includes a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in a second direction, and a block area in which none of the plurality of holes are formed, at least a number of the plurality of holes are disposed on a first line extending in the first direction, and a second line spaced in the second direction from the first line, respectively, where the second line extends in the first direction, and the block area comprises an area formed in the first direction between the first line and the second line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jang Jung LEE, Hyun-Ho KIM, Hong Yeol MOON, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeon U PARK, Seung-Jun YOON, Jei Min CHOI
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Publication number: 20180313551Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner include a housing having a discharge port, a blade located in the discharge port where the blade is rotatable with respect to the housing, a blade driving member configured to rotate the blade, and an elastic member located between the blade and the blade driving member and the elastic member including a stopper coupleable to the blade driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Yeol MOON, Hyun-Ho KIM, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeon U PARK, Seung-Jun YOON, Jang Jung LEE, Jei Min CHOI
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Publication number: 20180172288Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun KIM, Hyun-Ho KIM, Hyeonu PARK, Woo Seog SONG, Jang Jung LEE, Jei Min CHOI, Jong Moon KIM, Hong Yeol MOON, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeong Joon SEO, Seung-Jun YOON, Jun Hwa LEE, Hyeong Kyu CHO, Jun HWANG
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Publication number: 20180135871Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co,, Ltd.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
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Publication number: 20170115011Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that includes a heat exchanger including a refrigerant tube, a fin assembly, and a fan assembly located at an upper portion of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger adjacent to the fan assembly and a second heat exchanger under the first heat exchanger. A density of a fin assembly at the first heat exchanger is larger than that of a fin assembly at the second heat exchanger. Performance of the air conditioner may be enhanced using different types of heat exchangers. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of layers with a refrigerant introduced into each of inlet pipes of the heat exchanger flowing evenly at each of the layers. The refrigerant to be discharged to each of outlet pipes is discharged at the same temperature. Thus, cooling and warming performance of the air conditioner may be enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Hoon KIM, Sung Goo KIM, Tae IL KIM, Dong-IL JUNG, Seung Kwan CHOI, Jei-Min CHOI
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Patent number: 8272229Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner having a control box assembly, which enhances the serviceability of a circuit board and reduces production costs. In the air conditioner, which has a casing unit forming an external appearance of the air conditioner, a heat exchanger, a blowing device, and a control box assembly provided in the casing, the control box assembly includes a mounting unit mounting a circuit board; a control box housing the circuit board and the mounting unit; and guide units provided in the control box to guide a rectilinear reciprocating motion of the mounting unit to allow the mounting unit to come into and out of the control box and guide a rotating motion of the mounting unit in the case that the mounting unit is located at a designated position.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jei Min Choi, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jong Ki Jeon, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
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Patent number: 8047016Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which discharge units respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the indoor unit have an improved discharge structure such that the discharge units are interchangeable, to increase cooling efficiency regardless of installation position of the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes a cabinet; a first discharge unit being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in a forward direction; and a second discharge unit separated from the first discharge unit, being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in the oblique direction, the first discharge unit and the second discharge unit being interchangeable according to a height of a position at which the cabinet is installed. The indoor unit of the air conditioner sets the optimum direction of discharged air, thus increasing the cooling efficiency of an indoor space.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Ki Jeon, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
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Publication number: 20090205352Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner having a control box assembly, which enhances the serviceability of a circuit board and reduces production costs. In the air conditioner, which has a casing unit forming an external appearance of the air conditioner, a heat exchanger, a blowing device, and a control box assembly provided in the casing, the control box assembly includes a mounting unit mounting a circuit board; a control box housing the circuit board and the mounting unit; and guide units provided in the control box to guide a rectilinear reciprocating motion of the mounting unit to allow the mounting unit to come into and out of the control box and guide a rotating motion of the mounting unit in the case that the mounting unit is located at a designated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jei Min Choi, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jong Kj Jeon, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
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Publication number: 20090199583Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which discharge units respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the indoor unit have an improved discharge structure such that the discharge units are interchangeable, to increase cooling efficiency regardless of installation position of the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes a cabinet; a first discharge unit being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in a forward direction; and a second discharge unit separated from the first discharge unit, being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in the oblique direction, the first discharge unit and the second discharge unit being interchangeable according to a height of a position at which the cabinet is installed. The indoor unit of the air conditioner sets the optimum direction of discharged air, thus increasing the cooling efficiency of an indoor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Ki Jeon, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee