Patents by Inventor Min-Kyu Oh
Min-Kyu Oh 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).
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Publication number: 20120137721Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator in which a cool air generation chamber and a machine room are disposed in the upper portion of a main body of the refrigerator, and a structure of a cover grill disposed in front of the cool air generation chamber and the machine room is changed, thereby achieving stable heat radiation of the machine room and efficient operation of the refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, So Hee Park, Youn Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh
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Publication number: 20120131942Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage chamber, a cold air generation chamber provided above the storage chamber, an evaporator provided in the cold air generation chamber, and a refrigerant tube configured to pass through a predetermined wall of the cold air generation chamber, not passing the storage chamber, to be connected with the evaporator. An object of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator which has an efficient installation structure of a refrigerant tube connected with an evaporator provided in a cold air generation chamber provided above a storage chamber to enlarge storage space of the storage chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, So Hee Park, Su Nam Chae, Min Kyu Oh
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Publication number: 20120125038Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator which maximally obtains an internal volume and efficiently performs heat radiation of the inner area of a machinery chamber (100) provided in the upper portion of a main body of the refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee, Su Nam Chae
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Publication number: 20120117999Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a cold air generation chamber for the freezing compartment provided in an upper portion of the cabinet, in communication with the freezing compartment, the cold air generation chamber configured to accommodate an evaporator for the freezing compartment, a machine room provided in an upper portion of the cabinet, a cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating compartment independently provided from the cold air generation chamber for the freezing compartment, the cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating compartment configured to accommodate an evaporator for the refrigerating compartment, and a defrosted-water treating part configured to receive defrosted-water generated from the evaporator for the freezing compartment and the evaporator for the refrigerating compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Youn Seok Lee
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Publication number: 20120118000Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator which enable to make effective arrangement elements in a machine room on a top of the refrigerator, and to absorb and cut off noise and vibration from the elements enabling quiet operation. To do this, the refrigerator includes a body formed to have a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a machine room formed on a top of the body to have a front region and a rear region, and a vibration isolating member for attenuating vibration in the machine room.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, So Hee Park, Youn Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh
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Patent number: 7950247Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae
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Patent number: 7950245Abstract: In a refrigerator, cold air discharged from a cold air fan is guided by a guide member such that it flows directly to an evaporator. The guide member reduces flow of air through a gap between an inner surface of a cold air generating compartment and the evaporator. The guide member also includes a drainage portion configured to guide defrost water generated at the cold air fan to a position beneath the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae
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Publication number: 20100192617Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment An evaporator is positioned at an upper portion of the cabinet and generates cold air supplied to the storage compartment. A unit (e.g., closable damper) controls supply of cold air generated by the evaporator to the storage compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Youn Seok Lee
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Publication number: 20100192609Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a plurality of storage compartments and a cold air generating compartment provided in an upper portion of the cabinet. The cold air generating compartment is in communication with the plurality of the storage compartments and houses a plurality of evaporators, with each evaporator corresponding to a particular storage compartment in the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Su Nam CHAE, Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE
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Publication number: 20100192608Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator that includes a main body having a cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the cooling chamber. The refrigerator further includes a home bar positioned at a front surface of the door and configured to provide access to contents of the refrigerator without opening the door. In addition, the refrigerator includes a heater positioned at the home bar and configured to adjust an amount of heat based on an ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youn-Seok Lee, Kyeong-Yun Kim, Su-Nam Chae, Min-Kyu Oh, Jang-Seok Lee
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Publication number: 20100192622Abstract: A refrigerating system is disclosed. Since heat exchange is performed between first and second evaporators by a heat exchanging unit, the first and second evaporators have temperatures similar to each other, thereby requiring no additional ‘pump-down’ operation. Also, a compressor does not have a discharge occurrence owing to no additional ‘pump-down’ operation, thereby having no loss and an enhanced reliability. Besides, since no additional pump-down operation is required, power consumption for operating the compressor so as to collect a remaining refrigerant is reduced. Accordingly, the efficiency of the refrigerating system is enhanced. Furthermore, as the ‘pump-down’ operation is not required, a backflow preventing unit for preventing a refrigerant collected from an evaporator from backflowing to the evaporator is not required. Accordingly, the fabrication cost is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Min-Kyu Oh, Gye-Young Song, Nam-Gyo Lee
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Publication number: 20100180619Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100180621Abstract: In a refrigerator, cold air discharged from a cold air fan is guided by a guide member such that it flows directly to an evaporator. The guide member reduces flow of air through a gap between an inner surface of a cold air generating compartment and the evaporator. The guide member also includes a drainage portion configured to guide defrost water generated at the cold air fan to a position beneath the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100180625Abstract: A refrigerator, in which an evaporator and a cold air fan are horizontally arranged in a cold air generating compartment positioned at an upper portion of the refrigerator. The evaporator and the cold air fan extend along a depth of the refrigerator in forward and rearward directions of the refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100180620Abstract: A refrigerator includes an air guide provided with a defrost water hole and inclined with respect to a centrifugal direction of a cold air fan. The air guide guides cold air discharged from the cold air fan to a guide duct and also guides, to the defrost water hole, defrost water falling in the centrifugal direction of the cold air fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100162744Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. A freezing chamber evaporator and a cooling chamber evaporator are installed at an inner side of a ceiling surface of a freezing chamber and a cooling chamber. Accordingly, the freezing chamber and the cooling chamber have deeper depths thus to have large available capacities, thereby freshly receiving a large amount of food items. Furthermore, a cool air channel is formed at the freezing chamber door and the cooling chamber door so as to be connected to a cool air channel of the ceiling surface. Accordingly, a temperature difference between an inner space and a door basket does not occur, thereby storing food or beverage items received in the door basket in a fresh condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2007Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyoung-Keun Lim, Min-Kyu Oh, Gye-Young Song, Nam-Gyo Lee, Yang-Gyu Kim
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Publication number: 20100154461Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. A freezing chamber evaporator and a chilling chamber evaporator are installed at an inner side of a partition wall that partitions a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber from each other. Accordingly, the freezing chamber and the chilling chamber have deep depths thus to have large available capacities, thereby freshly receiving a large amount of food items. Furthermore, a cool air channel is formed at the freezing chamber door and the chilling chamber door so as to be connected to a cool air channel of the partition wall. Accordingly, a temperature difference between an inner space and a door basket does not occur, thereby storing food or beverage items received in the door basket with a fresh state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Hyoung-Keun Lim, Min-Kyu Oh, Gye-Young Song, Nam-Gyo Lee, Yabg-Gyu Kim
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Publication number: 20100139309Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber, a cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber, and a machine room are provided on an uppermost part of the main body to allow for increased space in the refrigerating and freezing chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100139304Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber is provided on an uppermost part of the main body, communicates with the freezing chamber, and houses a freezing chamber evaporator. A cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber is provided separate from the cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber and houses a refrigerating chamber evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam CHAE
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Publication number: 20100126205Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cold air generation chamber provided in a body of the refrigerator, the cold air generation chamber having an evaporator installed therein. A cold air duct may form a path through which cold air generated in the cold air generation chamber is circulated to a freezer compartment, and a quick freezer compartment. The quick freezer compartment may be connected with the cold air duct, and may be positioned substantially nearer to the evaporator than the freezer compartment. A damper may be installed in the cold air duct to selectively shut off the flow of cold air to the freezer compartment. The quick freezer compartment may be quickly cooled using cold air directly supplied from the cold air generation chamber. Furthermore, cold air may be directed into the quick freezer compartment by selectively shutting off the supply of cold air into the freezer or refrigerator compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee, Su Nam Chae