Patents by Inventor Kayeon KIM

Kayeon 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: 11952703
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing machine configured to rotate a cylindrical drum formed by processing a metal sheet about a horizontal axis. The drum includes a lifter, formed by processing the metal sheet, respectively provided at a plurality of points spaced along a circumferential direction, when viewed from a front side. The lifter includes a front lifter which is formed by protruding the metal sheet into the drum, and pressurized to be extended in a longitudinal direction of the drum, and a rear lifter disposed in a rear side of the front lifter. The rear lifter is disposed to form a certain phase angle with respect to the front lifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Kim, Kayeon Kim, Junghoon Lee, Myunghun Im, Kyungchul Woo, Seonhwa Yu, Hwanjin Jung
  • Publication number: 20210355622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine configured to have a drum, into which cloth is loaded, that is rotated around a horizontal axis. The washing machine includes a plurality of protrusions which are extended in a front and rear direction on an inner circumferential surface of the drum, and are spaced along a circumferential direction, and the protrusion has a height protruding inwardly into the drum is 2.0 to 6.0% of a diameter of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jaehyun KIM, Sunggyun KIM, Myunghun IM, Kayeon KIM, Junghoon LEE, Hwanjin JUNG, Kyungchul WOO
  • Patent number: 11168429
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry apparatus comprising a cabinet, a tub coupled the cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a drive unit comprising a stator and a rotor. The laundry apparatus further comprises a shaft coupled to the drum and connected to the drive unit via a rear wall of the tub, a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft, and a bearing housing insert-molded in the tub and securing the bearing. The bearing housing comprises a housing body, comprising a shaft insertion hole securing the bearing, formed in a cylinder shape, a first flange formed in a ring shape arranged in an outer area with respect to a radial direction of the housing body, a plurality of first connection ribs connecting an outer circumferential surface of the housing body to the first flange, and a first insertion hole disposed between the first connection ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinwoong Kim, Kayeon Kim, Sungyong Kim, Byeongheon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210324562
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing machine configured to rotate a cylindrical drum formed by processing a metal sheet about a horizontal axis. The drum includes a lifter, formed by processing the metal sheet, respectively provided at a plurality of points spaced along a circumferential direction, when viewed from a front side. The lifter includes a front lifter which is formed by protruding the metal sheet into the drum, and pressurized to be extended in a longitudinal direction of the drum, and a rear lifter disposed in a rear side of the front lifter. The rear lifter is disposed to form a certain phase angle with respect to the front lifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jaehyun KIM, Kayeon KIM, Junghoon LEE, Myunghun IM, Kyungchul WOO, Seonhwa YU, Hwanjin JUNG
  • Patent number: 10920355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus which comprises: a tub rotatably supporting a drum for storing garments; a driving part or unit for rotating the drum; a magnetic force generating part provided on either one of the drum and the tub to generate magnetic force; and a signal generating part provided on the remaining one of the drum and the tub to generate different signals based on magnetic force that changes according to the position of the magnetic force generating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kayeon Kim, Jaehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10726193
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for providing differentiated transition effects based on the attributes of an object recognized in next contents when a screen switches in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display; a memory; and a processor configured to be operably coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: display first contents; analyze the attributes of second contents to be displayed subsequent to the first contents while displaying the first contents; determine a transition effect corresponding to the attributes of the second contents; determine to switch a screen from the first contents to the second contents; and display the second contents using the determined transition effect based on the determination of screen transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Young Lee, Kayeon Kim, Bokeun Kim, Kyuho Lee
  • Publication number: 20200063318
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry apparatus comprising a cabinet, a tub coupled the cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a drive unit comprising a stator and a rotor. The laundry apparatus further comprises a shaft coupled to the drum and connected to the drive unit via a rear wall of the tub, a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft, and a bearing housing insert-molded in the tub and securing the bearing. The bearing housing comprises a housing body, comprising a shaft insertion hole securing the bearing, formed in a cylinder shape, a first flange formed in a ring shape arranged in an outer area with respect to a radial direction of the housing body, a plurality of first connection ribs connecting an outer circumferential surface of the housing body to the first flange, and a first insertion hole disposed between the first connection ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinwoong KIM, Kayeon KIM, Sungyong KIM, Byeongheon KWAK
  • Publication number: 20200010995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus which comprises: a tub rotatably supporting a drum for storing garments; a driving part or unit for rotating the drum; a magnetic force generating part provided on either one of the drum and the tub to generate magnetic force; and a signal generating part provided on the remaining one of the drum and the tub to generate different signals based on magnetic force that changes according to the position of the magnetic force generating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kayeon KIM, Jaehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10458055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus which comprises: a tub rotatably supporting a drum for storing garments; a driving part for rotating the drum; a magnetic force generating part provided on either one of the drum and the tub to generate magnetic force; and a signal generating part provided on the remaining one of the drum and the tub to generate different signals based on magnetic force that changes according to the position of the magnetic force generating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kayeon Kim, Jaehyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20180225261
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for providing differentiated transition effects based on the attributes of an object recognized in next contents when a screen switches in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display; a memory; and a processor configured to be operably coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: display first contents; analyze the attributes of second contents to be displayed subsequent to the first contents while displaying the first contents; determine a transition effect corresponding to the attributes of the second contents; determine to switch a screen from the first contents to the second contents; and display the second contents using the determined transition effect based on the determination of screen transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ho Young Lee, Kayeon Kim, Bokeun Kim, Kyuho Lee
  • Publication number: 20180119325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus which comprises: a tub rotatably supporting a drum for storing garments; a driving part for rotating the drum; a magnetic force generating part provided on either one of the drum and the tub to generate magnetic force; and a signal generating part provided on the remaining one of the drum and the tub to generate different signals based on magnetic force that changes according to the position of the magnetic force generating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kayeon KIM, Jaehyun KIM
  • Patent number: 9303349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cloth treating apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The cloth treating apparatus includes a main cabinet having a first housing space for housing cloth therein and a water spray unit for supplying steam to the first housing space, at least one supplementary cabinet having a second housing space for housing the cloth therein, and a control unit for controlling the water supply unit to supply the steam to the first housing space or the second housing space, selectively, wherein the main cabinet and the supplementary cabinet are installed adjacent to, or spaced from, each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taechul Moon, Kayeon Kim, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 9068289
    Abstract: An accessory for a clothes dryer is disclosed. The accessory for the clothes dryer is installed to clothes that will be dried in the clothes dryer, and serves not only to smooth out wrinkles in the clothes, but also to pleat the clothes. The accessory for the clothes dryer includes a load member, which is inserted into a predetermined portion of clothes in a state in which the cloths are accommodated in the clothes dryer and which serves to downwardly apply tension to the clothes, and an anti-slip member configured to prevent the load member from being separated from the clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taechul Moon, Kayeon Kim, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8707591
    Abstract: The method for operating a multi-clothes styler system having a first styler and a second styler each with a hanger for applying vibration to clothes hung therefrom, includes an antiphase control step for controlling a vibration phase of a second hanger of the second styler to become an antiphase of the vibration phase of a first hanger of the first styler, if the first hanger of a first clothes styler and the second hanger of a second clothes styler are operated at the same time, and vibration frequencies of the first hanger and the second hanger are the same, whereby minimizing noise produced from the vibration of a plurality of hangers, and preventing the multi-clothes styler system from damaging due to intense variation to prevent a lifetime thereof from reducing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taechul Moon, Kayeon Kim, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8621892
    Abstract: A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed, including a cabinet having a housing space for housing cloth, a water supply unit for supplying steam to the housing space selectively, and a water spray unit movably provided to one side of the cabinet to be connected to the water supply unit selectively for supplying the steam from the water supply unit to the cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taechul Moon, Kayeon Kim, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20130117944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cloth treating apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The cloth treating apparatus includes a main cabinet having a first housing space for housing cloth therein and a water spray unit for supplying steam to the first housing space, at least one supplementary cabinet having a second housing space for housing the cloth therein, and a control unit for controlling the water supply unit to supply the steam to the first housing space or the second housing space, selectively, wherein the main cabinet and the supplementary cabinet are installed adjacent to, or spaced from, each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Taechul MOON, Kayeon KIM, Ayeong LEE, Sogkie HONG, Junghwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20130097896
    Abstract: An accessory for a clothes dryer is disclosed. The accessory for the clothes dryer is installed to clothes that will be dried in the clothes dryer, and serves not only to smooth out wrinkles in the clothes, but also to pleat the clothes. The accessory for the clothes dryer includes a load member, which is inserted into a predetermined portion of clothes in a state in which the cloths are accommodated in the clothes dryer and which serves to downwardly apply tension to the clothes, and an anti-slip member configured to prevent the load member from being separated from the clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Taechul MOON, Kayeon KIM, Ayeong LEE, Sogkie HONG, Junghwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20130098121
    Abstract: A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed, including a cabinet having a housing space for housing cloth, a water supply unit for supplying steam to the housing space selectively, and a water spray unit movably provided to one side of the cabinet to be connected to the water supply unit selectively for supplying the steam from the water supply unit to the cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Taechul MOON, Kayeon KIM, Ayeong LEE, Sogkie HONG, Junghwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20130086830
    Abstract: The method for operating a multi-clothes styler system having a first styler and a second styler each with a hanger for applying vibration to clothes hung therefrom, includes an antiphase control step for controlling a vibration phase of a second hanger of the second styler to become an antiphase of the vibration phase of a first hanger of the first styler, if the first hanger of a first clothes styler and the second hanger of a second clothes styler are operated at the same time, and vibration frequencies of the first hanger and the second hanger are the same, whereby minimizing noise produced from the vibration of a plurality of hangers, and preventing the multi-clothes styler system from damaging due to intense variation to prevent a lifetime thereof from reducing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Taechul MOON, Kayeon KIM, Ayeong LEE, Sogkie Hong, Junghwan LEE