Patents by Inventor Mun Sub Kim
Mun Sub Kim 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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Patent number: 11920827Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner. The air cleaner includes a main body, a panel configured to be movable with respect to the main body, a power transmission device connected to the panel, a vibration-preventing member connected to the power transmission device and including a vibration-preventing portion in contact with the power transmission device and a slip-preventing portion having a thickness thinner than the vibration-preventing portion, and a driving source connected to the vibration-preventing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Jae-Woo Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Du Han Jung
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Patent number: 11326786Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a compressor configured to have an inlet, through which a refrigerant is sucked in, the sucked refrigerant being compressed by the compressor, and an outlet, through which the compressed refrigerant is discharged, a four-way valve configured to switch flow paths in cooling and heating operations, the four-way valve having a valve body, a D port protruding from the valve body in a first direction to be connected to the outlet, and an S port 26 protruding from the valve body in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, to be connected to the inlet, and a compressor pipe having a discharging pipe to connect the outlet and the D port and a sucking pipe to connect the inlet and the S port, one of the discharging pipe and the sucking pipe has two curved portions and the other has one curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hyeong Jin Lee, Du Han Jung
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Publication number: 20210010694Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner. The air cleaner includes a main body, a panel configured to be movable with respect to the main body, a power transmission device connected to the panel, a vibration-preventing member connected to the power transmission device and including a vibration-preventing portion in contact with the power transmission device and a slip-preventing portion having a thickness thinner than the vibration-preventing portion, and a driving source connected to the vibration-preventing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Mun Sub KIM, Jae-Woo CHOI, Hyeong Joon SEO, Du Han JUNG
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Patent number: 10808952Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier and home appliance having a structure with an air inflow path formed in a water tank separately from a water supply inlet and configured to prevent noise due to air bubbles during water supply to a water reservoir from the water tank, and a structure configured to block the air inflow path in order to prevent water from flowing into the air inflow path during replenishment of water to the water tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hoon Yeong Koh, Ju Hwan Kim, Jin Yong Mo
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Patent number: 10801741Abstract: In an air-conditioning system, a gaseous refrigerant remaining in a reservoir can be discharged from the reservoir even when a cooling operation has started and the reservoir is being filled with a liquid refrigerant. Therefore, the reservoir can be filled with the liquid refrigerant at a faster speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Mun Sub Kim, Tae Woo Kang, Hyeon U Park, Wang Byung Chae, Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Goo Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hyun Wuk Kang, Jin Yong Mo, Il Yong Cho
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Patent number: 10746456Abstract: Disclosed are provided indoor unit of an air conditioner. A present invention is to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure for preventing vibrations and noise of a blade due to vibrations of a motor when the blade rotates, and a blade unit applied to the indoor unit. The indoor unit of the air conditioner includes a main body including an outlet, and a blade unit configured to adjust a direction in which air discharged from the outlet is discharged, wherein the blade unit comprises, a blade coupled with the main body to be rotatable in the outlet, a motor including a rotation transfer member, and configured to generate a rotatory force that is transferred to the blade; and a buffer member made of a material having a restoring force, coupled with the blade at one end, and surrounding a part of the rotation transfer member.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun Wuk Kang, You Jae Kim, Jin Yong Mo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Woong Sun, Jun Riul Song
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Patent number: 10739020Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a cabinet including a first plate and a second plate, a blower disposed inside the cabinet, and a blower cover covering the blower and an upper side of the cabinet. The first plate includes a contact area in contact with the blower cover in an outward direction of the cabinet, and the second plate includes a first non-contact area that is not in contact with the blower cover in the outward direction of the cabinet. The blower cover is disposed on one of four plates of the cabinet to reduce the noise generated due to the vibration of the cabinet by reducing the vibration transmitted from the blower cover to the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun-Wuk Kang, Hoon Yeong Koh, You Jae Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Du Han Jung
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Publication number: 20190383503Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier and home appliance having a structure with an air inflow path formed in a water tank separately from a water supply inlet and configured to prevent noise due to air bubbles during water supply to a water reservoir from the water tank, and a structure configured to block the air inflow path in order to prevent water from flowing into the air inflow path during replenishment of water to the water tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Mun Sub KIM, Hyeong Joon SEO, Hoon Yeong KOH, Ju Hwan KIM, Jin Yong MO
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Patent number: 10436466Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier and home appliance having a structure with an air inflow path formed in a water tank separately from a water supply inlet and configured to prevent noise due to air bubbles during water supply to a water reservoir from the water tank, and a structure configured to block the air inflow path in order to prevent water from flowing into the air inflow path during replenishment of water to the water tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hoon Yeong Koh, Ju Hwan Kim, Jin Yong Mo
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Publication number: 20190170374Abstract: An air conditioner comprises a compressor configured to have an inlet, through which a refrigerant is sucked in, the sucked refrigerant being compressed by the compressor, and an outlet, through which the compressed refrigerant is discharged, a four-way valve configured to switch flow paths in cooling and heating operations, the four-way valve having a valve body, a D port protruding from the valve body in a first direction to be connected to the outlet, and an S port 26 protruding from the valve body in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, to be connected to the inlet, and a compressor pipe having a discharging pipe to connect the outlet and the D port and a sucking pipe to connect the inlet and the S port, one of the discharging pipe and the sucking pipe has two curved portions and the other has one curved portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub KIM, Hyeong Joon SEO, Hyeong Jin LEE, Du Han JUNG
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Publication number: 20190078795Abstract: In an air-conditioning system according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a gaseous refrigerant remaining in a reservoir can be discharged from the reservoir even when a cooling operation has started and the reservoir is being filled with a liquid refrigerant. Therefore, the reservoir can be filled with the liquid refrigerant at a faster speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Il KIM, Mun Sub KIM, Tae Woo KANG, Hyeon U PARK, Wang Byung CHAE, Kyung Hoon KIM, Sung Goo KIM, Hyeong Joon SEO, Hyun Wuk KANG, Jin Yong MO, II Yong CHO
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Publication number: 20180073750Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a cabinet including a first plate and a second plate, a blower disposed inside the cabinet, and a blower cover covering the blower and an upper side of the cabinet. The first plate includes a contact area in contact with the blower cover in an outward direction of the cabinet, and the second plate includes a first non-contact area that is not in contact with the blower cover in the outward direction of the cabinet. The blower cover is disposed on one of four plates of the cabinet to reduce the noise generated due to the vibration of the cabinet by reducing the vibration transmitted from the blower cover to the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub KIM, Hyun-Wuk Kang, Hoon Yeong Koh, You Jae Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Du Han Jung
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Patent number: 9873127Abstract: An air cleaner, which allows air to flow smoothly, has increased strength, and reduces noise generated when a blower fan rotates. The air cleaner includes a main body including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan provided inside of the main body, and configured to induce air from outside of the main body to be suctioned into the inlet and to be discharged to the outlet, a motor configured to drive the blower fan, and a fan guard to which the motor is fixed, and configured to guide air suctioned into the inlet to the blower fan, where the fan guard is provided to include a plurality of bent cross sections arranged in a radial direction at different distances from the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun-Wuk Kang, Ju Young Kim, Woo Seog Song, Jin Yong Mo, Hyeong Joon Seo
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Publication number: 20170067681Abstract: Disclosed are provided indoor unit of an air conditioner. A present invention is to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure for preventing vibrations and noise of a blade due to vibrations of a motor when the blade rotates, and a blade unit applied to the indoor unit. The indoor unit of the air conditioner includes a main body including an outlet, and a blade unit configured to adjust a direction in which air discharged from the outlet is discharged, wherein the blade unit comprises, a blade coupled with the main body to be rotatable in the outlet, a motor including a rotation transfer member, and configured to generate a rotatory force that is transferred to the blade; and a buffer member made of a material having a restoring force, coupled with the blade at one end, and surrounding a part of the rotation transfer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun Wuk Kang, You Jae Kim, Jin Yong Mo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Woong Sun, Jun Riul Song
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Publication number: 20160305674Abstract: Disclosed is a humidifier and home appliance having a structure with an air inflow path formed in a water tank separately from a water supply inlet and configured to prevent noise due to air bubbles during water supply to a water reservoir from the water tank, and a structure configured to block the air inflow path in order to prevent water from flowing into the air inflow path during replenishment of water to the water tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hoon Yeong Koh, Ju Hwan Kim, Jin Yong Mo
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Publication number: 20150352479Abstract: An air cleaner, which allows air to flow smoothly, has increased strength, and reduces noise generated when a blower fan rotates. The air cleaner includes a main body including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan provided inside of the main body, and configured to induce air from outside of the main body to be suctioned into the inlet and to be discharged to the outlet, a motor configured to drive the blower fan, and a fan guard to which the motor is fixed, and configured to guide air suctioned into the inlet to the blower fan, where the fan guard is provided to include a plurality of bent cross sections arranged in a radial direction at different distances from the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Mun Sub KIM, Hyun-Wuk KANG, Ju Young KIM, Woo Seog SONG, Jin Yong MO, Hyeong Joon SEO
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Patent number: 8899392Abstract: A damper for decreasing a piping vibration capable of enhancing the efficiency in decreasing the piping vibration and adjusting the weight of a weight portion according to the type of the compressor and the shape of the pipe applied to the compressor by separating a fixed portion from a weight portion such that the fixed portion makes a direct contact with a pipe and the weight portion has an interval from the pipe without making a direct contact with the pipe, in which the damper installed on the pipe to decrease the vibration includes a fixation part provided with a coupling hole formed therein to be coupled to the pipe, and coupled and fixed to the pipe such that the coupling hole makes contact with an outer circumferential surface of the pipe, and a weight part connected to the fixation part.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun Wuk Kang, Jin Yong Mo, Yong Jae Song, Cheon Seok Yoon
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Publication number: 20140047852Abstract: An air conditioner that improves efficiency of an inverter compressor by injecting an intermediate pressure refrigerant to the inverter compressor during heating or cooling and a control method thereof are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Hyun Wuk Kang, Mun Sub Kim, You Jae Kim, Suk Ho Lee, Se Won Kim, Tae Il Kim, Jin Yong Mo, Jong Won Bak, Hyeong Joon Seo, Je Jin Lee, Min Chang, Dong Il Jung, Il Yong Cho, Man Ki Ha
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Patent number: 7191988Abstract: A pipe fixing device comprising a plurality of pipes, for conducting liquid or gas, arranged to cross each other, and a fixing member for fixing the plurality of pipes. The fixing member comprises a plurality of pipe fixing bores, and a plurality of fitting bores for the fitting of bands used to tighten the pipes. The present invention can secure not only easy insertion of the pipes arranged to cross each other, but also enhancement in a coupling force of the pipes through the use of the tightening bands, resulting in stable and reliable fixation of the pipes.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Jai Kwon Lee, Jin Yong Mo, Deug Yong Park, Hyung Suk Han, Ju Hwan Kim
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Patent number: RE48660Abstract: A pipe fixing device comprising a plurality of pipes, for conducting liquid or gas, arranged to cross each other, and a fixing member for fixing the plurality of pipes. The fixing member comprises a plurality of pipe fixing bores, and a plurality of fitting bores for the fitting of bands used to tighten the pipes. The present invention can secure not only easy insertion of the pipes arranged to cross each other, but also enhancement in a coupling force of the pipes through the use of the tightening bands, resulting in stable and reliable fixation of the pipes.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Jai Kwon Lee, Jin Yong Mo, Deug Yong Park, Hyung Suk Han, Ju Hwan Kim