Patents by Inventor Jin Woo SO

Jin Woo SO 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: 20250129869
    Abstract: A manifold may include a pipe, a nut member at an outer circumferential surface of the pipe, and a manifold body including a port having a concave shape extending into the manifold body from an outer surface of the manifold body, wherein a first portion the nut member is inserted into the port, and the manifold body including a locking part protruding on the outer surface and engaging with a second portion of the nut member to prevent the nut member inserted into the port from being rotated and loosened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jong Cheon Kim, Jin Woo So, Myeong Seok Kim, Jae Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12221734
    Abstract: A support frame and a laundry processing device are provided. The support frame includes a base, and a vertical beam extending upwards from the base. Vertical beams are provided, and at least part of the vertical beams are formed by detachably connecting at least two sub-units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugao Xu, Xuelong Hou, Jianping Peng, Jin Woo So, Chunyu Zhu, Wenfa Liu, Lian Liang
  • Patent number: 12203209
    Abstract: A frame assembly of a clothes treatment apparatus and a clothes treatment apparatus are disclosed. The frame assembly includes: a support frame forming an accommodation space for accommodating a clothes treatment drum; a support structure connected to the support frame and supporting the clothes treatment drum; and a limiting structure arranged on the support frame and cooperating with the support structure to limit displacement of the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugao Xu, Jin Woo So
  • Patent number: 12031256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus, comprising a clothes drying device, a first drainage pipe, a second drainage pipe, a drainage pump and a controller, wherein the clothes drying device is provided with a water accumulation tank; an inlet of the first drainage pipe is in communication with the water accumulation tank; a water outlet of the drainage pump is in communication with the second drainage pipe; and a water inlet of the drainage pump is in communication with the water accumulation tank. By means of the additional provision of the drainage pump and the second drainage pipe, the clothes treatment apparatus can discharge water in the water accumulation tank in a timely manner, and the drainage performance of the clothes drying device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin Woo So, Yugao Xu
  • Publication number: 20220307183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus, comprising a clothes drying device, a first drainage pipe, a second drainage pipe, a drainage pump and a controller, wherein the clothes drying device is provided with a water accumulation tank; an inlet of the first drainage pipe is in communication with the water accumulation tank; a water outlet of the drainage pump is in communication with the second drainage pipe; and a water inlet of the drainage pump is in communication with the water accumulation tank. By means of the additional provision of the drainage pump and the second drainage pipe, the clothes treatment apparatus can discharge water in the water accumulation tank in a timely manner, and the drainage performance of the clothes drying device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Woo SO, Yugao XU
  • Publication number: 20220136165
    Abstract: A frame assembly of a clothes treatment apparatus and a clothes treatment apparatus are disclosed. The frame assembly includes: a support frame forming an accommodation space for accommodating a clothes treatment drum; a support structure connected to the support frame and supporting the clothes treatment drum; and a limiting structure arranged on the support frame and cooperating with the support structure to limit displacement of the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yugao XU, Jin Woo SO
  • Publication number: 20220081819
    Abstract: A support frame and a laundry processing device are provided. The support frame includes a base, and a vertical beam extending upwards from the base. Vertical beams are provided, and at least part of the vertical beams are formed by detachably connecting at least two sub-units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yugao XU, Xuelong HOU, Jianping PENG, Jin Woo SO, Chunyu ZHU, Wenfa LIU, Lian LIANG
  • Patent number: 10968560
    Abstract: A dryer according to the present disclosure may be a dryer to which a heat pump system is applied, and may provide a structure in which constant temperature external air is suctioned and supplied to a drum to maintain constant performance of the dryer. An air supply unit configured to supply hot dry air to the drum is isolated from an inside of the main body such that internal air including a foreign material is not introduced into the air supply unit, and a suction port cover is separably coupled to the dryer such that a foreign material introduced with the external air is easily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Sun Park, Jin Woo So, Myung Hee Ryu, Jin Woo Hong
  • Publication number: 20180251933
    Abstract: A dryer according to the present disclosure may be a dryer to which a heat pump system is applied, and may provide a structure in which constant temperature external air is suctioned and supplied to a drum to maintain constant performance of the dryer. An air supply unit configured to supply hot dry air to the drum is isolated from an inside of the main body such that internal air including a foreign material is not introduced into the air supply unit, and a suction port cover is separably coupled to the dryer such that a foreign material introduced with the external air is easily removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ki Sun PARK, Jin Woo SO, Myung Hee RYU, Jin Woo HONG
  • Publication number: 20180112348
    Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a body having a filter opening at a front side of the body; a drum disposed in the body; a heat exchanger disposed in the body to exchange heat with air; a filter unit detachably mounted in the body through the filter opening; and a filter cover configured to be positioned between an open position where the filter unit is accessible through the filter opening and a closed position where the filter opening is covered by the filter cover. The filter cover includes a first coupling member. The filter unit includes a filter, a casing to support the filter, a front cover disposed at a front side of the casing, and a second coupling member disposed at the front cover. When the filter unit is mounted in the body the filter cover is maintained in the closed position by coupling the first and second coupling members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Joon CHO, Jin Woo SO, Yun Hwan LEE
  • Patent number: 9885144
    Abstract: A clothes dryer with a filter unit and a filter cover having a coupling structure corresponding to each other. The clothes dryer includes a body, a drum installed inside the body, a drying unit configured to dry air passed through the drum, a filter unit disposed on the drying unit and detachably installed on the body, a filter cover fixed by provided with one side thereof being installed on the body and the other side thereof being coupled to the filter unit. When the filter unit is not assembled, a user may notice the filter unit not being assembled due to the filter unit and the filter cover, both of which are provided with a coupling structure corresponding to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Joon Cho, Jin Woo So, Yun Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20150252516
    Abstract: A clothes dryer with a filter unit and a filter cover having a coupling structure corresponding to each other. The clothes dryer includes a body, a drum installed inside the body, a drying unit configured to dry air passed through the drum, a filter unit disposed on the drying unit and detachably installed on the body, a filter cover fixed by provided with one side thereof being installed on the body and the other side thereof being coupled to the filter unit. When the filter unit is not assembled, a user may notice the filter unit not being assembled due to the filter unit and the filter cover, both of which are provided with a coupling structure corresponding to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Joon CHO, Jin Woo SO, Yun Hwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20140319983
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus including a cabinet having an opening, a drum placed within the cabinet to accommodate laundry therein, and a door assembly configured to open or close the opening. The door assembly includes a second module having a hollowed region and configured to be selectively open or closed in different directions, and a first module, at least a portion of which hermetically seals the hollowed region, the first module being configured not to interfere with opening/closing of the second module. Such an improved configuration of the door assembly ensures easy change in the opening/closing direction of a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nae Young PARK, Jin Woo SO