Patents by Inventor Jeong-in Seo

Jeong-in Seo 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: 20230411778
    Abstract: A secondary battery cell includes: a case in which an electrode assembly is accommodated; a cap plate assembly coupled to at least one side of the case; and a venting unit including a base coupled to one surface of the case and a notch portion formed on the base, and the notch portion includes: a first notch portion extending in a first direction, parallel to a longitudinal direction of the base; a second notch portion extending in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, from both ends of the first notch portion, respectively; and a third notch portion extending in the first direction from both ends of the second notch portion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Sik SHIN, Seung Hoon JU, Ji Yong PARK, Jae Gyu BYUN, Gi Jeong SEO
  • Publication number: 20230411777
    Abstract: A secondary battery cell includes: a case in which an electrode assembly is accommodated; a cap plate assembly coupled to at least one side of the case; and a venting unit including a base coupled to one surface of the case and a notch portion formed on the base, and the notch portion includes: a first notch portion extending in a first direction; a second notch portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a third notch portion extending in a third direction, parallel to a longitudinal direction of the base from both ends of the first notch portion and the second notch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Sik SHIN, Seung Hoon JU, Ji Yong PARK, Jae Gyu BYUN, Gi Jeong SEO
  • Patent number: 11808510
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Woo Cho, Jin Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11703268
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom; an evaporator arranged in the back of the storeroom and configured to generate cold air; a defrost heater arranged under the evaporator into which air flows and configured to remove frost or ice formed on the evaporator; a temperature sensor arranged on the top of the evaporator and configured to measure temperature; and a controller configured to stop operation of the defrost heater in a first defrost cycle based on a first measurement measured by the temperature sensor and stop operation of the defrost heater in a second defrost cycle based on a second measurement, which is different from the first measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Hee Moon Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11670215
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a controller for providing a clock-embedded data signal including image data in an active period and including a training pattern in a blank period, and a data driver for recovering the image data from the clock-embedded data signal based on an internal clock signal to provide data voltages corresponding to the image data to the plurality of pixels in the active period, and to perform a training operation for the internal clock signal using the training pattern included in the clock-embedded data signal in the blank period. The training pattern in the blank period includes a first training clock signal modulated with a first modulation period during a first time, and includes a second training clock signal modulated with a second modulation period different from the first modulation period after the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Yeon Kim, Tae Gon Im, Hee-Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11644230
    Abstract: Provide is a refrigerator provided with a defrosting device capable of enhancing the defrosting efficiency. The refrigerator includes main body, storage compartment provided inside the main body, an evaporator provided in the storage compartment and configured to generate cold air, a first flow path allowing air to be guided in a first direction for the air to be supplied to the storage compartment during a cooling operation, a defrosting heater configured to generate heat for defrost, a second flow path allowing air to be guided in a second direction opposite to the first direction for the air to be circulated around the evaporator during a defrosting operation, a fan allowing air having received heat from the defrosting heater to be circuited around the evaporator through the second flow path, and a flow path resistance portion provided on the second flow path to increase a flow path resistance in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sub Lee, Kook Jeong Seo, Dae Whan Kim, Hee Yuel Roh, Jeong-Min Jeon, Young Don Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230112331
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel comprising a display area including a plurality of pixels and a non-display area disposed around the display area; and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards disposed in the non-display area along a first edge of the display panel, where distances of a first end portion of each of the flexible printed circuit boards from the first edge are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jiye LEE, Sooyeon KIM, Hee-Jeong SEO, Jongsoo KIM, Heen Dol KIM, Chae Hee PARK, Youngsuk JUNG
  • Patent number: 11573040
    Abstract: A water pocket with an open top side is filled with water, mounted in a regular position on a supporting frame, and tilts to supply the water stored in the water pocket to an ice making tray, thereby easily supplying a required amount of water to the ice making tray. A refrigerator includes an ice making tray provided to linearly move with rotation when ice of the ice making tray is separated, or includes a holding preventing member which prevents the ice from being caught by a lower ice making tray, thereby improving a forward-and-backward width of an ice maker. It is possible to easily withdraw ice stored in an ice bucket by pushing an ice discharge button in a state in which the ice bucket is not separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Jong Park, Moon Gyo Jung, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11573043
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a door rotatably coupled to the main body, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and into which the ice maker is assembled. The ice making chamber includes an ice making chamber wall and an ice making space having an open front surface, and the ice making chamber wall includes a guide rib protruding toward the ice making space. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having an ice making cell for storing water, an ejector rotatable to separate ice from the ice making cell, and a motor box coupled to one side of the ice making tray in a longitudinal direction to accommodate an ice separation motor for rotating the ejector. The ice making tray is supported on the guide rib, and the motor box and the ice making chamber wall is fastened through a fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Seok Jun Yoon, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11512886
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body, a door, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and including an ice maker to make ice and an ice bucket to store the ice produced. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having a plurality of ice making cells for receiving water, an ice separation heater to heat the ice making tray so that ice is separated from the ice making tray, an ejector rotatably provided to transfer the ice separated to the outside of the ice making tray, and a water channel formed on partitions partitioning the plurality of ice making cells to allow water to flow between the partitions and configured such that at least one of surfaces in contact with ice has a tapered shape in which a thickness thereof gradually decreases in a direction of directing to the ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Young Il Song, Do Yun Jang, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11397041
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body; a first evaporator provided in the first storage chamber, configured to generate cool air; a second evaporator provided in the second storage chamber, configured to generate the cool air; a switching valve configured to supply a refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching valve so that the refrigerant supplied to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator is distributed according to a predetermined reference, and lower the temperature of the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to a predetermined temperature based on the generated control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Kim, Su-Cheol Yoo, Jung Woo Yoo, Kook Jeong Seo, Chang-Hern Lee, Ha-Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11386819
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first and second panel pads electrically connected to each other, a connection board including first and second connection board pads connected to the first and second panel pads, respectively, an output pad, and a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a pull-up resistor connected between a first voltage terminal and a first node, and a comparator configured to compare a voltage at the first node with a reference voltage and to output a contact test signal corresponding to a comparison result to the output pad. The first connection board pad is electrically connected to the first node, and the second connection board pad is connected to a second voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taegon Im, Sooyeon Kim, JiYe Lee, Hee-Jeong Seo, Junghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11384973
    Abstract: A refrigerator that includes a main body, a wall and a storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a door rotatably coupled to the main body configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes an ice-making chamber formed in a front surface of the door. The refrigerator also includes a cooling chamber that includes a cooler is provided inside the wall and configured to generate cooling air. The refrigerator also includes a cooling air duct configured to connect the ice-making chamber and the cooling chamber to supply the cooling air generated by the cooler to the ice-making chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Kook Jeong Seo, Moo Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11359855
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment; a first flow path separated from the storage compartment; an evaporator provided on the first flow path to cool air; a compressor configured to discharge a refrigerant to the evaporator; a blower fan configured to discharge air of the first flow path to the storage compartment; a defrost heater provided on the first flow path to heat the evaporator; a second flow path separated from the first flow path; a defrost fan configured to suction air of the first flow path into the second flow path; and a controller configured to alternately perform a cooling operation and a defrosting operation, configured to operate the compressor and the blower fan during the cooling operation, configured to operate the defrost heater and the defrost fan during the defrosting operation, and configured to vary a rotational speed of the defrost fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Yuel Roh, Kook Jeong Seo, In Sub Lee, Dae Whan Kim, Jeong-Min Jeon
  • Patent number: 11333418
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including an ice bucket configured to store ice, a transfer member configured to transfer ice stored in the ice bucket, and an ice crushing device provided at an outer side of the ice bucket and configured to discharge cubed ice discharged from the ice bucket without crushing, or to crush and discharge the cubed ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kyoung Ki Park, Kook Jeong Seo, Bong Su Son
  • Publication number: 20220082311
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment formed therein, and a cooling module forming a machine compartment in which a compressor is disposed and detachably mounted to the main body. The cooling module includes a module body forming the machine compartment, a condenser of an L shape disposed on one side of the compressor and including a first part corresponding to a portion of a rear surface of the machine compartment and a second part corresponding to one side of the machine compartment. The condenser is vertically mounted on a base plate disposed below the module body. A module cover is provided to cover the rear of the machine compartment, and a suction flow path includes first and second suction flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo YOO, Ju Young KIM, Kook Jeong SEO, Su-Cheol YOO, Won-Jae YOON
  • Publication number: 20220003480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator having a manual ice maker. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Woo CHO, Jin JEONG, Kook Jeong SEO
  • Publication number: 20210351455
    Abstract: Provided is a battery case for an electric car. The battery case includes a support part configured such that a battery module is seated and supported and including a sidewall extending upwards from an edge portion thereof, an inner frame coupled to a top surface of the support part to partition a seat part of the battery module, and an outer frame coupled to an outer surface of the support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Do-Hyoung Kim, Hyun-Jin Choi, Kwon-Taek Kim, Ae-Ri Oh, Chan-Ho Jung, Ha-Jeong Seo, Eun-Guk Lee, Hee-June Kim
  • Publication number: 20210296728
    Abstract: Provided is a lower protecting plate of a battery module for an electric car. The lower protecting plate may include a fiber-reinforced plastic composite formed of a lamination sheet including at least one of first and second sheets. The first sheet may include matrix resin and reinforced fiber in the form of long fiber. The second sheet may include matrix resin and reinforced fiber in the form of fabric woven by continuous fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Do-Hyoung Kim, Hyun-Jin Choi, Kwon-Taek Kim, Ae-Ri Oh, Chan-Ho Jung, Ha-Jeong Seo, Eun-Guk Lee, Hee-June Kim
  • Publication number: 20210287594
    Abstract: Provided is a data driver including a digital to analog converter configured to convert image signal data into a plurality of data voltages, and an output buffer unit including a plurality of channels for outputting the plurality of data voltages. The output buffer unit includes a plurality of output blocks. Each output block includes one or more channels. Data voltages outputted from a first output block among the plurality of output blocks are delayed with a first time difference. Data voltages outputted from a second output block among the plurality of output blocks are delayed with a second time difference which is different from the first time difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sooyeon KIM, Hee-Jeong SEO, JiYe LEE, Taegon IM, JUNGHWAN CHO