Patents by Inventor Joowan NAM

Joowan NAM 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: 20230180993
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes: a tub including a washing room; and a dryer installed on one side of the tub, the dryer including: a first housing coupled with the tub and communicating with the washing room; a second housing coupled with an other side of the first housing, and forming a flow path together with the first housing so that inside air of the washing room circulates back to the washing room by passing through the flow path; a heater accommodated inside the first housing and the second housing to heat the air passing through the flow path; and a switch module positioned upstream of the heater, configured to detect an inside temperature of the flow path to turn on or off the heater based on the detected inside temperature, and fixed between the first housing and the second housing by coupling of the first housing with the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Johannes BÜSING, Jongwook KWON, Kyuha LEE, Changhyun KIM, Sungsan KIM, Joowan NAM, Woojin SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230157515
    Abstract: A dish washer includes a cabinet; a tub in the cabinet; a sump underneath the tub; a case brake on a side wall of the tub and connected to the sump; a water supply valve connected to an external water supply source; a filter assembly between the water supply valve and the case brake and including a plurality of flow path valves to open or close a plurality of flow paths corresponding to the plurality of flow path valves to guide water supplied from the external water supply source to the case brake; and a processor configured to open the water supply valve and one of the plurality of flow path valves at different points in time to start supplying the water and close the water supply valve and the one of the plurality of flow path valves at different points in time to stop the supplying of the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joowan NAM, Woojin SHIN, Sanghee KWON, Jongwook KWON, Jihyeon PARK
  • Publication number: 20230013745
    Abstract: A refrigerator configured to detect excessive condensation in a condenser based on a temperature difference between evaporators provided in each storage compartment, and configured to control an operating time of a heat dissipation fan configured to cool the condenser, and a control method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sangyoul CHA, Joowan NAM, Insub LEE, Sungju BAE, Hyunwoo BAE, Junghun LEE, Hansol CHOI