Patents by Inventor Seong Eun Heo

Seong Eun Heo 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: 7418838
    Abstract: A washer includes an outer cabinet, a washtub disposed in the cabinet, a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub, a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes, a control box-receiving portion formed on a portion of the top cover, a control box having a circuit board for controlling the washer, the control box removably received in the control box-receiving portion, and a protecting cover for covering the portion of the top cover where the control box is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim, Jae Chul Lyu
  • Patent number: 7313934
    Abstract: A laundry aid dispenser for a washing machine includes a top cover disposed above a washtub for receiving clothes, a receiving cavity defined by an upper wall, a bottom wall, opposing sidewalls, and an inner wall that are formed by indenting a portion of the top cover, a shower member comprising a shower portion coupled on the upper wall defining the receiving cavity and a warm water guide portion defined by a rear wall of the shower portion with the inner wall defining the receiving cavity, and a laundry aid container for storing laundry aids, the laundry aid container being inserted in the receiving cavity under the shower member. The laundry aid container has at least two chambers each for storing a different laundry aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim, Jong Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 7077166
    Abstract: A continuous drain hose for an electrical appliance having a water outlet is disclosed. The drain hose comprises a first cylindrical end portion being connectable to the water outlet, a second end portion being connectable to a drain pipe and comprising a bellows that is able to form a permanent bend when a temporary bending force is applied thereto, and a flexible corrugated portion connected between the first cylindrical end portion and the second end portion. The bellows is also permanently expandable or retractable when a temporary pulling or pressing force is applied thereto. The drain hose further comprises an elastic connection member, which is integrally molded to the first cylindrical end portion and is sealably connectable to the water outlet. The first cylindrical end portion comprises at least one annular ring externally formed thereon so as to prevent the molded elastic connection member from being disengaged from the first cylindrical end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20040187947
    Abstract: A continuous drain hose for an electrical appliance having a water outlet is disclosed. The drain hose comprises a first cylindrical end portion being connectable to the water outlet, a second end portion being connectable to a drain pipe and comprising a bellows that is able to form a permanent bend when a temporary bending force is applied thereto, and a flexible corrugated portion connected between the first cylindrical end portion and the second end portion. The bellows is also permanently expandable or retractable when a temporary pulling or pressing force is applied thereto. The drain hose further comprises an elastic connection member, which integrally molded to the first cylindrical end portion and is sealably connected to the water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20040172770
    Abstract: A laundry aid dispenser for a washing machine includes a top cover disposed above a washtub for receiving clothes, a receiving cavity defined by an upper wall, a bottom wall, opposing sidewalls, and an inner wall that are formed by indenting a portion of the top cover, a shower member comprising a shower portion coupled on the upper wall defining the receiving cavity and a warm water guide portion defined by a rear wall of the shower portion with the inner wall defining the receiving cavity, and a laundry aid container for storing laundry aids, the laundry aid container being inserted in the receiving cavity under the shower member. The laundry aid container has at least two chambers each for storing a different laundry aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim, Jong Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20040172986
    Abstract: A washer includes an outer cabinet, a washtub disposed in the cabinet, a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub, a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes, a control box-receiving portion formed on a portion of the top cover, a control box having a circuit board for controlling the washer, the control box removably received in the control box-receiving portion, and a protecting cover for covering the portion of the top cover where the control box is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim, Jae-Chul Lyu