Patents by Inventor Joong-Yeob Kim

Joong-Yeob 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: 6167712
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator having a direction control valve drives a refrigerating fan for a predetermined time when a refrigerant passage is converted to make a refrigerant from a condenser firstly pass a refrigerating evaporator, and enhances a cooling efficiency by applying a residual cool air of the refrigerating evaporator to a refrigerating compartment, after the refrigerating compartment reaches a steady state in a refrigerator having a refrigerating evaporator embodied as an intercooler evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lim, Jae-Eok Shim, Han-Joo Yoo, Yoon-Young Kim, Jang-Hee Lee, Yo-Hyun Song, Chi-Seong Oh, Kyong-Jun Baek, Joong-Yeob Kim, Young-Rak Kim