Patents by Inventor Kwang-il Yang

Kwang-il Yang 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: 7332698
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a component compartment and a cooking compartment each including a discharging part to discharge air in the cooking compartment through the cooking compartment through portion; a supplying fan introducing the air to the component compartment through portion to cool the component compartment; a discharging fan introducing the air in the cooking compartment to the discharging part through the cooking compartment through portion; a fan motor between the supplying fan and the discharging fan to operate the supplying fan and the discharging fan; and an interfering part to interfere with the fan assembly when at least one of the supplying fan and the discharging fan is not in a predetermined position corresponding to the component compartment through portion and the discharging part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Cho, Kwang-il Yang
  • Publication number: 20060027572
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a component compartment and a cooking compartment each including a discharging part to discharge air in the cooking compartment through the cooking compartment through portion; a supplying fan introducing the air to the component compartment through portion to cool the component compartment; a discharging fan introducing the air in the cooking compartment to the discharging part through the cooking compartment through portion; a fan motor between the supplying fan and the discharging fan to operate the supplying fan and the discharging fan; and an interfering part to interfere with the fan assembly when at least one of the supplying fan and the discharging fan is not in a predetermined position corresponding to the component compartment through portion and the discharging part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Cho, Kwang-il Yang
  • Patent number: 6949730
    Abstract: A wall-mounted type microwave oven has an improved assembling structure of a lighting device to afford reduction of manufacturing cost and ease of assembly. The lighting device includes an opening formed at a bottom panel of the microwave oven, a lamp housing mounted on the bottom panel to cover the opening and having a lamp therein, a window bracket provided at the opening and having a transparent window thereon, support pieces provided at the bottom panel and extended toward the lamp housing, hooks formed at either the support pieces or the lamp housing, and hook holes formed at another of the support pieces and the lamp housing, coupling plates provided at the lamp housing and the window bracket, coupling holes formed at the coupling plates of the lamp housing and the window bracket, and a screw to be tightened into the coupling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Hun Lee, Kwang-il Yang
  • Publication number: 20040000549
    Abstract: A wall-mounted type microwave oven has an improved assembling structure of a lighting device to afford reduction of manufacturing cost and ease of assembly. The lighting device includes an opening formed at a bottom panel of the microwave oven, a lamp housing mounted on the bottom panel to cover the opening and having a lamp therein, a window bracket provided at the opening and having a transparent window thereon, support pieces provided at the bottom panel and extended toward the lamp housing, hooks formed at either the support pieces or the lamp housing, and hook holes formed at another of the support pieces and the lamp housing, coupling plates provided at the lamp housing and the window bracket, coupling holes formed at the coupling plates of the lamp housing and the window bracket, and a screw to be tightened into the coupling holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Hun Lee, Kwang-Il Yang
  • Patent number: 6512214
    Abstract: An apparatus for suspending a microwave oven, which includes a main body having a rear plate formed with a through hole thereon and a cooking chamber formed therein, comprises: a support plate mounted to a wall face to which the microwave oven is installed; a hooking member protruding toward the main body through the through hole of the rear plate from a planar surface of the support plate; a plate spring having one end portion fixed to the main body and the other end portion elastically deformable between a first position where the plate spring is disengaged from the hooking member and a second position where the plate spring is engaged with the hooking member; and an actuating member connected between the microwave oven and the plate spring for elastically deforming the plate spring between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-jin Jeong, Kwang-il Yang
  • Publication number: 20020050549
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for suspending a microwave oven comprising a main body having a rear plate formed with a through hole thereon and a cooking chamber formed therein, comprising a support plate mounted to a wall face to which the microwave oven is installed; a hooking member protruding toward the main body through the through hole of the rear plate from a planar surface of the support plate; a plate spring having one end portion fixed to the main body and the other end portion elastically deformable between a first position where the plate spring is disengaged from the hooking member and a second position where the plate spring is engaged with the hooking member; and an actuating member connected between the microwave oven and the plate spring, elastically deforming the plate spring between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Sang-Jin Jeong, Kwang-Il Yang
  • Patent number: 6335521
    Abstract: A microwave oven comprising a main body formed with a cooking compartment, an outer casing surrounding the main body, to define an outer appearance of the microwave oven, a grill member provided between the main body and the outer casing, having a number of air passing holes, and a grill cover rotatably provided in front of the grill member, opening and closing the grill member, further comprising a main cam rotatably contacting with a rear face portion of the grill cover; a motor moving the main cam; and a switch sensing a rotational position of the main cam, the rotational position of the main cam being controlled to control the opening/closing operation of the grill cover when the motor operates. With this configuration, the switching operation is facilitated, the range of switching operation is constant, and the cost of production is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-jin Jeong, Kwang-il Yang