Patents by Inventor Seung Phyo Ahn
Seung Phyo Ahn 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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Patent number: 9476158Abstract: Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances such naps generated during a drying process are filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are automatically removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
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Publication number: 20160083895Abstract: Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances such naps generated during a drying process are filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are automatically removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Jeong-Yun KIM, Sang-Ik LEE
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Patent number: 9228291Abstract: Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances such naps generated during a drying process are filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are automatically removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
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Patent number: 9217220Abstract: The embodiment relates to a dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof. With the dryer and the foreign material removing apparatus thereof, the convenience of user can be maximized by separating and cleaning only a case when the foreign materials are stored in the case above a predetermined amount without the user needing to clean the filter each time the dryer is used.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung Phyo Ahn, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
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Patent number: 9207014Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer is provided that includes a case, a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein, and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the drum and dries the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a heat exchanger that heat exchanges with air flowing from the drum, and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplier and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. When gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 9134067Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer is provided that includes a case, a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein, and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the drum and dries the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a heat exchanger that heat exchanges with air flowing from the drum, and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplier and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. When gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 9080271Abstract: A washing-drying system and a water supply controlling method, the system comprising: a first main body configured to perform washing; a second main body installed at one side of the first main body and configured to perform drying; water supply lines formed both in the first and second main bodies; and a water supply controlling unit configured to control an open or closed state or a connected or disconnected state of the water supply lines, wherein warm water and cold water respectively supplied from warm water source and cold water source both existing outside the system flow through the second main body to thusly be supplied into the first main body, whereby wastewater having high temperature generated after drying or dehumidifying laundry can be used for warm water washing, so as to save water required for the warm washing, and also to reduce energy consumed to generate warm water.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sung-Ho Song, Yang-Hwan Kim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yang-Ho Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
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Patent number: 9062410Abstract: The embodiment proposes a foreign material removing apparatus for a dryer. The foreign material removing apparatus for a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a case including an air introduction hole into which air discharged from a drum is introduced, an air discharge hole, and a foreign material discharge hole; a filtering unit that is provided in the case and includes a filter; and a cleaning unit that moves relatively to the filter and has one or more cleaning devices for removing the foreign materials accumulated in the filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
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Patent number: 8863400Abstract: A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, a first heat exchanging member for the first air path, and a second heat exchanging member for the second air path. The first air path and the second air path are on the lower part of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Seung-Myun Baek, Jung-Wook Moon, Dae-Woong Kim, Byeong-Jo Ryoo
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Patent number: 8826559Abstract: A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, a first heat exchanging member for the first air path, and a second heat exchanging member for the second air path. The first air path and the second air path are on the lower part of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Seung-Myun Baek, Jung-Wook Moon, Dae-Woong Kim, Byeong-Jo Ryoo
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Publication number: 20140165417Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer is provided that includes a case, a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein, and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the drum and dries the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a heat exchanger that heat exchanges with air flowing from the drum, and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplier and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. When gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 8683711Abstract: A housing for modularizing a heat pump system of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer having the same are disclosed. The heat pump system modularized housing of the clothes collectively modularizes a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator and an expansion valve that constitute the heat pump system of the clothes dryer. Not only does the heat pump system is stably mounted in the clothes dryer but also components of the heat pump system can be effectively protected. In addition, the fastening procedures of each component can be unified to simplify an assembling process of the clothes dryer, and thus, the productivity can be improved. Moreover, a structure of an internal flow path of the clothes dryer can be simplified to thus improve efficiency of the heat pump system.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Dong-Joo Han, Jung-Wook Moon, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Hyun-Uk Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Chang-Woo Son
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Patent number: 8590172Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus is provided for a dryer, the dryer including a case; a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein; and a hot air supplying device that supplies hot air into the drum and dry the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a plurality of dehumidifying devices, and is thereby capable of controlling humidity of exhausted air to a required level of humidity by removing moisture contained in air exhausted from the plurality of dehumidifying devices in multiple steps.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 8387268Abstract: A dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof are provided. The foreign material removing apparatus includes a case; a first filter housed in the case; and a second filter disposed downstream from the first filter based on a direction of air flow in the case, the first filter and the second filter performing a relative motion with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung Phyo Ahn, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
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Patent number: 8381412Abstract: A dryer is provided, in which foreign substances contained in air circulating through an inside of a drum is filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are separated by air flowing in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the circulating air. The separated foreign substances are collected in a separate lint case.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung Phyo Ahn, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
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Patent number: 8375597Abstract: A dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof are provided. The dryer and the foreign material removing apparatus can clearly remove foreign materials adhered to a filter using only a simple operation without the user effort.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung Phyo Ahn, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
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Patent number: 8156659Abstract: Disclosed is a filter cleaning apparatus and a ductless dryer adopting the same, the dryer having a main body, a drum rotatably mounted at the main body, a hot air supplying unit supplying hot air into the drum, a heat exchanger condensing and removing moisture contained in air exhausted from the drum, a circulation duct conducing the air exhausted from the drum to the heat exchanger, a filter installed in the circulation duct and filtering foreign substances contained in the air discharged from the drum, and a filter cleaning apparatus removing the foreign substances caught by the filter, thereby enhancing a user's convenience and reducing indoor air contamination which may occur in the course of removing the foreign substances.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Han-Yong Jung, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Jea-Hyuk Wee, Yang-Ho Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song
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Publication number: 20110302799Abstract: A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, a first heat exchanging member for the first air path, and a second heat exchanging member for the second air path. The first air path and the second air path are on the lower part of the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Seung-Myun BAEK, Jung-Wook MOON, Dae-Woong KIM, Byeong-Jo RYOO
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Publication number: 20110225838Abstract: Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances such naps generated during a drying process are filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are automatically removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
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Publication number: 20110225837Abstract: The embodiment proposes a foreign material removing apparatus for a dryer. The foreign material removing apparatus for a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a case including an air introduction hole into which air discharged from a drum is introduced, an air discharge hole, and a foreign material discharge hole; a filtering unit that is provided in the case and includes a filter; and a cleaning unit that moves relatively to the filter and has one or more cleaning devices for removing the foreign materials accumulated in the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee