Patents by Inventor Kyoung Ki PARK

Kyoung Ki PARK 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: 9865384
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a first magnet provided at an upper end of a cover of an ice bucket and a second magnet provided at a ceiling of an inner liner. The ice bucket is fixed in a state in which the cover of the ice bucket is in tight contact with a front wall of an ice-making compartment due to magnetically attractive force between the first magnet and the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kyoung Ki Park, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang
  • Publication number: 20170159986
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an ice maker assembly movably disposed in a storage space, and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided. An ice maker assembly disposed in a storage space of a refrigerator to form ice, the ice maker assembly includes an ice maker unit configured to form ice and a basket unit configured to store the ice formed in the ice maker unit, wherein the ice maker unit includes a frame mounted at the refrigerator, a tray mounted at the frame and having a space in which the ice is formed, a water tank tiltably mounted at the frame and configured to supply water to the tray, and water stored in the water tank is supplied to the tray when the water tank is tilted in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Uo Hong, Kyoung Ki Park, Min Seob Yook, Byeong Soo Kim, Hyun-IL Lee, Sang Woon Jeon, Se Lim Yoon
  • Patent number: 9664429
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a driving coupler to transmit a driving force and a connecting member to transmit the driving force of the driving coupler to a transfer member. The connecting member is rotated when interference with the driving coupler occurs in a process of connecting with the driving coupler and idles within a predetermined angle range regardless of the transfer member. With this constitution, even when ice cubes are loaded by the transfer member, the connecting member may be smoothly rotated. Thus, the driving coupler and the connecting member may be smoothly connected without an impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Do Hyung Kim, Kook Jeong Seo, Bong Su Son, Byung Suk An, Do Yun Jang, Kyoung Ki Park
  • Patent number: 9476631
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a separate cool air supply channel formed in an ice making chamber door so as to supply cool air to a crushing chamber formed in the ice making chamber door, which is connected to the front portion of an ice bank storing ice dropped from an ice making tray, to open and close an ice making chamber, thereby preventing ice remaining in the crushing chamber from melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ki Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Sang Min Park, Jae Jio Lee
  • Publication number: 20160282027
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having a storage compartment; a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open or close the storage compartment; and an icemaker and an ice bucket configured to store ice cubes produced by the icemaker. The ice bucket is provided with a feeding device to feed the ice cubes stored therein. The main body includes a driving device configured to drive the feeding device. When the door is closed, the driving device is connected to the feeding device, and when the door is opened, the driving device is disconnected from the feeding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Kyoung Ki PARK, Bong Su SON, Do Yun JANG, Jae Koog AN, Bu Kil JEONG
  • Publication number: 20160201968
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator having a locker provided with a magnetic member to fix an ice bucket by use of magnetic attractive force and coupled to an upper wall of a body of the refrigerator. The ice bucket is removed by raising and then pulling it, while the locker is provided with an elastic guider to guide the removal of the ice bucket. The elastic guider is forced upward by the ice bucket during its removal and returns to its original position when the ice bucket is not forcing it upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Kyoung Ki PARK, Bong Su SON, Do Yun JANG
  • Patent number: 9377234
    Abstract: A refrigerator including an icemaker and an ice bucket provided at a door, a feeding unit to feed ice cubes stored in the ice bucket, a driving motor provided at a main body to drive the feeding unit, and a coupling device to transmit driving force from the driving motor to the feeding unit. When the door is closed, the driving motor is connected to the feeding unit. When the door is opened, the driving motor is disconnected from the feeding unit. Accordingly, the door has a simple structure, the ice bucket has an increased capacity, repair or replacement of the driving motor is easily achieved. The coupling device includes a first coupling unit and a second coupling unit which is engaged with the first coupling unit to receive driving force. The coupling device is configured to hide the coupling units when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Kyoung Ki Park, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Jae Koog An, Bu Kil Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150176882
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an auger including a transfer unit transferring ice in an ice bucket and a driving gear unit formed at the end of the transfer unit and transmitting rotary force and an agitator including an agitation unit agitating the ice in the ice bucket and a driven gear unit combined with the end of the agitation unit. The auger is formed integrally and thus, the number of parts of the auger is reduced and the assembled structure of the auger is simplified. The ice bucket is fixed in the upward, downward, and horizontal directions by a dual fixing device and is easily attached to and detached from a door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Kyoung Ki Park, Bong Su Son, Jae Koog An, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20150061484
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a first magnet provided at an upper end of a cover of an ice bucket and a second magnet provided at a ceiling of an inner liner. The ice bucket is fixed in a state in which the cover of the ice bucket is in tight contact with a front wall of an ice-making compartment due to magnetically attractive force between the first magnet and the second magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Kyoung Ki PARK, Bong Su SON, Do Yun JANG
  • Publication number: 20140290300
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a driving coupler to transmit a driving force and a connecting member to transmit the driving force of the driving coupler to a transfer member. The connecting member is rotated when interference with the driving coupler occurs in a process of connecting with the driving coupler and idles within a predetermined angle range regardless of the transfer member. With this constitution, even when ice cubes are loaded by the transfer member, the connecting member may be smoothly rotated. Thus, the driving coupler and the connecting member may be smoothly connected without an impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Do Hyung Kim, Kook Jeong Seo, Bong Su Son, Byung Suk An, Do Yun Jang, Kyoung Ki Park
  • Publication number: 20130327076
    Abstract: A refrigerator including an icemaker and an ice bucket provided at a door, a feeding unit to feed ice cubes stored in the ice bucket, a driving motor provided at a main body to drive the feeding unit, and a coupling device to transmit driving force from the driving motor to the feeding unit. When the door is closed, the driving motor is connected to the feeding unit. When the door is opened, the driving motor is disconnected from the feeding unit. Accordingly, the door has a simple structure, the ice bucket has an increased capacity, repair or replacement of the driving motor is easily achieved. The coupling device includes a first coupling unit and a second coupling unit which is engaged with the first coupling unit to receive driving force. The coupling device is configured to hide the coupling units when the door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jin JEONG, Do Hyung KIM, Kyoung Ki PARK, Bong Su SON, Sung Cheol KANG, Sang Hyun PARK, Yong Jong PARK, Kook Jeong SEO, Jae Koog AN, Jae Seung LEE, Eui Young CHANG, Bu Kil JEONG
  • Publication number: 20130263621
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice-making chamber, an ice bucket that can be slidably drawn into and out of the ice-making chamber, and a locking device that can lock the ice bucket, and the locking device may be provided in an upper wall of an inner case. Only a latch protrusion that protrudes upwardly is formed in the ice bucket so as to be coupled to the locking device, and therefore a structure of the ice bucket may be simplified, and an unnecessary opening may not be formed in the ice bucket, thereby preventing cool air of an inside of the ice bucket from leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Koog An, Kyoung Ki Park
  • Publication number: 20120174613
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a separate cool air supply channel formed in an ice making chamber door so as to supply cool air to a crushing chamber formed in the ice making chamber door, which is connected to the front portion of an ice bank storing ice dropped from an ice making tray, to open and close an ice making chamber, thereby preventing ice remaining in the crushing chamber from melting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ki PARK, Ji Hoon Kim, Sang Min Park, Jae Jio Lee