Patents by Inventor Sang-Oh Kim

Sang-Oh 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: 7581796
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim, Seung-Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20090167131
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body having a compartment in the body and a door for opening and closing the compartment, an electrical device movable with respect to the body along a first direction, a conductor electrically connecting the electrical device with the body, and a winding device to apply a tension to the conductor in the first direction toward the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Oh, Kyung Han Jeong, Sang Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20090151380
    Abstract: Refrigerator for enabling putting in or taking out food to/from a basket (55) therein with of lowering a position of the user, such as bending oneself, and enabling the user to look into an inside of the basket (55) conveniently as the basket (55) is tilted in a lifted up state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Oh, Kyung Han Jeong, Sang Oh Kim
  • Patent number: 7533947
    Abstract: Refrigerator which permits the user to taking out food conveniently by moving up a container therein, and in which panels are provided on opposite sides of the container to pivot when the container moves in the vertical direction, for preventing injury to the user at the time the container moves up/down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Oh Kim, Kyung Han Jeong
  • Patent number: 7527343
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a frame accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a basket placed on the frame and for storing food; a door positioned at a front side of the frame and hinge-connected to the frame; a first link hinge-connected between the frame and the basket; a second link hinge-connected between the first link and the door; and a driving unit for rotating the first link in order to lift the basket. When the basket arranged at the lower portion of the body is opened, the basket is lifted up thereby to enhance a user's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20090056366
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a body defined with a plurality of cooling compartments, a plate arranged to partition the cooling compartments, and a cold air supplier arranged at one wall of the plate, to supply a cold air to at least one of the cooling compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Soo Cho, Youn Seok Lee, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae, Sang Oh Kim, Jang Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20090013710
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for manufacturing the same. The refrigerator includes a main body which has a specified space and a open front surface, and a plate having a specified thickness, in which the plate is inserted into the main body through one side of the open front surface of the main body to sectionalize the space provided in the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Nam Soo CHO, Youn Seok Lee, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae, Sang Oh Kim, Jang Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20080238278
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyung-Han JEONG, Sang-Oh KIM, Seung-Hwan OH
  • Patent number: 7396093
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus that improves convenience by raising a basket provided at a lower portion of a body. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having cooling chambers; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber provided at a lower portion of the body; a basket on the frame for storing food items; a door hingedly connected to the front of the frame; a first link, one side of the first link rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link provided across the first link, one side of the second link rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
    Inventors: Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim, Seung-Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20080102857
    Abstract: A method for providing road guidance information includes displaying supplemental local area information in response to a prompt by a user on a map displayed for road guidance. In another method, the method includes receiving an information request for supplemental local area information, selecting supplemental local area information conforming to the information request among obtained local area information, and displaying the selected local area information on a map for road guidance. An apparatus for providing road guidance information includes a display device, a detector configured to detect a current location of the apparatus, a storage unit storing map data, and a controller configured to read out a region from the stored map data, and to display the region on the display device as a road guidance map. The controller further displays supplemental local area information on the road guidance map in response to an external request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20070218959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication device and a telephone communication method thereof. The present invention includes two or more microphones mounted at different positioned in a predetermined space, e.g., in a vehicle. Further, a detector compares selectively the signal-to-noise ratios, sound quality states, volume intensities or the like of signals input through the microphones, and detects the most optimal signal as a telephone communication signal in the signals. Echo and/or howling contained in the input signal when one talks over the telephone with a communication counterpart is removed through an echo remover in accordance with the control operation of a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Oh KIM
  • Publication number: 20060096304
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a container of a refrigerator and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises: a body having an upper cooling chamber and a lower cooling chamber having an opened front surface and separated from each other; an upper door for opening and closing the opened front surface of the upper cooling chamber; a lower door for opening and closing the opened front surface of the lower cooling chamber by being slid in a back and forth direction of the body; a lower container formed at a rear surface of the lower door to be movable in an up and down direction of the body and integrally slid with the lower door; a plurality of upper containers slidable in a back and forth direction of the body and formed at the rear surface of the lower door and at an upper portion of the lower container; and a control means for controlling the lower container to be lifted or lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Sang-Oh Kim, Kyung-Han Jeong, Seung-Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20060043849
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises a body having a cooling chamber, a door for opening and closing the cooling chamber, a lifting frame mounted at the door to be movable up and down and on which a basket is positioned, and a buffer installed at the door for attenuating a shock generated when the basket is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Sang-Oh Kim, Kyung-Han Jeong
  • Publication number: 20060042302
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket arranged at the lower cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body to be movable back and forth, and having a door at a front side thereof; a lifting frame arranged at a rear surface of the door to be movable up and down and on which the basket is placed; a driving arm roll-motioned at a lower surface of the lifting frame and hinge-connected to the door, for lifting the lifting frame; a driving unit for rotating the driving arm; and a locking unit installed at the lifting frame, for maintaining a lifted state of the basket by locking the driving arm when the lifting frame is lifted up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20060042304
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket accommodated in the cooling chamber in a slidable manner; and a basket lift apparatus installed at the basket and lifting the basket when the basket is drawn out of the cooling chamber. When the basket is drawn out of the lower cooling chamber, the basket is lifted by using the basket lifting apparatus thereby to enhance the user's convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20060042305
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a frame accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a basket placed on the frame and for storing food; a door positioned at a front side of the frame and hinge-connected to the frame; a first link hinge-connected between the frame and the basket; a second link hinge-connected between the first link and the door; and a driving unit for rotating the first link in order to lift the basket. When the basket arranged at the lower portion of the body is opened, the basket is lifted up thereby to enhance a user's convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20060042301
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a lifting unit for lifting the basket when the basket is drawn out of the cooling chamber; and a damping unit installed at the lifting unit, for absorbing an impact generated when the basket lifted by the lifting unit is descended. When the basket is descended, a damping force is generated thereby to absorb an impact due to a drastic descent of the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20060043848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim, Seung-Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20060042299
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket arranged at the lower cooling chamber to be slidable back and forth and having a door at a front side thereof; a lifting frame arranged at a rear surface of the door to be movable up and down and on which the basket is positioned; and a driving unit for lifting the lifting frame, wherein the lifting frame is composed of a first frame connected to the rear surface of the door to be movable up and down, a second frame extended from an end of the first frame with an inclination angle, and a third frame horizontally extended from an end of the second frame and on which the basket is positioned. In the refrigerator, the basket is attached or detached to or from the lifting frame more easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim
  • Publication number: 20060042303
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner back and forth; a basket lift apparatus installed at the basket, for lifting the basket when the basket is drawn out; and a break unit for locking the basket when the basket is lifted to the maximum and thereby preventing the basket from being descended. When the basket is lifted to the maximum, a driving motor is locked thereby to prevent the basket from being descended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Oh, Kyung-Han Jeong, Sang-Oh Kim