Patents by Inventor Kook Jeong Seo

Kook Jeong Seo 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: 11808510
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Woo Cho, Jin Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11703268
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom; an evaporator arranged in the back of the storeroom and configured to generate cold air; a defrost heater arranged under the evaporator into which air flows and configured to remove frost or ice formed on the evaporator; a temperature sensor arranged on the top of the evaporator and configured to measure temperature; and a controller configured to stop operation of the defrost heater in a first defrost cycle based on a first measurement measured by the temperature sensor and stop operation of the defrost heater in a second defrost cycle based on a second measurement, which is different from the first measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Hee Moon Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11644230
    Abstract: Provide is a refrigerator provided with a defrosting device capable of enhancing the defrosting efficiency. The refrigerator includes main body, storage compartment provided inside the main body, an evaporator provided in the storage compartment and configured to generate cold air, a first flow path allowing air to be guided in a first direction for the air to be supplied to the storage compartment during a cooling operation, a defrosting heater configured to generate heat for defrost, a second flow path allowing air to be guided in a second direction opposite to the first direction for the air to be circulated around the evaporator during a defrosting operation, a fan allowing air having received heat from the defrosting heater to be circuited around the evaporator through the second flow path, and a flow path resistance portion provided on the second flow path to increase a flow path resistance in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sub Lee, Kook Jeong Seo, Dae Whan Kim, Hee Yuel Roh, Jeong-Min Jeon, Young Don Jeong
  • Patent number: 11573040
    Abstract: A water pocket with an open top side is filled with water, mounted in a regular position on a supporting frame, and tilts to supply the water stored in the water pocket to an ice making tray, thereby easily supplying a required amount of water to the ice making tray. A refrigerator includes an ice making tray provided to linearly move with rotation when ice of the ice making tray is separated, or includes a holding preventing member which prevents the ice from being caught by a lower ice making tray, thereby improving a forward-and-backward width of an ice maker. It is possible to easily withdraw ice stored in an ice bucket by pushing an ice discharge button in a state in which the ice bucket is not separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Jong Park, Moon Gyo Jung, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11573043
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a door rotatably coupled to the main body, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and into which the ice maker is assembled. The ice making chamber includes an ice making chamber wall and an ice making space having an open front surface, and the ice making chamber wall includes a guide rib protruding toward the ice making space. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having an ice making cell for storing water, an ejector rotatable to separate ice from the ice making cell, and a motor box coupled to one side of the ice making tray in a longitudinal direction to accommodate an ice separation motor for rotating the ejector. The ice making tray is supported on the guide rib, and the motor box and the ice making chamber wall is fastened through a fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Seok Jun Yoon, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11512886
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body, a door, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and including an ice maker to make ice and an ice bucket to store the ice produced. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having a plurality of ice making cells for receiving water, an ice separation heater to heat the ice making tray so that ice is separated from the ice making tray, an ejector rotatably provided to transfer the ice separated to the outside of the ice making tray, and a water channel formed on partitions partitioning the plurality of ice making cells to allow water to flow between the partitions and configured such that at least one of surfaces in contact with ice has a tapered shape in which a thickness thereof gradually decreases in a direction of directing to the ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Young Il Song, Do Yun Jang, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11397041
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body; a first evaporator provided in the first storage chamber, configured to generate cool air; a second evaporator provided in the second storage chamber, configured to generate the cool air; a switching valve configured to supply a refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching valve so that the refrigerant supplied to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator is distributed according to a predetermined reference, and lower the temperature of the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to a predetermined temperature based on the generated control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Kim, Su-Cheol Yoo, Jung Woo Yoo, Kook Jeong Seo, Chang-Hern Lee, Ha-Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11384973
    Abstract: A refrigerator that includes a main body, a wall and a storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a door rotatably coupled to the main body configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes an ice-making chamber formed in a front surface of the door. The refrigerator also includes a cooling chamber that includes a cooler is provided inside the wall and configured to generate cooling air. The refrigerator also includes a cooling air duct configured to connect the ice-making chamber and the cooling chamber to supply the cooling air generated by the cooler to the ice-making chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Kook Jeong Seo, Moo Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11359855
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment; a first flow path separated from the storage compartment; an evaporator provided on the first flow path to cool air; a compressor configured to discharge a refrigerant to the evaporator; a blower fan configured to discharge air of the first flow path to the storage compartment; a defrost heater provided on the first flow path to heat the evaporator; a second flow path separated from the first flow path; a defrost fan configured to suction air of the first flow path into the second flow path; and a controller configured to alternately perform a cooling operation and a defrosting operation, configured to operate the compressor and the blower fan during the cooling operation, configured to operate the defrost heater and the defrost fan during the defrosting operation, and configured to vary a rotational speed of the defrost fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Yuel Roh, Kook Jeong Seo, In Sub Lee, Dae Whan Kim, Jeong-Min Jeon
  • Patent number: 11333418
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including an ice bucket configured to store ice, a transfer member configured to transfer ice stored in the ice bucket, and an ice crushing device provided at an outer side of the ice bucket and configured to discharge cubed ice discharged from the ice bucket without crushing, or to crush and discharge the cubed ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kyoung Ki Park, Kook Jeong Seo, Bong Su Son
  • Publication number: 20220082311
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment formed therein, and a cooling module forming a machine compartment in which a compressor is disposed and detachably mounted to the main body. The cooling module includes a module body forming the machine compartment, a condenser of an L shape disposed on one side of the compressor and including a first part corresponding to a portion of a rear surface of the machine compartment and a second part corresponding to one side of the machine compartment. The condenser is vertically mounted on a base plate disposed below the module body. A module cover is provided to cover the rear of the machine compartment, and a suction flow path includes first and second suction flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo YOO, Ju Young KIM, Kook Jeong SEO, Su-Cheol YOO, Won-Jae YOON
  • Publication number: 20220003480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator having a manual ice maker. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Woo CHO, Jin JEONG, Kook Jeong SEO
  • Publication number: 20210270513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including a main body, a door, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and including an ice maker to make ice and an ice bucket to store the ice produced. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having a plurality of ice making cells for receiving water, an ice separation heater to heat the ice making tray so that ice is separated from the ice making tray, an ejector rotatably provided to transfer the ice separated to the outside of the ice making tray, and a water channel formed on partitions partitioning the plurality of ice making cells to allow water to flow between the partitions and configured such that at least one of surfaces in contact with ice has a tapered shape in which a thickness thereof gradually decreases in a direction of directing to the ice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Young Il SONG, Do Yun JANG, Kook Jeong SEO
  • Patent number: 11079164
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body configured to include a storage compartment, a door portion configured to include an inner door pivotably coupled to the body to open/close the storage compartment and an outer door pivotably provided in front of the inner door, an ice making chamber formed at the door portion to be divided from the storage compartment by the inner door and to be opened or closed by the outer door, an ice making system accommodated in the ice making chamber, a dispenser provided at the door portion to provide water and ice, and a water filter mountable at the door portion to purify water supplied from an external water supply source. The ice making chamber is easily accessible by opening only the outer door while the inner door is closed and prevent cold air in the storage compartment from flowing out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho, Yong Jong Park, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11060785
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator in which a cold storage material suitable for a freezing chamber may be packed in a cool pack for the freezer section and/or the refrigerator section to keep the respective sections cooler if there is a power failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 11029071
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator configured to delay increase in temperature of a storage compartment by lowering temperature of air that is heated by a defrost heater. A refrigerator includes a defrost heater, a lower cool air duct including a first flow path configured to guide cool air generated by the evaporator to be supplied to the storage compartment and an upper cool air duct disposed in an upper side of the lower cool air duct and provided with a second flow path configured to guide cool air generated by the evaporator to be supplied to the storage compartment. A cool pack in which cold storage material is filled stores cold storage energy from cool air that is delivered to the second flow path to decrease a temperature of air passing via the second flow path, so that increase of an internal temperature of the storage compartment is delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Wook Bae, Kook Jeong Seo, Young Don Jeong
  • Patent number: 10948227
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator includes an ice storage, a transfer member, a transfer motor coupled to the transfer member, and a controller configured to control the transfer motor to rotate the transfer member in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction, wherein the transfer member prevents the ice cubes stored in the ice storage from agglomerating by rotating in the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction. The controller warns a user of agglomeration of the ice cubes stored in the ice storage in response to no rotation of the transfer motor sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kook Jeong Seo, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20210010740
    Abstract: Provide is a refrigerator provided with a defrosting device capable of enhancing the defrosting efficiency. The refrigerator includes main body, storage compartment provided inside the main body, an evaporator provided in the storage compartment and configured to generate cold air, a first flow path allowing air to be guided in a first direction for the air to be supplied to the storage compartment during a cooling operation, a defrosting heater configured to generate heat for defrost, a second flow path allowing air to be guided in a second direction opposite to the first direction for the air to be circulated around the evaporator during a defrosting operation, a fan allowing air having received heat from the defrosting heater to be circuited around the evaporator through the second flow path, and a flow path resistance portion provided on the second flow path to increase a flow path resistance in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: In Sub LEE, Kook Jeong SEO, Dae Whan KIM, Hee Yuel ROH, Jeong-Min JEON, Young Don JEONG
  • Publication number: 20200393183
    Abstract: A water pocket with an open top side is filled with water, mounted in a regular position on a supporting frame, and tilts to supply the water stored in the water pocket to an ice making tray, thereby easily supplying a required amount of water to the ice making tray. A refrigerator includes an ice making tray provided to linearly move with rotation when ice of the ice making tray is separated, or includes a holding preventing member which prevents the ice from being caught by a lower ice making tray, thereby improving a forward-and-backward width of an ice maker. It is possible to easily withdraw ice stored in an ice bucket by pushing an ice discharge button in a state in which the ice bucket is not separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Bong Su SON, Do Yun JANG, Yoon Young KIM, Yong Jong PARK, Moon Gyo JUNG, Kook Jeong SEO
  • Publication number: 20200393179
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body; a first evaporator provided in the first storage chamber, configured to generate cool air; a second evaporator provided in the second storage chamber, configured to generate the cool air; a switching valve configured to supply a refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching valve so that the refrigerant supplied to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator is distributed according to a predetermined reference, and lower the temperature of the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to a predetermined temperature based on the generated control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung KIM, Su-Cheol YOO, Jung Woo YOO, Kook Jeong SEO, Chang-Hern LEE, Ha-Jin JEONG