Patents by Inventor Kie Tak Hyun

Kie Tak Hyun 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: 7998234
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin, Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park
  • Patent number: 7987551
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner may include a dust collection container that stores dust, a compression member that is provided in the dust collection container and which is capable of rotating in first and second directions, and a driver that rotates the compression member. The compression member rotates in a first space corresponding to a first angle range and at least a portion of the dust is stored in a second space corresponding to a second angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin, Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park, Hyuk-Min Kwon
  • Patent number: 7951216
    Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner. The dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner according to present exemplary embodiments includes a cyclone in which a plurality of cyclone airflows is formed; a dust outlet for discharging dust separated by the plurality of cyclone airflows; and a dust container for storing dust discharged from the dust outlet, wherein the cyclone includes a body in which air flows along an inner surface thereof, and a pair of sides, each of the sides forming one of both side surfaces of the body and defining an outlet for discharging air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gun-Ho Ha, Kyeong-Seon Jeong, Jin-Wook Seo, Kie-Tak Hyun, Chang-Ho Yun, Jin-Young Kim, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jin-Hyouk Shin, Seong-Koo Cho, Heon-Pyeong Ji, Geun-Bae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20110099749
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner that is able to form dust and foreign substances collected in a dust collection device provided therein in a single mass shape to discharge it efficiently, not scattered in a dust collecting device. The vacuum cleaner includes a body, a dust collection device collecting dust and foreign substances therein, a compression device provided in the dust collection device to collect the dust and foreign substances collected in a predetermined portion of the dust collection device and to compress the collected dust and foreign substances, and a liquid supply device arranged in the dust collection device, in communication with an inside of the dust collection device, to supply liquid material to the dust collection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Chung Ook CHONG, Kie Tak Hyun
  • Publication number: 20110099750
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner that is able to form dust and foreign substances collected in a dust collection device provided therein in a single mass shape to discharge it efficiently, not scattered in a dust collecting device. The vacuum cleaner includes a body, a dust separation device mounted in the body, a dust collection device independently provided from the dust separation device, connected to the dust collection device, a compression device provided in the dust collection device, to collect dust and foreign substances collected in a predetermined portion of the dust collection device and to compress the collected dust and foreign substances, and a liquid supply device provided in the dust separation device to supply liquid material to the dust separation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Chung Ook CHONG, Kie Tak Hyun
  • Patent number: 7935162
    Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (10) for a vacuum cleaner of the dust collecting performance is improved. For this, a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner is provided, including a primary cyclone unit (200) for separating dust by a cyclone principle, a secondary cyclone unit (300) around the primary cyclone unit (200) for separating dust from air discharged from the primary cyclone unit (200) by the cyclone principle, a primary dust container (111) for storing the dust separated at the primary cyclone unit (200), and a secondary dust container (112) in the primary dust container (111) for storing the dust separated at the secondary cyclone unit (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il Joong Kim, Sung Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 7935159
    Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting of the present invention includes two parallel primary cyclones (210, 220) for separating dust by a cyclone principle, and two secondary cyclones (250, 260) for separating dust introduced thereto from the primary cyclones (210, 220) by the cyclone principle, and a dust container (110) for storing dust separated by the primary cyclones (210, 220) and the secondary cyclones (250, 260), wherein the two primary cyclones (210, 220) surround the two secondary cyclones (250, 260), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il Joong Kim, Sung Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 7892305
    Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting device (100) includes a primary cyclone unit (110) having two parallel primary cyclones (111,112) for separating dust form air introduced therein by a cyclone principle, and a secondary cyclone (120) unit at a downstream of the primary cyclones (111,112) for cleaning the air again by the cyclone principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il Joong Kim
  • Patent number: 7882592
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes both a main dust separation unit and a secondary dust separation unit. One of the dust separation units is provided on a main body of the vacuum cleaner, and the other dust separation unit is provided on a removable dust collection unit that is mountable on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin, Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park
  • Patent number: 7842112
    Abstract: Cyclone collector including a primary cyclone (1) having a first inlet (14) for drawing external air, and a first outlet (14) for discharging air, a secondary cyclone (3) connected to the primary cyclone (1), and flow guide means (200) over the first outlet for preventing a flow direction of the air discharged from the first outlet (14) from turning sharply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Hwa Lee, Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Hyoung Joo Cho, Kyeong Seon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100287725
    Abstract: A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner is provided, the nozzle having a structure in which suction performance may be improved. The nozzle may include a nozzle body, and an agitator rotatably installed in the nozzle body. Air may follow a first flow path through the nozzle, and a second flow path which diverges from the second flow path at the agitator, so as to uniformly distribute air flow through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kyeong Seon Jeong, Geun Bae Hwang, Kie Tak Hyun, Kyu Chun Choi, Chang Hwa Sun
  • Patent number: 7815702
    Abstract: A multi cyclone collector with an improved structure is disclosed for providing the highest number of second cyclone collector (300) by disposing a plurality of second cyclone collector (300) in a non circular shape (400) arrangement along a first cyclone collector, thereby increasing collecting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Hyoung Joo Cho, Kyeong Seon Jeong
  • Patent number: 7810211
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a vacuum cleaner main body having a suction pump, a suction nozzle portion that sucks impurities by a suction force supplied by the suction pump, a suction passage that connects the suction nozzle portion to the suction pump, an agitator installed at the suction passage, and a driving device that makes the agitator perform a linear translation. As the agitator is formed narrow and long, a bottom surface of the suction nozzle portion may maintain a small suction area. Therefore the vacuum cleaner attains a high surface pressure which is an advantage of an ordinary type suction nozzle portion, and a high drag coefficient of impurities which is an advantage of a brush type suction nozzle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-ook Chong, Keyong-seon Jeong, Kie-tak Hyun, Seong-koo Cho, Geun-bae Hwang, Kyu-chun Choi, Jin-hyouk Shin, Jong-kyu Jang
  • Patent number: 7785396
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin, Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park
  • Patent number: 7770253
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park, Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin
  • Patent number: 7753976
    Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (10) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. The dust collecting device (100) of the present invention includes a primary cyclone unit (200) having two primary cyclones (210, 220), arranged in parallel, for separating dust by a cyclone principle, a secondary cyclone unit (300) having at least two secondary cyclones (310, 320), which receives air from the primary cyclones (210, 220) on an outer side of the primary cyclones (210, 220) for separating dust by the cyclone principle, and a dust container (110) having the primary cyclone unit (200) and the secondary cyclone unit (300) mounted thereto, and a primary dust collecting space for storing the dust separated at the primary cyclone unit (200), and at least one secondary dust collecting space for storing the dust separated at the secondary cyclone unit (300) formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il Joong Kim, Sung Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 7749295
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Man Tae Hwang, Hae Seock Yang, Hoi Kil Jeong, Myung Sig Yoo, Jae Kyum Kim, Moo Hyun Ko, Kie Tak Hyun, Jong Su Choo, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Min Park, Sung Hwa Lee, Il Joong Kim, Jin Hyouk Shin, Gun Ho Ha, Jin Wook Seo, Chang Ho Yun, Jin Young Kim, Chang Hoon Lee, Yun Hee Park
  • Patent number: 7731771
    Abstract: A cyclone collector is provided that includes a body having an inlet that draws air therein, a cyclone provided inside of the body, and an outlet that discharges air from the body. The outlet includes a passage portion having a passage and a closed portion under the passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Hwa Lee, Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Hyoung Joo Cho, Kyeong Seon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100005617
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vacuum cleaner which can improve the cleaning performance by filtering off impurities from the sucked air twice according to a cyclone method, and allow the user to easily discharge the collected impurities. The vacuum cleaner includes a primary cyclone unit (100), a secondary cyclone unit (120), and a passage partition unit (131) formed between the primary cyclone unit and the secondary cyclone unit. The sucked air is primarily filtered in the primary cyclone unit (110), and secondarily filtered in the secondary cyclone unit (120), thereby improving the cleaning performance. In addition, a dust container (140) is detachably coupled to the primary cyclone unit (110) or the secondary cyclone unit (120). Therefore, the user can easily remove the impurities collected in the dust container (140) by separating the dust container (140) from the primary and secondary cyclone units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kie-Tak Hyun, Kyeong-Seon Jeong, Jong-Kyu Jang, Chung-Ook Chong, Jinhyouk Shin, Geunbae Hwang, Youngsoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100000185
    Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (10) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. The dust collecting device (100) of the present invention includes a primary cyclone unit (200) having two primary cyclones (210, 220), arranged in parallel, for separating dust by a cyclone principle, a secondary cyclone unit (300) having at least two secondary cyclones (310, 320), which receives air from the primary cyclones (210, 220) on an outer side of the primary cyclones (210, 220) for separating dust by the cyclone principle, and a dust container (110) having the primary cyclone unit (200) and the secondary cyclone unit (300) mounted thereto, and a primary dust collecting space for stroing the dust separated at the primary cyclone unit (200), and at least one secondary dust collecting space for storing the dust separated at the secondary cyclone unit (300) formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il jOONG Kim, Sung Hwa Lee