Patents by Inventor Jong Min Shin
Jong Min Shin 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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Publication number: 20110041525Abstract: The present invention relates to a control method of a refrigerator which operates a cooling cycle including two storage compartments, a compressor, a condenser, a valve, fans, and evaporators for cooling the respective storage compartments, with one of the fans (5) corresponding to the storage compartment for storing items at relatively low temperatures being activated for a set amount of time even after the compressor is deactivated at the completion of cooling of the storage compartment for storing items at relatively low temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dong-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Kang, Jong-Min Shin, Chulgi Roh, Deok-Hyun Youn
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Patent number: 7866171Abstract: A food keeping refrigerator is provided. The food keeping refrigerator keeps food in refrigerating and freezing chambers and refrigerates and freezes the food through a cooling device. The food keeping refrigerator preserves the freshness and nutrition of food for an extended period of time by emitting appropriate light to the food stored in the refrigerating and freezing chambers of the food keeping refrigerator. The food keeping refrigerator includes a storing device that stores food keeping information, a light generating device mounted inside the refrigerating and freezing chambers that generates light and emits the light to the food, and a controller that reads the food keeping information corresponding to the food from the storing device and controls the light generating device to emit the light according to the food keeping information.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kwan-Shik Cho, Jong-Min Shin, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park, Deul-Re Min, Yeon-Yi Hwang
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Publication number: 20100319368Abstract: The present invention relates to a supercooling recognition method and a supercooling apparatus which can rapidly and precisely judge whether a stored object is maintained in a supercooled state on the basis of a temperature thereof. A supercooling recognition method according to the present invention includes the steps of: cooling a stored object to below a temperature of a maximum ice crystal formation zone thereof; and judging whether the stored object is maintained in a supercooled state on the basis of a temperature thereof during the cooling step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Deok-Hyun Youn, Jae-Hyun Soh, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Won-Young Chung, Hoon-Bong Lee
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Patent number: 7816873Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for controlling a linear compressor which can actively handle load and efficiently perform an operation, by synchronizing an operation frequency with a natural frequency of a movable member varied by the load.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Bong-Jun Choi, Chang-Yong Jang, Man-Seok Cho, Shin-Hyun Park, Hyun Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Young-Hoan Jeon, Chul-Gi Roh
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Publication number: 20100251754Abstract: Provided is a degassing container for a refrigerator in which a portion of air within a storage space is forcedly discharged to allow the storage space to become a low pressure state. The degassing container includes a case, a door, a gasket, a pressing part, and a degassing adjustment part. The case has an opened side. The door selectively shields the opened side of the case. The gasket is interposed between the door and the case and elastically deformed and closely attached when the door is shielded. The pressing part is provided in the door and the case and selectively closely attaches the door by a rotation operation. The degassing adjustment part selectively enters and exits air within the case by operating the pressing part. Therefore, the refrigerator has improved storage performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Seok-Min Lim, Jong-Min Shin, Bong-Jun Choi, Su-Won Lee, III-Shin Kim, Jeong-Yon Kim
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Publication number: 20100242524Abstract: The present invention relates to a supercooling apparatus which maintains an object and liquid in a supercooled state. According to the present invention, a supercooling apparatus includes a cooling chamber supplied with cool air, and a heating device (100) for preventing freezing of water by heating air over a container (200) storing an object or liquid and cooled in the cooling chamber. In this configuration, the air over the container (200) where ice crystals are easily formed is heated to prevent freezing of water stored in the container (200) and store water in a supercooled state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Won-Young Chung, Jong-Min Shin, Deok-Hyun Youn, Jae-Hyun Soh, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Hoon-Bong Lee, Su-Cheong Kim
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Publication number: 20100229571Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-freezing refrigerator which can keep the contents in a non-frozen state by an electric field. The non-freezing refrigerator includes a setting unit for selecting and setting a magnitude and frequency of a voltage, a generating unit for generating an electric field according to the voltage having the set magnitude and frequency, and applying the electric field to a storing space for storing the contents, and a freezing cycle for cooling the storing space. The contents are kept in the non-frozen state below a phase transition temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
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Publication number: 20100218510Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of maMng slush thr?gh supercooling which generate a supercooled liquid by supplying cool air and energy, control the state of the supercooled liquid, store and supply the supercooled liquid, generate slush by applying an external force to the supercooled liquid, maintain the state of the slush, and supply the slush.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
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Publication number: 20100205986Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling which can stably maintain a liquid in a supercooled state at below a phase transition temperature. The apparatus for supercooling, which can maintain a supercooled state of a liquid or contents even below a phase transition temperature, comprises: a storage space for storing a container accommodating a liquid or contents containing the liquid; a cooling means for cooling the liquid or contents or the storage space below the phase transition temperature of the liquid or the contents; and a temperature maintaining unit for applying energy to the surface of the liquid or contents or to a gas near the surface, wherein the liquid or the contents are maintained in a supercooled state by preventing freezing nuclei from being formed on the surface of the liquid or contents or in the gas near the surface by application of energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Won-Young Chung, Jong-Min Shin, Deok-Hyun Youn, Jae-Hyun Soh, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Hoon-Bong Lee, Su-Cheong Kim
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Publication number: 20100199692Abstract: The present invention relates to a supercooling method and a supercooling apparatus which can maintain an object in a supercooled state. According to the present invention, a supercooling method includes a first cooling step of cooling a stored object toward a cooling temperature below a phase transition temperature thereof, a step of judging whether the stored object is released from a supercooled state in the first cooling step, a step of thawing the stored object when the stored object is released from the supercooled state, and a second cooling step of cooling the stored object toward a cooling temperature below zero that is higher than the lowest temperature of the stored object before the release of the supercooled state, wherein the first cooling step is continuously performed when the object is maintained in the supercooled state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Deok-Hyun Youn, Jae-Hyun Soh, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Won-Young Chung, Hoon Bong Lee
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Publication number: 20100186431Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of operating the same which can solve supercooling release of a supercooled space and prevent external exposure of energy such as an electric field. The apparatus for supercooling includes a space cooled by cool air, for maintaining an inside object in a supercooled state by supply of energy preventing the object from being converted into a solid phase, a sensing unit for sensing supercooling release of the space or the object, and a heater engaged with the sensing unit, for applying heat to the space or the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2006Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
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Publication number: 20100170278Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which can store foodstuffs like vegetables in a fresh state, restrain reduction of nutritive elements contained in foodstuffs, and prevent damage of irradiation device. The refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber which is provided in the main body to store foodstuffs, and an irradiation device which irradiates light within a visible light region into the storage chamber. The refrigerator farther includes a reflection member which is mounted to the storage chamber to reflect the light emitted from the irradiation device, and a transforming member which transforms the light emitted from the irradiation device into a side light type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Deul Re Min, Eun Jeong Kim, Jong Min Shin, Seok Min Lim, Yeon Yi Hwang
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Patent number: 7726149Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can perform direct cooling of circulating cool air by natural convection in a freezing chamber (F) and a refrigerating chamber (R), and which can selectively perform indirect cooling of circulating cool air by forcible convection in the refrigerating chamber. It is like that, frost or condensed water formed in the refrigerating chamber (R) of the direct cooling type refrigerator does not Influence the inside of the refrigerating chamber. In addition, the refrigerator efficiently performs a defrosting operation of the refrigerating chamber (R), sanitarily performs a cooling operation, and maintains uniform cooling performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hee Kang, Deok-Hyun Youn, Su-Won Lee, Jong-Min Shin, Jung-Wook Bae
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Patent number: 7716935Abstract: Refrigerator for managing food by using RFID including a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food, RFID devices each having storage information of each kind of food stored in the storage portions, and controller for reading the storage information and setting up the storage portion which maintains a storage condition suitable to the storage information read thus, thereby permitting easy storage of food in a storage portion having the storage condition by using the RFID device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Eun Jeong Kim, Jong Min Shin, Sun Cheol Bae, Ku Young Son, Yong Chol Kwon, Jae Seng Sim, Su Won Lee, Deok Hyun Youn, Byung Koo Kong, Eun Young Park
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Patent number: 7698902Abstract: The present invention discloses a defrost operating method for a refrigerator which performs a defrost operation by controlling operations of a compressor and a fan on the basis of a continuous operation time of the compressor and surface temperatures of evaporators to prevent frost from being formed on the evaporators, when cool air is generated in a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber by circulating refrigerants through a refrigeration cycle built in a refrigerator main body and forcibly circulated bX rotating the fan. The defrost operating method for the refrigerator can omit a general defrosting heater by performing the defrost operation by using the compressor and the fan. In addition, the defrost operating method for the refrigerator improves heat exchange efficiency and reduces power consumption by efficiently performing the defrost operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung-Hee Kang, Deok-Hyun Youn, Su-Won Lee, Jong-Min Shin, Jung-Wook Bae
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Patent number: 7685934Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for keeping food items fresh therein are provided. The refrigerator may include a main body, storage compartments provided in the main body to store food items therein, and irradiation devices that irradiate visible light into the storage compartments. The irradiation devices may switch a wavelength of irradiated light depending on the type of food items stored in the corresponding storage compartment. The refrigerator may also include a sensor that senses whether food items are stored in the storage compartments, and purification devices provided in the compartments to remove ethylene generated by the food items stored in the storage compartments.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Deul Re Min, Eun Jeong Kim, Jong Min Shin, Seok Min Lim, Yeon Yi Hwang
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Publication number: 20100031675Abstract: The present disclosure provides a refrigerant pipe, through which low temperature and low pressure refrigerant flows, directly on a tray, allowing for quick ice formation even when an ice maker is installed in a refrigeration compartment, and allowing for transparent chunks of ice to be made.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ju-Hyun Kim, Jong-Min Shin
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Publication number: 20100018239Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that an ice maker is installed at a refrigerating chamber, an ice bank is installed at a door for a refrigerating chamber, and a cooling air duct extended along a wall surface of the refrigerating chamber is positioned on an upper side of the ice bank so that a phenomenon that ice stored in the inside of an ice bank sticks to each other due to the melting of ice can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong-Min Shin, Ju-Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20100011786Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that a refrigerant pipe through which low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant flows is directly provided in a tray, that fast icing is possible even an ice maker is installed at a refrigerating chamber, and that transparent ice can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jong-Min Shin, Ju-Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20100005824Abstract: An air conditioner according to embodiments of the present disclosure has a container for storing ice surrounded by a cold accumulating member, so that when the container is provided in the refrigeration compartment, ice stored inside the container will not melt and stick together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ju-Hyun Kim, Jong-Min Shin