Patents by Inventor Keun Joo Kim

Keun Joo 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: 11680364
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine, which may effectively prevent damage to a drive motor and a loss of power caused by an overload of the drive motor by accurately detecting and determining a situation in which garments are lumped during a process of conveying or folding the garments, may effectively prevent damage to the lumped garments and related components, and may significantly reduce the time for which the operation of the folding machine is stopped by accurately specifying the position at which the garments are lumped and then notifying a user of the position to allow the user to take an immediate action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Choongho Lim, Keun Joo Kim, Kyosoon Chae, Sung Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 11624150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding machine and a method of controlling the garment folding machine, in which it is possible to effectively prevent damage to a garment by controlling and reducing tension after detecting and determining a situation in which the tension is applied to the garment during a process of conveying or folding the garment, and it is possible to allow the folding machine to smoothly perform vertical folding by disposing the garment at an appropriate position in order to perform the vertical folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Keun Joo Kim, Kyosoon Chae, Sung Hoon Ahn, Choongho Lim
  • Publication number: 20210372035
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine, which may effectively prevent damage to a drive motor and a loss of power caused by an overload of the drive motor by accurately detecting and determining a situation in which garments are lumped during a process of conveying or folding the garments, may effectively prevent damage to the lumped garments and related components, and may significantly reduce the time for which the operation of the folding machine is stopped by accurately specifying the position at which the garments are lumped and then notifying a user of the position to allow the user to take an immediate action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kyosoon CHAE, Keun Joo KIM, Sung Hoon AHN, Choongho LIM
  • Publication number: 20210363686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine, which may effectively prevent damage to a drive motor and a loss of power caused by an overload of the drive motor by accurately detecting and determining a situation in which garments are lumped during a process of conveying or folding the garments, may effectively prevent damage to the lumped garments and related components, and may significantly reduce the time for which the operation of the folding machine is stopped by accurately specifying the position at which the garments are lumped and then notifying a user of the position to allow the user to take an immediate action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Choongho LIM, Keun Joo KIM, Kyosoon CHAE, Sung Hoon AHN
  • Publication number: 20210363684
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding machine and a method of controlling the garment folding machine, in which it is possible to effectively prevent damage to a garment by controlling and reducing tension after detecting and determining a situation in which the tension is applied to the garment during a process of conveying or folding the garment, and it is possible to allow the folding machine to smoothly perform vertical folding by disposing the garment at an appropriate position in order to perform the vertical folding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Keun Joo KIM, Kyosoon CHAE, Sung Hoon AHN, Choongho LIM
  • Publication number: 20210363685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine having a plurality of folding layers configured to perform a function of folding a garment or a function of conveying the garment using at least one conveyor, and the method includes a wrinkle removing step of operating a conveyor motor to allow the conveyor to drop one end of the garment from the conveyor, thereby removing wrinkles of the garment using a weight of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kyosoon CHAE, Keun Joo KIM, Sung Hoon AHN, Choongho LIM
  • Publication number: 20110296879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine. The washing machine includes a tub (20) for holding washing water, the tub (20) having a plurality of venting portions (200, 201) formed on an outside circumferential surface, a drum (30) rotatably mounted in the tub (20), and a blocking member (300, 322) for blocking discharge of air from the tub (20) through the venting portions (200, 201) in spin-drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Bo Sung Seo, Keun Joo Kim, Jin Woong Kim, Hyun Seok Seo