Patents by Inventor Jong Geun LIM

Jong Geun LIM 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: 20240360654
    Abstract: A device for controlling a faucet has a first and a second temperature sensors measuring temperatures of hot water and cold water, respectively, a heating tank heating the hot water supplied from a hot water pipe with a heater and storing heated water, a third temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the heated water, an electronic valve selecting two among the heated hot water, the cold water, and the hot water supplied from a hot water direct supplying pipe as a mixture target supply water based on a temperature of hot water measured by the first temperature sensor and a desired temperature set by a user, and discharging discharge water at a temperature corresponding to the desired temperature set by the user by controlling a mixing ratio of the mixture target supply water, a fourth temperature sensor measuring the temperature of the discharge water, a flow rate sensor measuring a flow rate of the discharge water, and a controller controlling the drive of the heater and the electric valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: THE SL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Keun SONG, Jong-Geun LIM
  • Patent number: 12091845
    Abstract: The faucet control device and method, and faucet are disclosed The faucet control device has a first and a second flow sensors measuring quantity of hot and cold water respectively, a first and a second temperature sensors measuring temperature of hot and cold water respectively, a heating tank heating hot water supplied from a hot water pile with a heater installed therein and storing heated water, a third temperature sensor measuring temperature of the heated water, a hot water direct supplying pipe outputting the hot water supplied from a hot water pipe, a electronic valve outputting mixed water by selectively mixing the heated water, the hot water and the cold water, and a controller controlling operation of the heater based on the temperature of the heated water and controlling opening amount of the electronic valve to make quantity and temperature of discharged water equal to target quantity and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: THE SL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Keun Song, Jong Geun Lim
  • Publication number: 20230074686
    Abstract: The faucet control device and method, and faucet are disclosed The faucet control device has a first and a second flow sensors measuring quantity of hot and cold water respectively, a first and a second temperature sensors measuring temperature of hot and cold water respectively, a heating tank heating hot water supplied from a hot water pile with a heater installed therein and storing heated water, a third temperature sensor measuring temperature of the heated water, a hot water direct supplying pipe outputting the hot water supplied from a hot water pipe, a electronic valve outputting mixed water by selectively mixing the heated water, the hot water and the cold water, and a controller controlling operation of the heater based on the temperature of the heated water and controlling opening amount of the electronic valve to make quantity and temperature of discharged water equal to target quantity and temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: THE SL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Keun SONG, Jong Geun LIM