Patents by Inventor Sang-yeon Pyo
Sang-yeon Pyo 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: 20120102661Abstract: A control method of a washing machine to supply wash water in stages, generate bubbles and supply the generated bubbles. The control method includes supplying wash water to a tub to a predetermined level in stages one or more times during a washing cycle, generating bubbles at the respective stages at which the wash water is supplied to the tub, and driving a pulsator so that the bubbles are introduced into a wash tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Sook KIM, Hwang Mook CHO, Jin Il JUNG, Sang Yeon Pyo
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Publication number: 20110296876Abstract: A pulsator device in which a second pulsator performs different movements according to rotating directions of a first pulsator so as to reduce water consumption and improve washing performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, Sung Hoon Kim, Chang Ho Cho, Hyun Dong Jung, So Jung Yu, Ji Yu Lee
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Publication number: 20110289796Abstract: Disclosed herein are a dryer and a drying method of the same. The dryer includes a condensing unit to change water vapor evaporated from a drying object into condensate water by cooling, a condensate water storage container in which the condensate water is stored, a water level sensing device to detect a level of the stored condensate water, and a microcomputer to calculate a change rate of condensation or of the condensate water level based on the detected water level and to determine a value of dryness of the drying object. The dryer effectively performs a drying operation based on the accurately detected value of dryness of the drying object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Ji Hoon HA, Jeong Su Han, Jun Hoe Choi, Sang Yeon Pyo, Tae Gyoon Noh
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Patent number: 8020231Abstract: A control method of a washing machine is capable of safely achieving a tub washing operation control with low power consumption. At the time of performing tub washing, water of which the amount is decided depending on a volume inside a drum and a volume inside a water tub is supplied to the water tub, and the rotation speed of the drum is controlled to be inversely proportional to the volume of the supplied water, thereby efficiently controlling a tub washing operation with low power consumption. Also, the rotation state of the drum is controlled, at the time of performing the tub washing, to maintain the temperature of a motor or a printed circuit board (PCB) to be a predetermined level or less, thereby safely controlling a tub washing operation with low power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In Ju Lee, Jong Sung Park, Jung Soo Lim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Woo Kyung Jung, Hye Ryung Kim
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Publication number: 20110192655Abstract: A laundry weight sensing method. A motor is consecutively turned on and off plural times, the number of pulses output from a counter electromotive force detector according to counter electromotive force of the motor when the motor is finally turned off is counted, and a laundry weight is sensed using the counted number of pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, See Young Choi
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Publication number: 20110119838Abstract: A washing machine in which the poor heat-resistant laundry is sufficiently wet so that a plurality of water curtain layers are formed at the laundry, thereby preventing the laundry from being stained and damaged when the laundry contacts the steam. According to the present invention, cold water is supplied simultaneously with injection of the steam so that the real temperature of the steam contacting the surfaces of the laundry is lowered, thereby preventing the laundry from being stained and damaged when the laundry contacts the steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Yull YANG, Hyung Gyoon KIM, Sang Yeon PYO, Seon-Woo PARK, Hye Soon YANG, Seong Min OAK, Seung Ju CHOI, Jae-Ryong PARK, Hyun Sook KIM
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Publication number: 20110094271Abstract: A pulsator device that generates a composite stream of water to improve performance of a washing machine. The pulsator device includes a first pulsator configured to be rotated about a rotary shaft, a shaft connected to the first pulsator such that the shaft is rotated with the first pulsator, the shaft being eccentric with respect to the rotary shaft, and a second pulsator rotatably coupled to the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Jae Ryong Park, Sang Yeon Pyo, Hyun Sook Kim, Hwang Mook Cho, Ji Yu Lee
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Patent number: 7904982Abstract: A washing machine having a steam generator, which prevents the accumulation of scale in the steam generator due to the long-term use thereof, and a method for controlling the same. The washing machine includes a water supply valve for supplying water to the inside of the steam generator therethrough so as to cool the steam generator when the operating time of the steam generator exceeds a predetermined time, and a controller for controlling the operation of a heater for heating the water supplied through the water supply valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jee Hun Park, Hyung Gyoon Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Suk Bang
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Patent number: 7904980Abstract: A washing machine in which the poor heat-resistant laundry is sufficiently wet so that a plurality of water curtain layers are formed at the laundry, thereby preventing the laundry from being stained and damaged when the laundry contacts the steam. According to the present invention, cold water is supplied simultaneously with injection of the steam so that the real temperature of the steam contacting the surfaces of the laundry is lowered, thereby preventing the laundry from being stained and damaged when the laundry contacts the steam.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byoung Yull Yang, Hyung Gyoon Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Seon-Woo Park, Hye Soon Yang, Seong Min Oak, Seung Ju Choi, Jae-Ryong Park, Hyun Sook Kim
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Publication number: 20100287712Abstract: Disclosed herein are a washing machine having a plurality of washtubs and a control method thereof. In the washing machine having a plurality of washtubs, if it is determined that a washtub that is not in operation is present, dozens of liters of water used in a washtub that is in operation are moved into and stored in the non-operating washtub rather than being discharged to the outside. The moved water may be utilized in a following washing or rinsing stage of the washtub, or a washing or rinsing stage of the other washtub.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Yeon Pyo, Sung Jin Kim, Hong Seok Ko, Jae Hong Kim, Sang Up Lee, Myung Sun Kang
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Publication number: 20100281926Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine to generate rotating and vertical water streams simultaneously. The rotating water stream is generated by rotation of an outer pulsator, and the vertical water stream is generated by rotation of an inner pulsator. A rotating body is installed between the outer pulsator and the inner pulsator, to convert rotation into vertical movement. An inner wall of the outer pulsator is formed with a curved surface to come into close contact with the inner pulsator being moved vertically.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Jae Ryong Park, Sang Yeon Pyo
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Publication number: 20100275386Abstract: A washing machine which prevents wash water in a plurality of tubs from being simultaneously drained, and a method of controlling the washing machine. The washing machine includes a plurality of tubs, a plurality of drain devices to discharge wash water in the plurality of tubs to the outside, and a control device connected to the plurality of tubs to selectively drain the wash water in the plurality of tubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Seok Ko, Sung Jin Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Hong Kim, Sang Up Lee, Myung Sun Kang
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Publication number: 20100275381Abstract: A washing machine and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. If two washing tubs simultaneously perform the dehydration, unbalanced positions of the first and second washing tubs are checked. The method controls dehydration rotation speed or dehydration rotation direction of each washing tub to adjust a difference in unbalanced position angle between two washing tubs, thereby reducing vibration. If dehydration is performed in one washing tub, the method prevents the other washing tub performing no dehydration process from entering the dehydration process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Seok Ko, Jae Hong Kim, Myung Sun Kang, Sang Yeon Pyo, Sang Up Lee, Sung Jin Kim
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Publication number: 20100269266Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The washing machine has a plurality of washing tubs to clean laundry in different ways classified according to capacity and types of clothing. Different washing tubs simultaneously stop operations or are stopped at different times spaced apart from each other by a predetermined time, although washing tubs have different washing conditions (e.g., different input times of laundry, different amounts of laundry, different washing courses, etc.) when laundry is cleaned using the washing tubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Up Lee, Sung Jin Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Hong Seok Ko, Jae Hong Kim, Myung Sun Kang
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Patent number: 7784133Abstract: A washing machine and a water level control method thereof that can supply an appropriate amount of water based on the amount of laundry using a conventional water level sensor even when the washing machine has a holeless rotary drum. The water level control method includes supplying water between the water tub and the rotary drum, introducing the supplied water into the rotary drum, discharging the introduced water out of the rotary drum, and detecting the water level of the water remaining in the water tub, and comparing the detected water level with a predetermined water level and, when the detected water level is below the predetermined water level, resupplying water between the water tub and the rotary drum until the detected water level reaches the predetermined water level.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun Suk Bang, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, Sung Hoon Kim, Jee Hun Park
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Publication number: 20100175434Abstract: In the washing machine, which has a tub installed in a main body, a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub, and a pulsator unit installed in the spin basket to generate a washing water current, the pulsator unit includes a first pulsator connected to a washing shaft of a driving device, a rod member installed on the upper surface of the first pulsator such that the rod member is tilted toward a central axis of the first pulsator at a designated angle, and a second pulsator coupled with the rod member such that the second pulsator is relatively rotated against the rod member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Ryong Park, Sang Yeon Pyo, Byoung Yull Yang, Hwang Mook Cho, Dong Pil Seo, So Jung Yu, Bo Kyung Lee
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Publication number: 20100126236Abstract: A washing machine capable of reducing the manufacturing cost of a circulation device installed to circulate water and capable of preventing water from being scattered when spraying circulating water into a spin basket is described. A tub cover of the washing machine includes a guide part provided with a connector, which is integrated with the tub cover, connected with a circulation passage, and inclined upward toward the tub cover, and an inclined surface inclined toward the spin basket at an inner edge of the tub cover, thereby reducing the manufacturing of the circulation device and preventing water from being scattered. The washing machine includes a circulation drain port formed at a side surface of a tub and a filtering duct connected with the circulation drain port, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the circulation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, Byoung Yull Yang, Hwang Mook Cho, Tai Eun Kim, So Jung Yu, Bo Kyung Lee
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Publication number: 20100107704Abstract: Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a detergent supply path which guides detergent stored in a lower part of a main body of the washing machine to an upper part of the main body. The washing machine includes a main body; a support base removably mounted to the main body; a detergent storage unit mounted at a lower part of the main body to be moved in and out of the main body; a detergent supply path guiding the detergent stored in the detergent storage unit that is in the lower part of the main body, to an upper part of the main body; and a guide unit guiding movement of the detergent supply path according to the movement in and out of the detergent storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Sang Yeon Pyo, Hyun Sook Kim, Jae Ryong Park, Byoung Yull Yang
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Publication number: 20100018258Abstract: Disclosed are a detergent dissolving device for a washing machine capable of improving solubility of detergent, and a washing machine having the same. The detergent dissolving device includes a powdered detergent box, and the powdered detergent box includes a detergent receiving portion, and a water feed portion defined at a periphery of the detergent receiving portion to feed water into the detergent receiving portion so as to cause rotating motion of water received in the detergent receiving portion. The detergent dissolving device further includes a cover provided to open or close the detergent receiving portion. The cover includes a water discharge portion to discharge the water out of the detergent receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hwang Mook Cho, Sang Yeon Pyo, Jae Ryong Park, Sang deok Sim, Byoung Yull Yang, Seong Min Oak, Tai Eun Kim, Dong Pil Seo, So Jung Yu, Bo Kyung Lee
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Publication number: 20100000574Abstract: A control method of a washing machine is capable of safely achieving a tub washing operation control with low power consumption. At the time of performing tub washing, water of which the amount is decided depending on a volume inside a drum and a volume inside a water tub is supplied to the water tub, and the rotation speed of the drum is controlled to be inversely proportional to the volume of the supplied water, thereby efficiently controlling a tub washing operation with low power consumption. Also, the rotation state of the drum is controlled, at the time of performing the tub washing, to maintain the temperature of a motor or a printed circuit board (PCB) to be a predetermined level or less, thereby safely controlling a tub washing operation with low power consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In Ju LEE, Jong Sung Park, Jung Soo Lim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Woo Kyung Jung, Hye Ryung Kim