Patents by Inventor Kyeong Ae LEE

Kyeong Ae LEE 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: 11592191
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a blowing port, a first guide configured to cover a portion of the blowing port, a second guide configured to cover another portion of the blowing port, a motor configured to rotate the first guide and the second guide, a first gear configured to be connected to the first guide, a guide holder configured to be connected to the second guide, and a second gear configured to connect the first gear to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kyun Jeong, Kyung Ho Hwang, Jae Min Park, Hyun Uk Park, Chan Young Park, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Sung-June Cho
  • Patent number: 11408617
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air brought into a housing, and a blower fan for blowing air that has exchanged heat with the heat exchanger out of the housing, and controls a guide unit that opens or closes part of an outlet provided in the housing to blow out various flows of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-woo Jung, Sung Jae Kim, Yi Goo Gong, Kwon Jin Kim, Yeon-seob Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Je Gu Lee, Soon Cheol Hong
  • Patent number: 11137148
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air introduced to an inside of a housing and a fan for blowing the air having heat exchanged by the heat exchanger to an outside of the housing, the air conditioner capable of blowing air at various airflows by controlling a door configured to selectively open a first portion and a second portion, different from the first portion, of an air outlet of the housing and controlling a guide member configured to controlling a flow path inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Muk Choi, Kyeong Ae Lee, Je Gu Lee, Dong Yoon Lee, Byung Woo Jeon, Kwon Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11022325
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes and disposed at the discharge port, a blowing fan provided inside the housing, and a reinforcing member disposed at a rear of the discharge panel to support the discharge panel. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the discharge panel from being deformed by pressing, and to minimize the exposure of the inside of the air conditioner through the discharge hole of the discharge panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Ae Lee, KwonJin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Patent number: 10935273
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having first and second suction ports; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air brought in through the first suction port; a first discharging port configured to discharge the heat-exchanged air; a second discharging port configured to discharge air brought in through the second suction port to be mixed with air discharged from the first discharging port at outside of the housing; a discharging door having a plurality of discharging holes, through which air directed to the first discharging port is discharged out of the housing, and selectively opening the second discharging port by movement operation of the discharging door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung June Cho, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Byung Han Lim, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Patent number: 10823433
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a first inlet port and a second inlet port, a first discharge port, a second discharge port, the air discharged through the second discharge port is mixed with the air discharged through the first discharge port, and having a plurality of discharge holes to cause the air discharged from the first discharge port to be discharged more slowly than air discharged from the second discharge port, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the air entered through the first inlet port, a first fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the first inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the first discharge port, and a second fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the second inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the second discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-June Cho, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Byung Han Lim, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20200232655
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a blowing port, a first guide configured to cover a portion of the blowing port, a second guide configured to cover another portion of the blowing port, a motor configured to rotate the first guide and the second guide, a first gear configured to be connected to the first guide, a guide holder configured to be connected to the second guide, and a second gear configured to connect the first gear to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kyun JEONG, Kyung Ho HWANG, Jae Min PARK, Hyun Uk PARK, Chan Young PARK, Kwon Jin KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Chang-Woo JUNG, Sung-June CHO
  • Patent number: 10591170
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including a housing, a suction port disposed in the housing, a first discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge a part of air sucked through the suction port, and a second discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge other part of air sucked through the suction port, a heat exchanger configured to perform heat-exchange on the part of air sucked through the suction port, a first blowing fan configured to suck the part of air, which is sucked through the suction port, to discharge the sucked air to the first discharge port, and an intermediate member configured to guide the part of air sucked through the suction port to the heat exchanger, and configured to separate other part of air s sucked through the suction port from the part of air sucked through the suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Ae Lee, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Jong Youb Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung-June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20190331350
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air introduced to an inside of a housing and a fan for blowing the air having heat exchanged by the heat exchanger to an outside of the housing, the air conditioner capable of blowing air at various airflows by controlling a door configured to selectively open a first portion and a second portion, different from the first portion, of an air outlet of the housing and controlling a guide member configured to controlling a flow path inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Muk CHOI, Kyeong Ae LEE, Je Gu LEE, Dong Yoon LEE, Byung Woo JEON, Kwon Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20190277513
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air brought into a housing, and a blower fan for blowing air that has exchanged heat with the heat exchanger out of the housing, and controls a guide unit that opens or closes part of an outlet provided in the housing to blow out various flows of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-woo JUNG, Sung Jae KIM, Yi Goo GONG, Kwon-Jin KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Je Gu LEE, Soon Cheol HONG
  • Patent number: 10365011
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a current carrying path formed between a control box and an outdoor heat exchanger, and electromagnetic noise generated in the control box is transmitted to the outdoor heat exchanger and efficiently discharged to air through the outdoor heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je Gu Lee, Kyeong Ae Lee, Yi Goo Gong, Kwon Jin Kim, Ki Jun Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Jong Min Lee, Chang-Woo Jung
  • Publication number: 20190219278
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes and disposed at the discharge port, a blowing fan provided inside the housing, and a reinforcing member disposed at a rear of the discharge panel to support the discharge panel. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the discharge panel from being deformed by pressing, and to minimize the exposure of the inside of the air conditioner through the discharge hole of the discharge panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Ae LEE, KwonJin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20190186778
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having first and second suction ports; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air brought in through the first suction port; a first discharging port configured to discharge the heat-exchanged air; a second discharging port configured to discharge air brought in through the second suction port to be mixed with air discharged from the first discharging port at outside of the housing; a discharging door having a plurality of discharging holes, through which air directed to the first discharging port is discharged out of the housing, and selectively opening the second discharging port by movement operation of the discharging door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung June CHO, Kwon Jin KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Seon Uk NA, Yeon Seob YUN, Young Uk YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Byung Han LIM, Jong Kweon HA
  • Publication number: 20190024909
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including a housing, a suction port disposed in the housing, a first discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge a part of air sucked through the suction port, and a second discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge other part of air sucked through the suction port, a heat exchanger configured to perform heat-exchange on the part of air sucked through the suction port, a first blowing fan configured to suck the part of air, which is sucked through the suction port, to discharge the sucked air to the first discharge port, and an intermediate member configured to guide the part of air sucked through the suction port to the heat exchanger, and configured to separate other part of air s sucked through the suction port from the part of air sucked through the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Ae LEE, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Jong Youb Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung-June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
  • Publication number: 20180335221
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a first inlet port and a second inlet port, a first discharge port, a second discharge port, the air discharged through the second discharge port is mixed with the air discharged through the first discharge port, and having a plurality of discharge holes to cause the air discharged from the first discharge port to be discharged more slowly than air discharged from the second discharge port, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the air entered through the first inlet port, a first fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the first inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the first discharge port, and a second fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the second inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the second discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-June CHO, Kwon Jin KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Seon Uk NA, Yeon-Seob YUN, Young Uk YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Byung Han LIM, Jong Kweon HA
  • Publication number: 20180080665
    Abstract: The air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, a heat exchanger disposed within the housing, a fan for blowing air exchanged with the heat exchanger toward the outlet, a first position for opening the outlet and a second position for covering the outlet and a door including a plurality of holes for discharging air out of the housing at the second position. The air blowing method of the air discharged from the air conditioner may be different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Woo JUNG, Kyeong Ae LEE, Yi Goo GONG, Sung Jae KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Sang Ki LEE, Kwon Jin KIM, Heung Seob CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180080681
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a current carrying path formed between a control box and an outdoor heat exchanger, and electromagnetic noise generated in the control box is transmitted to the outdoor heat exchanger and efficiently discharged to air through the outdoor heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Gu LEE, Kyeong Ae LEE, Yi Goo GONG, Kwon Jin KIM, Ki Jun KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Jong Min LEE, Chang-Woo JUNG
  • Patent number: 9752795
    Abstract: An indoor unit including a heat exchanger that cools indoor air sucked through a suction port, a cross flow fan that enables the indoor air to be sucked through the suction port, and enables cold air cooled by the heat exchanger to be discharged into a room through a discharging port, a drainage tray unit that is disposed below the heat exchanger to collect condensate water generated in the heat exchanger, and a blade that is rotatably coupled to the drainage tray unit to open the discharging port, and whose rotary shaft is formed in an upper portion of the discharging port. The drainage tray unit includes a guide unit that prevents the cold air from being discharged to an upper side of the blade so that the cold air is discharged to a lower side of the blade when the blade is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Deuk Park, Kyeong Ae Lee
  • Publication number: 20170176026
    Abstract: Disclosed are provided an air conditioner having a door that can be smoothly moved by a friction member. The air conditioner includes a main body configured to form an outer appearance, an outlet provided in a lower portion of the main body, and configured to discharge air, a door disposed in a front portion of the main body, and configured to open or close the outlet, a driving device including a pinion configured to be rotatable, and a rack interlocked with the pinion and configured to be movable together with the door; and a friction member configured to press the rack when the rack moves so as to maintain a predetermined spacing between the rack and the pinion. The rack and the door can slide smoothly along a curved path through the friction member by a force of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kyeong Ae Lee, Chang Heon Lee, Seong Deok Cheon
  • Publication number: 20150040602
    Abstract: An indoor unit including a heat exchanger that cools indoor air sucked through a suction port, a cross flow fan that enables the indoor air to be sucked through the suction port, and enables cold air cooled by the heat exchanger to be discharged into a room through a discharging port, a drainage tray unit that is disposed below the heat exchanger to collect condensate water generated in the heat exchanger, and a blade that is rotatably coupled to the drainage tray unit to open the discharging port, and whose rotary shaft is formed in an upper portion of the discharging port. The drainage tray unit includes a guide unit that prevents the cold air from being discharged to an upper side of the blade so that the cold air is discharged to a lower side of the blade when the blade is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kwang Deuk PARK, Kyeong Ae LEE