Patents by Inventor Myong-Hun Im
Myong-Hun Im 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: 10533275Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Kyung Chul Woo, Woo Young Kim, Byung Keol Choi, Moon Hee Hong
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Patent number: 10077523Abstract: A method for washing of the present invention comprises: a water supply step of supplying water into a tub; a motor actuating step of actuating the motor for rotating a drum provided inside the tub; and a spray step of spraying water into the drum through a gasket nozzle by actuating a pump for circulating the water inside the tub, when the motor stops.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Won Hyuk Jang, Chang Woo Son, Kwang Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20180057992Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: In Ho CHO, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 9822473Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Kyung Chul Woo, Woo Young Kim, Byung Keol Choi, Moon Hee Hong
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Patent number: 9765465Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing water in the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing. Wherein the gasket comprises a plurality of gasket nozzles for spraying water into the drum; and a plurality of connectors for supplying water to the respective gasket nozzles. Wherein the gasket nozzle comprises a spray guidance surface for refracting the an advancing direction of the water supplied through the connector so as to spray the water toward inside of the drum; and a plurality of protrusions provided adjacent to an finish end of the spray guidance surface on which the water guided along the spray guidance surface is separated, and arranged along an width direction of the spray guidance surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Chang Woo Son
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Patent number: 9695537Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Kyung Chul Woo, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Byung Keol Choi
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Patent number: 9534331Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises: a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing, for accommodating water; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing the water inside the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing; a gasket nozzle provided at the gasket, for circulating the water and spraying into the drum; a spiral nozzle provided at the gasket, for converting the water into a spiral flow and spraying into the drum; and a turbo wash button for setting or canceling a turbo wash for spraying water through the gasket nozzle when the drum is rotated or for spraying water through the spiral nozzle when the drum is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Chang Woo Son, Sang Hee Yoo
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Patent number: 9512550Abstract: A method for washing of the present invention, comprises: a turbo wash setting step of setting turbo wash for spraying water into a drum through a spiral nozzle, when laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by a rotation of the drum; a continuous water supply step of supplying water into a tub; and a regular washing step of canceling the turbo wash when a time taken for a water level inside the tub to reach a target level is longer than a target time so that the water is not sprayed through the spiral nozzle when the laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by the rotation of the drum.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Chang Woo Son, Won Hyuk Jang
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Patent number: 9416478Abstract: A washing machine and an associated washing method are provided. The method may include supplying washing fluid into a drum containing laundry, repeatedly dropping the laundry while rotating the drum in a predetermined direction, and drawing the laundry towards or separating the laundry from the inner circumferential surface of the drum by repeatedly accelerating and decelerating the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Woo Young Kim, Soo Young Oh, Kyeong Hwan Kim, Jae Won Chang, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im
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Patent number: 9394644Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing water in the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing. Wherein the gasket comprises a plurality of gasket nozzles for spraying water into the drum; and a plurality of connectors for supplying water to the respective gasket nozzles. Wherein the gasket nozzle comprises a spray guidance surface for refracting the an advancing direction of the water supplied through the connector so as to spray the water toward inside of the drum; and a plurality of protrusions provided adjacent to an finish end of the spray guidance surface on which the water guided along the spray guidance surface is separated, and arranged along an width direction of the spray guidance surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Chang Woo Son
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Patent number: 9347164Abstract: A washing machine comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a spiral nozzle for rotating supplied water in a predetermined direction and then spraying the water into the drum through discharge hole, wherein the spiral nozzle comprises an impingement surface formed in front of the discharge hole so that the water discharged from the discharge hole is distributed by impinging on the impingement surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Won Hyuk Jang
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Publication number: 20160130740Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing water in the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing. Wherein the gasket comprises a plurality of gasket nozzles for spraying water into the drum; and a plurality of connectors for supplying water to the respective gasket nozzles. Wherein the gasket nozzle comprises a spray guidance surface for refracting the an advancing direction of the water supplied through the connector so as to spray the water toward inside of the drum; and a plurality of protrusions provided adjacent to an finish end of the spray guidance surface on which the water guided along the spray guidance surface is separated, and arranged along an width direction of the spray guidance surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Myong Hun IM, Sung Min LEE, Chang Woo SON
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Patent number: 9249534Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the tub for receiving laundry, a gasket provided between the cabinet and the tub, a plurality of spray nozzles provided at a lower part of the gasket for spraying wash water upward into the drum, and a pump for pumping wash water to the spray nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Kyung Chul Woo, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Byung Keol Choi
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Patent number: 9234307Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Kyung Chul Woo, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Byung Keol Choi
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Patent number: 8966944Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Publication number: 20150033478Abstract: A method for washing of the present invention, comprises: a turbo wash setting step of setting turbo wash for spraying water into a drum through a spiral nozzle, when laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by a rotation of the drum; a continuous water supply step of supplying water into a tub; and a regular washing step of canceling the turbo wash when a time taken for a water level inside the tub to reach a target level is longer than a target time so that the water is not sprayed through the spiral nozzle when the laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by the rotation of the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Chang Woo Son, Won Hyuk Jang
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Publication number: 20140326025Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing water in the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing. Wherein the gasket comprises a plurality of gasket nozzles for spraying water into the drum; and a plurality of connectors for supplying water to the respective gasket nozzles. Wherein the gasket nozzle comprises a spray guidance surface for refracting the an advancing direction of the water supplied through the connector so as to spray the water toward inside of the drum; and a plurality of protrusions provided adjacent to an finish end of the spray guidance surface on which the water guided along the spray guidance surface is separated, and arranged along an width direction of the spray guidance surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Chang Woo Son
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Publication number: 20140311189Abstract: A washing machine of the present invention comprises: a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing, for accommodating water; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; a gasket interposed between the casing and the tub, for preventing the water inside the tub from leaking between the tub and the casing; a gasket nozzle provided at the gasket, for circulating the water and spraying into the drum; a spiral nozzle provided at the gasket, for converting the water into a spiral flow and spraying into the drum; and a turbo wash button for setting or canceling a turbo wash for spraying water through the gasket nozzle when the drum is rotated or for spraying water through the spiral nozzle when the drum is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Myong Hun Im, Sung Min Lee, Chang Woo Son, Sang Hee Yoo
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Publication number: 20140310886Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the tub for receiving laundry, a gasket provided between the cabinet and the tub, a plurality of spray nozzles provided at a lower part of the gasket for spraying wash water upward into the drum, and a pump for pumping wash water to the spray nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Myong Hun IM, Soo Young OH, Moon Hee HONG, Kyung Chul WOO, Woo Young KIM, Sang Heon LEE, Byung Keol CHOI
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Patent number: 8844327Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee