Patents by Inventor Seon-uk Na
Seon-uk Na 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: 20220049854Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner. The disclosed air conditioner comprises: a main discharge port formed in a housing so as to discharge air introduced through a first inlet; a first guide discharge port configured to discharge a portion of air introduced through a second inlet such that the portion of the air introduced through the second inlet is mixed with the air discharged from the main discharge port; a second guide discharge port configured to discharge another portion of the air introduced through the second inlet such that the another portion of the air introduced through the second inlet is mixed with the air discharged from the main discharge port; and a distribution device configured to adjust the flow rate of the air discharged through the first guide discharge port and the second guide discharge port.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seon Uk NA, Jin-Gyun KIM, Jong Kweon HA
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Patent number: 11022325Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes and disposed at the discharge port, a blowing fan provided inside the housing, and a reinforcing member disposed at a rear of the discharge panel to support the discharge panel. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the discharge panel from being deformed by pressing, and to minimize the exposure of the inside of the air conditioner through the discharge hole of the discharge panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyeong Ae Lee, KwonJin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
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Patent number: 10935273Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having first and second suction ports; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air brought in through the first suction port; a first discharging port configured to discharge the heat-exchanged air; a second discharging port configured to discharge air brought in through the second suction port to be mixed with air discharged from the first discharging port at outside of the housing; a discharging door having a plurality of discharging holes, through which air directed to the first discharging port is discharged out of the housing, and selectively opening the second discharging port by movement operation of the discharging door.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung June Cho, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Byung Han Lim, Jong Kweon Ha
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Patent number: 10823433Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a first inlet port and a second inlet port, a first discharge port, a second discharge port, the air discharged through the second discharge port is mixed with the air discharged through the first discharge port, and having a plurality of discharge holes to cause the air discharged from the first discharge port to be discharged more slowly than air discharged from the second discharge port, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the air entered through the first inlet port, a first fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the first inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the first discharge port, and a second fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the second inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the second discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-June Cho, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Kyeong Ae Lee, Byung Han Lim, Jong Kweon Ha
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Patent number: 10591170Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including a housing, a suction port disposed in the housing, a first discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge a part of air sucked through the suction port, and a second discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge other part of air sucked through the suction port, a heat exchanger configured to perform heat-exchange on the part of air sucked through the suction port, a first blowing fan configured to suck the part of air, which is sucked through the suction port, to discharge the sucked air to the first discharge port, and an intermediate member configured to guide the part of air sucked through the suction port to the heat exchanger, and configured to separate other part of air s sucked through the suction port from the part of air sucked through the suction port.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyeong Ae Lee, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Jong Youb Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung-June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
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Publication number: 20190219278Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a discharge panel having a plurality of discharge holes and disposed at the discharge port, a blowing fan provided inside the housing, and a reinforcing member disposed at a rear of the discharge panel to support the discharge panel. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the discharge panel from being deformed by pressing, and to minimize the exposure of the inside of the air conditioner through the discharge hole of the discharge panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyeong Ae LEE, KwonJin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
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Publication number: 20190186778Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having first and second suction ports; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air brought in through the first suction port; a first discharging port configured to discharge the heat-exchanged air; a second discharging port configured to discharge air brought in through the second suction port to be mixed with air discharged from the first discharging port at outside of the housing; a discharging door having a plurality of discharging holes, through which air directed to the first discharging port is discharged out of the housing, and selectively opening the second discharging port by movement operation of the discharging door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung June CHO, Kwon Jin KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Seon Uk NA, Yeon Seob YUN, Young Uk YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Byung Han LIM, Jong Kweon HA
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Publication number: 20190024909Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including a housing, a suction port disposed in the housing, a first discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge a part of air sucked through the suction port, and a second discharge port disposed in the housing to discharge other part of air sucked through the suction port, a heat exchanger configured to perform heat-exchange on the part of air sucked through the suction port, a first blowing fan configured to suck the part of air, which is sucked through the suction port, to discharge the sucked air to the first discharge port, and an intermediate member configured to guide the part of air sucked through the suction port to the heat exchanger, and configured to separate other part of air s sucked through the suction port from the part of air sucked through the suction port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyeong Ae LEE, Kwon Jin Kim, Sung Jae Kim, Jong Youb Kim, Seon Uk Na, Yeon-Seob Yun, Young Uk Yun, Byung Han Lim, Sung-June Cho, Jong Kweon Ha
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Publication number: 20180335221Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a first inlet port and a second inlet port, a first discharge port, a second discharge port, the air discharged through the second discharge port is mixed with the air discharged through the first discharge port, and having a plurality of discharge holes to cause the air discharged from the first discharge port to be discharged more slowly than air discharged from the second discharge port, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the air entered through the first inlet port, a first fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the first inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the first discharge port, and a second fan arranged to draw the air into the housing through the second inlet port, and to discharge the air from the housing through the second discharge port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-June CHO, Kwon Jin KIM, Sung Jae KIM, Seon Uk NA, Yeon-Seob YUN, Young Uk YUN, Kyeong Ae LEE, Byung Han LIM, Jong Kweon HA
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Publication number: 20180112888Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner equipped with a stabilizer having an improved structure to reduce air-blowing noise. The air conditioner includes a main body having a suction port and a discharge port; a heat exchanger provided in the main body. A crossflow fan is configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger to the discharge port. A stabilizer is located adjacent to the crossflow fan and comprises a guide section having a first guide portion configured to guide airflow flowing in the main body by the crossflow fan to a suction region and a second guide portion configured to guide the airflow to a discharge region. A flow separation section is connected to the guide section, wherein a location of the flow separating section varies in an axial direction of the crossflow fan and in a rotational direction of the crossflow fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Seon Uk Na, Chang-Woo Jung, Jin Woo Hong, Kwon Jin Kim
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Patent number: 9732973Abstract: An air conditioner includes an indoor fan motor driven according to a signal to control the indoor fan motor by a controller, and a controller that resets a reference value of a rated air flow rate according to the pre-set conditions by checking an indoor fan motor driving voltage when an indoor fan motor RPM reaches a reference value of a strong wind mode while the air conditioner operates in strong wind mode. The controller compares the checked indoor fan motor driving voltage with a reference indoor fan motor driving voltage of the rated air flow rate, and resets the reference value when the checked indoor fan motor driving voltage is different from the reference indoor fan motor driving voltage of the rated air flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hee Il Park, Seon Uk Na, Kyung Tae No, In Jung Baek, Dong Kue Lee, Yong Gak Kim
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Patent number: 9624932Abstract: An air blowing unit of an air conditioner includes a housing to guide suction and discharge of air, a centrifugal fan positioned inside the housing, and a motor to drive the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a base coupled to a motor shaft coupled to the motor, a plurality of blades disposed spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the base to guide air introduced in an axial direction of the base to the circumferential direction, a leading edge provided to the blades and arranged close to the motor shaft, a trailing edge provided to the blades and facing in an outer circumferential direction of the base, and at least one first blade of the blades, the leading edge of the first blade being shorter than the leading edge of the other blades.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Dae Gyu Kang, Seon Uk Na, Yong Ho Seo
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Publication number: 20160131377Abstract: An air conditioning device having an indoor heat exchanger, a heat recovery ventilator, a supply fan, and an exhaust fan inside a housing and configured to perform at least one of cooling/heating, heat recovery ventilation, and pure ventilation. The air conditioning device includes a first flow path configured to guide indoor air while the cooling/heating is performed, a second flow path configured to guide the indoor air toward the heat recovery ventilator, and a third flow path configured to guide outdoor air toward the heat recovery ventilator while the heat recovery ventilation is performed. The air conditioning device includes fourth and fifth flow paths configured to guide indoor air and outdoor air, respectively, and an inlet port that corresponds to the third flow path and the fifth flow path, and a discharge port that corresponds to outlets of the second flow path and the fourth flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Je-gu LEE, Seon-uk NA, Sang-jin TAE
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Publication number: 20150147953Abstract: An air conditioner includes an indoor fan motor driven according to a signal to control the indoor fan motor by a controller, and a controller that resets a reference value of a rated air flow rate according to the pre-set conditions by checking an indoor fan motor driving voltage when an indoor fan motor RPM reaches a reference value of a strong wind mode while the air conditioner operates in strong wind mode. The controller compares the checked indoor fan motor driving voltage with a reference indoor fan motor driving voltage of the rated air flow rate, and resets the reference value when the checked indoor fan motor driving voltage is different from the reference indoor fan motor driving voltage of the rated air flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Hee Il PARK, Seon Uk Na, Kyung Tae No, In Jung Baek, Dong Kue Lee, Yong Gak Kim
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Patent number: 8915698Abstract: A turbofan of an air conditioning system in which a shroud is divided into two portions to form an air passage, in order to allow, when a portion of turbulent air generated at an upper portion of the shroud is reintroduced into a space between a bell mouse and the shroud by a pressure difference, the reintroduced air to be distributed throughout the air passage. The turbofan of the air conditioning system includes a first shroud formed with an air inlet hole, a second shroud formed to be spaced outwards from the first shroud so that an air passage is formed between the first and second shrouds, a hub to rotate through a rotational shaft of a drive motor, and a plurality of blades to guide air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Seon Uk Na, Jun Gwan Park, Yong Hun Kang
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Publication number: 20140286800Abstract: An air blowing unit of an air conditioner includes a housing to guide suction and discharge of air, a centrifugal fan positioned inside the housing, and a motor to drive the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a base coupled to a motor shaft coupled to the motor, a plurality of blades disposed spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the base to guide air introduced in an axial direction of the base to the circumferential direction, a leading edge provided to the blades and arranged close to the motor shaft, a trailing edge provided to the blades and facing in an outer circumferential direction of the base, and at least one first blade of the blades, the leading edge of the first blade being shorter than the leading edge of the other blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Joo JEON, Dae Gyu KANG, Seon Uk NA, Yong Ho SEO
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Patent number: 8753499Abstract: A deionization apparatus for regenerating electrodes using vibration and a method of controlling the same. The deionization apparatus includes electrodes to which ions contained in a fluid are absorbed, and a piezoelectric element to separate the ions absorbed to the electrodes by vibration. Since the ions absorbed to the electrodes are separated using mechanical energy generated by the piezoelectric element, it may be possible to more rapidly perform regeneration of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andrey Troshin, Dae Wook Park, Hideo Nojima, Seon Uk Na
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Publication number: 20120213637Abstract: A turbofan of an air conditioning system in which a shroud is divided into two portions to form an air passage, in order to allow, when a portion of turbulent air generated at an upper portion of the shroud is reintroduced into a space between a bell mouse and the shroud by a pressure difference, the reintroduced air to be distributed throughout the air passage. The turbofan of the air conditioning system includes a first shroud formed with an air inlet hole, a second shroud formed to be spaced outwards from the first shroud so that an air passage is formed between the first and second shrouds, a hub to rotate through a rotational shaft of a drive motor, and a plurality of blades to guide air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Joo JEON, Seon Uk Na, Jun Gwan Park, Yong Hun Kang
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Publication number: 20100155261Abstract: A deionization apparatus for regenerating electrodes using vibration and a method of controlling the same. The deionization apparatus includes electrodes to which ions contained in a fluid are absorbed, and a piezoelectric element to separate the ions absorbed to the electrodes by vibration. Since the ions absorbed to the electrodes are separated using mechanical energy generated by the piezoelectric element, it may be possible to more rapidly perform regeneration of the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Andrey Troshin, Dae Wook Park, Hideo Nojima, Seon Uk Na
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Publication number: 20090064708Abstract: An oil separator for an air conditioner includes a cylindrical housing; a refrigerant discharge pipe communicating with the housing for discharging refrigerant gas; an oil discharge pipe for circulating oil collected in the lower portion of the housing; and a refrigerant inflow pipe having one end facing the inner surface of a side wall of the housing in the tangential direction for supplying a refrigerant-oil mixture to the inside of the housing. An insertion hole, into which the refrigerant inflow pipe is inserted, is easily formed, the efficiency of the oil separator is increased, and noise and vibration generated from the oil separator is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byoung In Lee, Seon Uk Na, Dong Won Kim, Jae Man Joo, Jeong Hoon Kang, Valeri Lenchine