Patents by Inventor Myung-Soo Kim

Myung-Soo 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).

  • Patent number: 8281610
    Abstract: An ice-making device for a refrigerator includes an ice maker for making ice, which is provided on a backside of a door of the refrigerator; and an ice maker cover for selectively opening or closing the ice maker. Fixing recesses are formed to be open downwardly on outsides of both sides of the ice maker cover, and receive fixing protrusions provided at corresponding positions on opposite sides of a pair of support steps that protrude rearward from both side ends of the backside of the door by a predetermined length and are formed to be elongated in an up and down direction. Play prevention steps are provided at lower ends of both sides of the ice maker cover and are seated on play prevention ribs provided to be elongated in a horizontal direction at corresponding positions of the opposite sides of the support steps below the fixing protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim, Yoon-Min Park, Oh-Chul Kwon, Jong-Gon Kim, Bon-Young Koo, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Patent number: 8234880
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage space and a door selectively opening or closing the storage space. The ice-making device includes an ice maker installed on a backside of the door for making ice; a cold air duct provided in one side of the storage space and supplying the ice maker with a portion of cold air supplied to the storage space; an ice maker cover detachably installed on the backside of the door to selectively open or close the ice maker; and an ice bank detachably installed on the backside of the door below the ice maker, the ice bank storing ice made in the ice maker and transferring it to a dispenser provided on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim, Yoo-Min Park, Oh-Chul Kwon, Jong-Gon Kim, Bon-Young Koo, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Patent number: 8226182
    Abstract: Disclosed related to a refrigerator according to the present invention capable of preventing the drooping of bin when the bin is pulled out of the storage space. Further, the refrigerator does not need to fit guide device when users push the bin into the storage space, since the bin is completely separated from the guide device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo-Min Park, Jong-Gon Kim, Young-Hoon Gwak, Bon-Young Koo, Myung-Soo Kim, Hyeon-Po Cho, Oh-Chul Kwon
  • Patent number: 8167390
    Abstract: A shelf assembly mounting structure for a refrigerator includes stoppers respectively provided on both sides of a shelf assembly, a plurality of supporting ribs respectively provided on both side surfaces of a storage space, the supporting ribs being formed to extend in a fore and aft direction of the storage space to support a bottom surface of the shelf assembly; and a plurality of guide slots respectively provided in upper surfaces of the supporting ribs, the stopper sliding in the guide slot in a state where the stopper is positioned therein when the shelf assembly is moved in the fore and aft direction of the storage space. The stopper is moved in the fore and aft direction along the guide slot and brought into contact with front and rear ends of the guide slot, whereby a moving distance of the shelf assembly is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bon-Young Koo, Jong-Gon Kim, Oh-Chul Kwon, Yoo-Min Park, Myung-Soo Kim, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Publication number: 20120100391
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent plating qualities, plating adhesion and spot weldability, in which an alloy phase is formed at the interface between a base steel sheet and a galvanized layer, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jung-Woo Lee, Myung-Soo Kim, Seung-Bok Lee, Jin-Won Choi, Du-Youl Choi, Young-Ha Kim, Ju-Youn Lee, Dae-Young Kang
  • Patent number: 8104853
    Abstract: Disclosed are a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing a door of the refrigerator. The door includes a door frame formed with at least one opening, at least one front panel coupled to a front surface of the door frame to open or close the opening, a rear panel coupled to a rear surface of the door frame to form a foaming cavity together with the front panel and provided with a rack receiving water bottles, and a decorative member formed at a front surface of the front panel. A chamfer is formed at an edge portion of the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Soo Kim, Myung Wouk Kim, Yong Kyung Kim, Jun Seong Lim, Young Jin Seo, Jong Il Lee
  • Publication number: 20110296864
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber, a door provided to the main body, including an outer door and a door liner. The door liner includes support steps, a liner plate, and a seating step that define an installation space. An ice maker is located at least partially in the installation space. A cold air duct is provided in one side of the storage chamber to supply the ice maker with cold air. An ice maker cover is provided having a cold air inlet on a top portion thereof and a viewing window on a lower portion thereof. The viewing window allows the ice maker to be seen from outside of the ice maker cover. An ice bank is removably located below the ice maker to transfer ice received from the ice maker to a dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Myung-Soo KIM, Yoo-Min Park, Oh-Chul Kwon, Jong-Gon Kim, Bon-Young Koo, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Publication number: 20110296689
    Abstract: A method of assembling a refrigerator including providing a main body having a storage chamber, providing a door having a door liner on one side of the door, providing a seating member, providing an ice maker for making ice, attaching the ice maker to the seating member, attaching the seating member to the door liner, providing an ice bank for storing ice, attaching the ice bank to the seating member below the ice maker, and rotatably attaching the door to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Myung-Soo KIM, Yoo-Min PARK, Oh-Chul KWON, Jong-Gon KIM, Bon-Young KOO, Young-Hoon GWAK, Hyeon-Po CHO
  • Publication number: 20110249917
    Abstract: An air discharge valve for a vacuum-sealed clothes bag having a flexible container includes a valve body for openably closing the vacuum-sealed clothes bag. A hanger is attached to the valve body to extend upwards from the valve body, the hanger being arranged in a substantially coplanar relationship with the valve body. An anchor member is securely attached to the flexible container. First and second fixing caps are fixed to opposite surfaces of the anchor member. A cloth holder is suspended from the anchor member to hold a cloth contained in the flexible container. The valve body is fitted to the first and second fixing caps in a rotatable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Myung Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7994414
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed that can operate utilizing thermoelectric concepts. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device can comprise: a source/drain conductor formed of a line of metal material on a substrate; a first gate conductor formed of a second line of metal material; and a second gate conductor formed of a third line of metal material, wherein the first gate conductor is disposed adjacent a first portion of the source/drain conductor at one end of the source/drain conductor and the second gate conductor is disposed spaced apart from the first gate conductor and adjacent a second portion of the source/drain conductor at the other end of the source/drain conductor. By applying current to the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor, current can be supplied from the one end of the source/drain conductor to the other end of the source/drain conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Dongbu Hitek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7892920
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which minimizes the line width of a pattern and allows a low temperature oxide film and a thinly formed photoresist film to serve as ion blockers when performing an ion implantation process on the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myung-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110023523
    Abstract: An icemaker in a refrigerator is disclosed, by which heat generated from a heater to detach ice is prevented from being transferred to an inside of the refrigerator. The present invention includes an icemaker body provided to a prescribed position of the refrigerator to make to ice from a supplied water, a heater provided to the icemaker body to generate heat to facilitate detachment of the made ice, and a heater shielding unit provided to prevent the heat generated from the heater from being supplied to an inside of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong Gon KIM, Oh Chul KWON, You Min PARK, Young Hoon GWAK, Hyeon Po CHO, Bon Young KOO, Myung Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7836720
    Abstract: Disclosed related to a door for a refrigerator may include an outer door forming the front exterior; a cap decoration formed at the upper and lower sides of the outer door; a water pipe drawn into the door through the cap decoration and through which water flows; and a fixing member on which a depression part fixing the water pipe is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeon Po Cho, Jong Gon Kim, Oh Chul Kwon, Bon Young Koo, Myung Soo Kim, Yoo Min Park, Young Hoon Gwak
  • Patent number: 7823408
    Abstract: An icemaker in a refrigerator is disclosed, by which heat generated from a heater to detach ice is prevented from being transferred to an inside of the refrigerator. The present invention includes an icemaker body provided to a prescribed position of the refrigerator to make to ice from a supplied water, a heater provided to the icemaker body to generate heat to facilitate detachment of the made ice, and a heater shielding unit provided to prevent the heat generated from the heater from being supplied to an inside of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Gon Kim, Oh Chul Kwon, You Min Park, Young Hoon Gwak, Hyeon Po Cho, Bon Young Koo, Myung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100227851
    Abstract: Provided are novel use of an extract of Lycoris chejuensis or a compound isolated therefrom for inhibition of ?-amyloid production and/or prevention, improvement and/or treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, more specifically a ?-amyloid production inhibitor, and/or a composition for prevention or treatment of a neurodegenerative disease containing one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of an extract of Lycoris chejuensis, and/or dihydrolycoricidine, 2-methoxypancracine, lycoricidine, and/or lycoricidinol, as an active ingredient; a method for inhibiting ?-amyloid production, and/or preventing and/or treating a neurodegenerative disease using the same; and, a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyun-Ok Yang, Hak-Cheol Kwon, Jin-Soo Park, Sung-Kwon Chung, Myung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7752709
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a height-adjustable door. The body of the refrigerator has at least one storage space having a front opening. The door is coupled to the body so as to cover/uncover the storage space, and a hinge hole is formed on the bottom surface of the door. A hinge frame is fixed to a front surface of a lower portion of the body and has a hinge shaft inserted into the hinge hole so as to rotatably support the door. The hinge shaft is covered with a hinge bush, a part of which is inserted into the hinge hole. The hinge bush has a flange portion on its lower end for supporting the bottom surface of the door. A height adjustment screw is screw-coupled to a screw hole of the hinge frame so as to travel vertically. The upper end of the height adjustment screw abuts the bottom surface of the hinge bush so that, when rotated, the height adjustment screw lifts/lowers the hinge bush, in order to adjust the height of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sun Nam Moon, Myung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100112488
    Abstract: Methods of forming a microlens are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microlens of an image sensor includes: coating a photoresist for forming microlenses on a substrate of an image sensor; allowing laser light to be incident on the inside of the photoresist to create a standing wave, the laser light affecting portions of the photoresist positioned in the amplitude range of the laser light; and forming microlenses by curing the photoresist having the laser light affected portions. With the proposed method for forming the microlens, various sizes of microlenses can be formed and fine size of microlenses can be formed by, for example, adjusting the wavelength of the laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: MYUNG SOO KIM
  • Patent number: 7685678
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a height-adjustable door. The body of the refrigerator has at least one storage space having a front opening. The door is coupled to the body so as to cover/uncover the storage space, and a hinge hole is formed on the bottom surface of the door. A hinge frame is fixed to a front surface of a lower portion of the body and has a hinge shaft inserted into the hinge hole so as to rotatably support the door. The hinge shaft is covered with a hinge bush, a part of which is inserted into the hinge hole. The hinge bush has a flange portion on its lower end for supporting the bottom surface of the door. A height adjustment screw is screw-coupled to a screw hole of the hinge frame so as to travel vertically. The upper end of the height adjustment screw abuts the bottom surface of the hinge bush so that, when rotated, the height adjustment screw lifts/lowers the hinge bush, in order to adjust the height of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sun Nam Moon, Myung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100059556
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air discharge valve assembly for discharging air from the interior of a compressing-and-storing bag to compress and store an item. A main body and a cover of an air discharge valve are mounted to the upper and lower portions of a vacuum storage bag, and a lever is inserted into an internal space and moved up and down to be in close contact with a packing installed between the main body and the cover, thus opening or closing an air passage. The air discharge valve assembly includes the air discharge valve, a hanger assembly and a hanger holding unit. The air discharge valve maximizes sealing ability because of improvements in the structure of the packing and the lever. The hanger assembly includes a hanger body which is rotatably coupled to hanger support parts provided on the upper portion of the main body and a hanger hook rotatably assembled with the hanger body. The hanger holding unit having hanger holding holes is rotatably coupled to the lower portion of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Myung-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20100059265
    Abstract: A contact of semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof prevent generation or inlet of noise through a contact plug which connects wires in different layers. The contact includes a lower wire, an insulating layer covering the lower wire, a contact plug connected to the lower wire through the insulating layer, a conductive tube encircling the contact plug and having the insulating layer in between, and an upper wire connected to the contact plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Myung-Soo Kim