Patents by Inventor Jungmin Cha

Jungmin Cha 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: 20160270154
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is disclosed. The cooking appliance includes an electric heater for heating an object to be cooked, a mechanical manipulation unit connected to the electric heater for allowing a user to input primary ON/OFF of the electric heater and power of the electric heater, a normal open type DC relay connected to the manipulation unit, and a controller for controlling the DC relay to control secondary ON/OFF of the electric heater based on sensing of a primary ON state of the electric heater by the manipulation unit (a state in which the manipulation unit is operated).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Jungmin CHA
  • Patent number: 9012815
    Abstract: A drawer unit for an oven is provided. The drawer unit includes a drawer casing, a drawer movable into and out from the drawer casing, the drawer defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate food or a food container, and a warming heater disposed at an upper portion of the drawer casing between the drawer casing and the drawer to provide warming energy to the accommodation space. In addition, an oven including the drawer unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungmin Cha, Byoungwoo Choi, Seungjun Lee, Dongwan Lim
  • Publication number: 20130019851
    Abstract: An oven having a cabinet and a cooktop disposed above the cabinet is provided. The cooktop includes a top frame located at a top surface of the cabinet, the top frame including at least one heater installation opening and at least two heater support brackets adjacent the installation opening, a top plate located on a top surface of the top frame, and a heater located in the installation opening, the heater including at least two heater support holders, each support holder being elastically coupled to a corresponding support bracket to movably support the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Byoungwoo Choi, Euisu Jung, Jungmin Cha
  • Publication number: 20130020308
    Abstract: A drawer unit for an oven is provided. The drawer unit includes a drawer casing, a drawer movable into and out from the drawer casing, the drawer defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate food or a food container, and a warming heater disposed at an upper portion of the drawer casing between the drawer casing and the drawer to provide warming energy to the accommodation space. In addition, an oven including the drawer unit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jungmin CHA, Byoungwoo Choi, Seungjun Lee, Dongwan Lim