Patents by Inventor Sangjo Kim
Sangjo 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).
-
Publication number: 20250146210Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes folding machine comprising: a frame part forming an external skeleton; a folding part which is mounted to the frame part, holds clothes, and folds the held clothes; and a holder which is disposed in front of the folding part and holds the clothes before the clothes are held by the folding part. The holder forms an upwardly convex curved surface, thus preventing wrinkles from occurring in the clothes held by the holder and preventing the occurrence of creases in the folded clothes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sangjo KIM
-
Publication number: 20250109547Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes-folding machine comprising: a frame part; a loading part into which clothes are inserted; and a folding part for transferring and folding the inserted clothes, wherein the folding part includes: a vertical folding plate rotating within a predetermined radial range around a first rotary shaft so as to fold the clothes; a horizontal folding plate rotating within a predetermined radial range around a second rotary shaft, which is vertical to the first rotary shaft, so as to fold the clothes; and a link plate, which is linked to the vertical folding plate or the horizontal folding plate and rotates, and thus an area for folding the clothes can be expanded, and even large clothes can be folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sangjo KIM
-
Patent number: 12156559Abstract: A clothes folding device includes a loading assembly which pushes in the clothes and seats the clothes on a loading conveyor for transportation, a folding assembly which transports the clothes forward or backward and performs the folding of the clothes, an unloading assembly which is provided below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged from the folding assembly. The unloading assembly includes an upper unloading layer where the clothes finally folded by the folding assembly is primarily dropped and seated and which includes an unloading conveyor, a rotation drive unit that rotates the unloading conveyor, an upper front-rear drive unit which moves the upper unloading layer in a forward and backward direction, a lower unloading layer where the clothes seated on the upper unloading layer are secondarily dropped and seated, and an up and down drive unit which moves the lower unloading layer in an up or down direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Aekyung Chae, Keunjoo Kim, Hyungkyu Youk, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 12060675Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes folding device including: a loading assembly which causes the clothes to be pushed-in and seats the clothes on a first folding layer equipped with a conveyor for transport; a folding assembly which performs the folding of the clothes while the pushed-in clothes are transported; and an unloading assembly which is disposed below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged by the folding assembly. The loading assembly includes: a seating plate which forms an inclined surface at an inlet and allows the clothes to be seated thereon; a clamp assembly which fixes the clothes and moves the clothes to the first folding layer; and a transport roller which presses the clothes seated on the first folding layer and rotates together with the moving of the clothes while pressing the clothes, and thus, preventing the clothes from being separated. The clamp assembly includes a wheel assembly and a clamp plate which presses inserted clothes from both sides.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungkyu Youk, Keunjoo Kim, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 11901797Abstract: A cleaner capable of adjusting tension of a belt to connect or disconnect power between a motor and a wheel in the cleaner including the belt transmitting a driving force of the motor to the wheel is provided. A cleaner according to the present disclosure includes a cleaner body, a wheel which movably supports the cleaner body with respect to a floor, a traveling drive motor which is disposed in the cleaner body, a first pulley which is rotated by a driving force of the traveling drive motor, a second pulley which is rotated when the first pulley rotates and rotates the wheel, a belt which connects the first pulley and the second pulley, and a clutch which adjusts tension of the belt to connect or disconnect power between the first pulley and the second pulley.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seungjin Lee, Sangjo Kim, Sangik Lee
-
Publication number: 20230148695Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes folding device including: a loading assembly which pushes in the clothes and seats the clothes on a loading conveyor for transportation; a folding assembly which transports the clothes forward or backward and performs the folding of the clothes; an unloading assembly which is provided below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged from the folding assembly. The unloading assembly comprises: an upper unloading layer where the clothes finally folded by the folding assembly is primarily dropped and seated and which comprises an unloading conveyor; a rotation drive unit which drives such that the unloading conveyor rotates; an upper front-rear drive unit which moves the upper unloading layer in a forward and backward direction; a lower unloading layer where the clothes seated on the upper unloading layer are secondarily dropped and seated; and an up and down drive unit which moves the lower unloading layer in an up or down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Aekyung CHAE, Keunjoo KIM, Hyungkyu YOUK, Sangjo KIM
-
Publication number: 20230090927Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes folding device including: a loading assembly which causes the clothes to be pushed-in and seats the clothes on a first folding layer equipped with a conveyor for transport; a folding assembly which performs the folding of the clothes while the pushed-in clothes are transported; and an unloading assembly which is disposed below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged by the folding assembly. The loading assembly includes: a seating plate which forms an inclined surface at an inlet and allows the clothes to be seated thereon; a clamp assembly which fixes the clothes and moves the clothes to the first folding layer; and a transport roller which presses the clothes seated on the first folding layer and rotates together with the moving of the clothes while pressing the clothes, and thus, preventing the clothes from being separated. The clamp assembly includes a wheel assembly and a clamp plate which presses inserted clothes from both sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Hyungkyu YOUK, Keunjoo KIM, Sangjo KIM
-
Patent number: 11457782Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a body configured to house a suction motor, a nozzle coupled to the body and including a suction port, and a movable unit coupled to the nozzle in front of the suction port. The movable unit is movable between a first position where the movable unit overlaps with the nozzle and a second position where the movable unit protrudes forward from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changhwa Sun, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 11419470Abstract: A cleaner may include a main body configured to be ascendable and descendable with respect to a suspension assembly provided to absorb shocks applied to a wheel assembly, thereby enabling the suspension assembly to continuously absorb shocks even when the height of the main body is adjusted. The cleaner may further include a charging terminal configured to connect to an external docking device to charge the cleaner and provided on a bottom surface of the main body, a drive assembly including a wheel assembly to drive the main body, a height adjuster coupled to the main body to ascend or descend together with the main body and mounted to the drive assembly so as to be ascendable and descendable, and a controller to ascend the height adjuster and raise the main body when the main body is set to be docked with the docking device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seungjin Lee, Sangik Lee, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 11253122Abstract: A suction nozzle includes a nozzle body including a suction port. The suction nozzle also includes a rotary cleaning unit rotatably mounted in the nozzle body and having a cleaning element for cleaning a floor. Additionally, the suction nozzle includes an anti-winder mounted on the nozzle body and having a plurality of contact parts that overlap a side end of the cleaning element along at least a portion of a rotational path followed by the cleaning element of the rotary cleaning unit when the rotary cleaning unit is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changhwa Sun, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 11085815Abstract: An apparatus externally detects the presence of a fault or malfunction in a gas turbine using the sound of air passing through vanes. The apparatus includes a sound sensor configured to sense a sound; a signal converter configured to convert the sensed sound into a digital signal; a data processor configured to perform a sound quality evaluation by analyzing a sound quality of the digital signal; and a display configured to display a result of the sound quality evaluation. The gas turbine includes a compressor housed in a compressor casing in which an inlet guide vane (IGV) assembly and a variable guide vane (VGV) assembly are installed. The sound sensor includes a plurality of microphones are installed outside the compressor casing at positions adjacent to at least one of a vane of the IGV assembly and a vane of the VGV assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Inventor: Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 10905301Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner including a cleaner main body having a controller, a wheel cover mounted on the cleaner main body, a driving module coupled to the wheel cover to be movable up and down, a driving wheel coupled to the driving module and configured to be rotatable by receiving driving force from the driving module, a suspension configured to guide the upward and downward movement of the driving module and absorb impacts while the driving module is moved up and down, a link member rotatably installed on the wheel cover, and rotated by being in contact with a protrusion of the driving module when the driving module is moved downward by a preset distance, and a switch pressed in response to the rotation of the link member to transfer a signal to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyungkyu Youk, Sangjo Kim
-
Publication number: 20200395815Abstract: A cleaner capable of adjusting tension of a belt to connect or disconnect power between a motor and a wheel in the cleaner including the belt transmitting a driving force of the motor to the wheel is provided. A cleaner according to the present disclosure includes a cleaner body, a wheel which movably supports the cleaner body with respect to a floor, a traveling drive motor which is disposed in the cleaner body, a first pulley which is rotated by a driving force of the traveling drive motor, a second pulley which is rotated when the first pulley rotates and rotates the wheel, a belt which connects the first pulley and the second pulley, and a clutch which adjusts tension of the belt to connect or disconnect power between the first pulley and the second pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seungjin LEE, Sangjo KIM, Sangik LEE
-
Patent number: 10568482Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner having a structure that a supporting member and a cleaning module are coupled to or separated from a cleaner body. The cleaner includes a cleaner body having a module mounting portion; a supporting member inserted and mounted to the module mounting portion, and separated and withdrawn from the module mounting portion, through a bottom part of the cleaner body; and a cleaning module coupled to the supporting member so as to be inserted or withdrawn together with the supporting member when the supporting member is inserted or withdrawn.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changhwa Sun, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 10548444Abstract: A robot cleaner includes: a base body forming a bottom part of a cleaner body; a first wheel module and a second wheel module installed to be spaced apart from each other, and configured to moveably support the base body; a suction motor module and a battery module provided between the first and second wheel modules; and a suction nozzle module provided at a front side of the suction motor module and the battery module, and configured to suck air of a region to be cleaned, wherein a plurality of module accommodation portions which are open towards a lower side of the robot cleaner are formed at the base body, and wherein the first wheel module, the second wheel module, the suction motor module, the battery module, and the suction nozzle module are inserted into the module accommodation portions, respectively, in parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changhwa Sun, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 10531778Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body; a suction unit connected with the cleaner body, sucking dust and air, guiding the sucked dust and air to the cleaner body, and having a handle; a moving unit including a wheel and a motor for driving the wheel to automatically move the cleaner body; and a clutch unit connecting the motor and the wheel or releasing the connection of the motor and the wheel according to an operational state of the cleaner body. The clutch unit includes a sun gear connected with the motor, a ring gear connected with the wheel, a plurality of fixed planetary gears disposed to be spaced apart each other between the sun gear and the ring gear, and a moving planetary gear which may transmit a rotational force transmitted to the sun gear to one gear of the plurality of fixed planetary gears.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungkyu Youk, Sangjo Kim
-
Patent number: 10463212Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a first housing including a controller and a driving wheel of which driving is controlled by the controller; a second housing provided at one side of the first housing, the second housing having a brush module or mop module mounted thereto; a front bumper provided at a front portion of the second housing, the front bumper configured to be movable to the inside of the second housing when the front bumper is in contact with an obstacle; at least one sensing means provided at the inside of the front bumper to sense a movement of the front bumper to the inside of the second housing; side bumpers respectively provided at left and right side portions of the second housing, the side bumpers each being configured to movable to the inside of the second housing when the side bumper is in contact with an obstacle; and a link member provided at the inside of the side bumper to allow the side bumper and the front bumper to interlock with each other such that, when the side bumper is moved to thType: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bohyun Nam, Inbo Shim, Jihoon Sung, Sojin Park, Seunghyun Song, Sangkyu Lee, Woochan Jun, Changhwa Sun, Hyungkyu Youk, Sangjo Kim
-
Publication number: 20190284955Abstract: An apparatus externally detects the presence of a fault or malfunction in a gas turbine using the sound of air passing through vanes. The apparatus includes a sound sensor configured to sense a sound; a signal converter configured to convert the sensed sound into a digital signal; a data processor configured to perform a sound quality evaluation by analyzing a sound quality of the digital signal; and a display configured to display a result of the sound quality evaluation. The gas turbine includes a compressor housed in a compressor casing in which an inlet guide vane (IGV) assembly and a variable guide vane (VGV) assembly are installed. The sound sensor includes a plurality of microphones are installed outside the compressor casing at positions adjacent to at least one of a vane of the IGV assembly and a vane of the VGV assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Sangjo KIM
-
Publication number: 20190239710Abstract: A cleaner may include a main body configured to be ascendable and descendable with respect to a suspension assembly provided to absorb shocks applied to a wheel assembly, thereby enabling the suspension assembly to continuously absorb shocks even when the height of the main body is adjusted. The cleaner may further include a charging terminal configured to connect to an external docking device to charge the cleaner and provided on a bottom surface of the main body, a drive assembly including a wheel assembly to drive the main body, a height adjuster coupled to the main body to ascend or descend together with the main body and mounted to the drive assembly so as to be ascendable and descendable, and a controller to ascend the height adjuster and raise the main body when the main body is set to be docked with the docking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Seungjin LEE, Sangik LEE, Sangjo KIM
-
Publication number: 20190231156Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a body configured to house a suction motor, a nozzle coupled to the body and including a suction port, and a movable unit coupled to the nozzle in front of the suction port. The movable unit is movable between a first position where the movable unit overlaps with the nozzle and a second position where the movable unit protrudes forward from the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Changhwa SUN, Sangjo KIM