Patents by Inventor Jong-Boo Kim

Jong-Boo Kim 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).

  • Patent number: 12364365
    Abstract: Disclosed is a food processor including: a container including an accommodation tank with an upward opening; a lid coupled to the accommodation tank to cover an upper side of the accommodation tank, and having a first steam discharge hole formed in a central portion of the lid; a lid cap coupled to the lid to cover the first steam discharge hole; a base in which the container is placed; and a heating unit provided in the base to surround a lower part of the accommodation tank and heat food ingredients in the accommodation tank. The lid cap includes: a stem passing through the first steam discharge hole; a stem protrusion formed on both sides of the stem and secured to the lid; and an oval-shaped steam blocking portion covering an upper side of the stem and extending laterally to cover the upper side of the first steam discharge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 12349716
    Abstract: A juice extraction module for a juicer is provided, which includes a container formed with a juice discharge port, a sieve positioned inside of the container, a screw positioned inside of the sieve to extract juice from a material, and a lid coupled to a top end of the container and formed with a input port through which the material is input. The juice extraction module includes a crushing portion formed on a top end of the screw to be narrowed upward, the crushing portion having a crushing blade formed thereon; and a crushing processing portion connected to the input port and formed in a bottom of the lid to be concave for accommodating the crushing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nuc Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Publication number: 20250169652
    Abstract: A juice extractor is provided that includes a main container including an accommodation space in which food materials are accommodated and a processing member provided in the accommodation space to process the food materials; a container lid detachably coupled to the main container and covers at least a portion of the accommodation space; a body on which the main container is seated and connected to the processing member to operate the processing member; and an extension container selectively coupled between the main container and the container lid, and forming an expansion space connected to the accommodation space, in which once the extension container is coupled to the main container, the container lid is detachably coupled to the extension container and covers at least a portion of the expansion space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 12213627
    Abstract: A food processor comprises: a housing which includes a container-accommodating chamber; an accommodating tank which is accommodated in the container-accommodating chamber, has an opening portion for inputting food ingredients, and has an accommodating space for accommodating the food ingredients input through the opening portion; a cover which closes the opening portion while coupled to the accommodating tank, and has an air exhaust part communicating with the accommodating space; a vacuum pump which is provided in the housing; and a vacuum port which is configured to be switched between a first state in which the vacuum port is in close contact with the air exhaust part inside the container-accommodating chamber, and a second state in which the vacuum port is spaced apart from the air exhaust part, the vacuum port including an exhaust line for communicatively connecting the vacuum pump and the air exhaust part in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 12156614
    Abstract: A cooking device includes: a container having a top opening and a receiving space in which food put into the container through the opening is received; a lid which is detachably coupled to the container so as to open and close the opening, and has a first vent channel communicating with the receiving space; an enclosure which is provided to at least partially enclose the container and the lid, and has a second vent channel communicating with the first vent channel; a vacuum pump connected to the second vent channel; and a foreign matter trapping unit which is provided between the first and second vent channels to prevent foreign matter, introduced into the first vent channel in the process of venting gas in the receiving space by the vacuum pump, from being introduced into the second vent channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240292972
    Abstract: A juice module includes a juice drum accommodating a mesh body therein and coupled to an upper end of a main body, wherein a lid into which a juice object is input is coupled to an upper portion of the juice drum; and a screw mounted inside the mesh body to rotate with respect to a screw rotation shaft, having a spiral rib formed on an outer circumferential surface, and receiving and crushing the juice object from the lid, wherein the screw includes a support surface formed in a direction intersecting the screw rotation shaft to support the juice object input into the lid and a crushing portion formed on an upper end to intersect the support surface and cutting the juice object, and wherein the lid includes an inlet into which the juice object is input, the inlet guiding the juice object to reach the spiral rib or the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240206680
    Abstract: A vacuum blender is disclosed. The vacuum blender includes: a soundproof cover defining a first space therein and comprising a soundproof cover packing allowing the first space to be switched between a vacuum state and an atmospheric pressure state; a container mounted in the first space, defining a second space for processing ingredients therein, and having at least one opening formed through an upper end thereof and allowing passage of air therethrough; an operation unit including a control knob movable between an evacuation position and a ventilation position and a relief button pressing the soundproof cover packing, and a main body coupled to the soundproof cover and including a vacuum motor evacuating the first space or the second space, wherein the container includes a relief valve opening or closing one of the openings in response to external force applied by a user and a container check valve opening or closing the other opening in response to rotation of the control knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240041263
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a kitchen appliance. The kitchen appliance includes: a body including a motor and a control unit controlling the motor; a container coupled to the body, the container including a receiving chamber defining a space for receiving ingredients to be processed and a processing member disposed in the space and processing the ingredients in the space using power from the motor; an enclosure having a closed position in which the enclosure covers at least a portion of the receiving chamber and an open position resulting from movement of at least a portion of the enclosure from the closed position with respect to the receiving chamber; an enclosure actuator shifting the enclosure between the open position and the closed position; and a controller controlling the enclosure actuator based on a current state of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230320532
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a soundproof blender having an automatic cover. The blender includes: a main body on which a container receiving a processing object is seated; and a cover disposed to surround at least a portion of the container, wherein the cover automatically opens or closes at least a portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230233011
    Abstract: A juicer is disclosed. The juicer includes: a juice-extraction drum crushing and squeezing a juicing target and receiving a screw therein; a hopper coupled to the juice-extraction drum to define a predetermined space receiving the juicing target therein, and comprising an inner protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the hopper toward a central axis of the hopper; and a blade coupled to the hopper to be rotated about the central axis of the hopper and cutting the juicing target before the juicing target reaches the screw, wherein the blade includes: a lower blade rotated in a state of closely contacting a bottom surface of the hopper; and an upper blade bent to cover the inner protrusion of the hopper from above, wherein the upper blade crushes the juicing target in cooperation with the inner protrusion of the hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230180958
    Abstract: A food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a container detachably coupled to the body; a screw connected to the body while being at least partially received in the container; a juicing filter arranged to surround the tip side of the screw; and a cover detachably coupled to the leading end side of the container, wherein the container includes a first safety switch exposed toward the leading end side, and the first safety switch is switched to an ON state by the juicing filter in a state where the cover is coupled to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Patent number: 11589705
    Abstract: A foreign substance trap device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first member in which at least one fluid intake hole is formed; a second member in which at least a portion of an exhaust channel, through which gas in liquid flowing inside through the fluid intake hole is discharged, is formed; and a movable member movably disposed between the first member and the second member and closing the exhaust channel by being moved by liquid in fluid flowing inside through the fluid intake hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 11576529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooking appliance including: a main body; a container detachably installed to an upper portion of the main body, and comprising a reservoir for accommodating an object to be processed and a handle portion protruding laterally from the reservoir; and an enclosure detachably installed to the upper portion of the main body to surround the reservoir, wherein the enclosure is formed in a dome shape having an opened lower end and has a handle through hole extending from the opened lower end and formed in a part of a side surface of the enclosure, so that at least a part of the handle penetrates the handle through hole and is exposed to an outside in a state where the enclosure is installed to the main body with the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220408976
    Abstract: A food processor comprises: a housing which includes a container-accommodating chamber; an accommodating tank which is accommodated in the container-accommodating chamber, has an opening portion for inputting food ingredients, and has an accommodating space for accommodating the food ingredients input through the opening portion; a cover which closes the opening portion while coupled to the accommodating tank, and has an air exhaust part communicating with the accommodating space; a vacuum pump which is provided in the housing; and a vacuum port which is configured to be switched between a first state in which the vacuum port is in close contact with the air exhaust part inside the container-accommodating chamber, and a second state in which the vacuum port is spaced apart from the air exhaust part, the vacuum port including an exhaust line for communicatively connecting the vacuum pump and the air exhaust part in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220322864
    Abstract: A food cooker comprises: a screw with crushing blades; a container that rotatably accommodates the base end of the screw; and a material guide part that is formed to extend upward from the container and includes a material input port, into which food ingredients are introduced, provided at the upper end thereof so as to guide the food ingredients, introduced through the material input port, into the container, wherein the material guide part is eccentrically disposed with respect to the container, such that one side of the material guide part is in contact with the upper side of the container, the other side of the material guide part is in contact with the side and lower sides of the container, and the lower end of the inner surface of the other side of the material guide part is formed to be deflected toward the tip of the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220240722
    Abstract: A cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a container having a top opening and a receiving space in which food put into the container through the opening is received; a lid which is detachably coupled to the container so as to open and close the opening, and has a first vent channel communicating with the receiving space; an enclosure which is provided to at least partially enclose the container and the lid, and has a second vent channel communicating with the first vent channel; a vacuum pump connected to the second vent channel; and a foreign matter trapping unit which is provided between the first and second vent channels to prevent foreign matter, introduced into the first vent channel in the process of venting gas in the receiving space by the vacuum pump, from being introduced into the second vent channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Boo KIM
  • Patent number: D970984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: D1046570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: D1072588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: D1077570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim