Patents by Inventor Seunggeun Lee
Seunggeun Lee 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: 20240151451Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a freezer chamber, and an ice maker provided in the freezer chamber, wherein the ice maker includes a tray for forming an ice chamber, and a case for supporting the tray, the case includes a fixing part to be fixed to walls for forming the freezer chamber or a housing fixed to the walls, and the fixing part includes an inclined surface so that the case forms a slope at the walls or the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Hyunji PARK, Seunggeun LEE, Jinil HONG
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Patent number: 11959686Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein, and an ice-maker disposed in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice-maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray having a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers defined therein, a lower tray pivotably disposed below the upper tray, wherein the lower tray has a plurality of lower chambers defined therein respectively connected to the upper chambers by pivoting, wherein each of the lower chambers and each of the upper chambers connected with each other define an ice chamber for forming spherical ice therein, a driver for pivoting the lower tray, and at least one shield formed on an outer face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, thereby to reduce the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Hyunji Park, Seunggeun Lee
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Patent number: 11874047Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a freezer chamber, and an ice maker provided in the freezer chamber, wherein the ice maker includes a tray for forming an ice chamber, and a case for supporting the tray, the case includes a fixing part to be fixed to walls for forming the freezer chamber or a housing fixed to the walls, and the fixing part includes an inclined surface so that the case forms a slope at the walls or the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Hyunji Park, Seunggeun Lee, Jinil Hong
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Publication number: 20230358457Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG, Hyunji PARK, Seungjin CHOI, Seunggeun LEE
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Patent number: 11774158Abstract: An ice making assembly includes: an ice maker configured to make ice, an ice bin that has a portion disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to receive the ice from the ice maker, a detection lever that is disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to rotate to thereby detect a volume of the ice in the ice bin, and a driver configured to rotate the ice maker along a moving path between (i) an ice making position at which ice making is performed and (ii) an ice separating position at which ice separation is performed. The detection lever is configured to detect the volume of the ice in the ice bin being full before and after the ice is separated from the ice maker.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sangjun Kang, Seunggeun Lee
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Patent number: 11740000Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Hyunji Park, Seungjin Choi, Seunggeun Lee
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Publication number: 20230204271Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG, Seungjin CHOI, Seunggeun LEE
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Publication number: 20230152020Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment. The ice maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray made of an elastic material, wherein the upper tray is positioned to be exposed to the cold-air flowing from the cold-air hole, a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein the lower tray is coupled to the upper tray to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers therebetween, a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open the spherical ice chambers, at least one thermally-insulating portion formed at a top face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, wherein the at least one thermally-insulating portion is constructed to prevent the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Hyunji PARK, Jinil HONG, Seunggeun LEE
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Patent number: 11566829Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment. The ice maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray made of an elastic material, wherein the upper tray is positioned to be exposed to the cold-air flowing from the cold-air hole, a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein the lower tray is coupled to the upper tray to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers therebetween, a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open the spherical ice chambers, at least one thermally-insulating portion formed at a top face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, wherein the at least one thermally-insulating portion is constructed to prevent the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Hyunji Park, Jinil Hong, Seunggeun Lee
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Patent number: 11532922Abstract: A Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) including a light emitting III-nitride active region including quantum wells (QWs), wherein each of the quantum wells have a thickness of more than 8 nm, a cavity length of at least 7 ?, or at least 20 ?, where lambda is a peak wavelength of the light emitted from the active region, layers with reduced surface roughness, a tunnel junction intracavity contact. The VCSEL is flip chip bonded using In—Au bonding. This is the first report of a VCSEL capable of continuous wave operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Charles Forman, SeungGeun Lee, Erin C. Young, Jared Kearns, Steven P. DenBaars, James S. Speck, Shuji Nakamura
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Publication number: 20220341643Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the ice maker. An ice maker according to the present disclosure includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG, Seungjin CHOI, Seunggeun LEE
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Publication number: 20220260297Abstract: An ice maker includes: an upper assembly comprising a plurality of upper chambers recessed upward to define an upper portion of an ice chamber in which water is filled and ice is made, and having an intake opening by being open on a top, and a vertical extension part formed to protrude upward around the intake opening; a lower assembly comprising a plurality of lower chambers recessed downward to define a lower portion of the ice chamber, and rotatably connected to the upper assembly; and a water supply part that is recessed downward from an upper side of the water supply part and configured to receive therein water for making ice, the water supply part being removably coupled to the vertical extension part and configured to guide the received water into the intake opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG, Seunggeun LEE, Seungjin CHOI
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Patent number: 11408660Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the ice maker. An ice maker according to the present disclosure includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Seungjin Choi, Seunggeun Lee
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Publication number: 20220228786Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG, Hyunji PARK, Seungjin CHOI, Seunggeun LEE
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Patent number: 11353253Abstract: An ice maker includes: an upper assembly comprising a plurality of upper chambers recessed upward to define an upper portion of an ice chamber in which water is filled and ice is made, and having an intake opening by being open on a top, and a vertical extension part formed to protrude upward around the intake opening; a lower assembly comprising a plurality of lower chambers recessed downward to define a lower portion of the ice chamber, and rotatably connected to the upper assembly; and a water supply part that is recessed downward from an upper side of the water supply part and configured to receive therein water for making ice, the water supply part being removably coupled to the vertical extension part and configured to guide the received water into the intake opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Seunggeun Lee, Seungjin Choi
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Patent number: 11313603Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Hyunji Park, Seungjin Choi, Seunggeun Lee
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Publication number: 20220082316Abstract: An ice making assembly includes: an ice maker configured to make ice, an ice bin that has a portion disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to receive the ice from the ice maker, a detection lever that is disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to rotate to thereby detect a volume of the ice in the ice bin, and a driver configured to rotate the ice maker along a moving path between (i) an ice making position at which ice making is performed and (ii) an ice separating position at which ice separation is performed. The detection lever is configured to detect the volume of the ice in the ice bin being full before and after the ice is separated from the ice maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Sangjun KANG, Seunggeun LEE
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Publication number: 20220011033Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a freezer chamber, and an ice maker provided in the freezer chamber, wherein the ice maker includes a tray for forming an ice chamber, and a case for supporting the tray, the case includes a fixing part to be fixed to walls for forming the freezer chamber or a housing fixed to the walls, and the fixing part includes an inclined surface so that the case forms a slope at the walls or the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Hyunji PARK, Seunggeun LEE, Jinil HONG
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Publication number: 20210404726Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet provided with a freezer, an ice maker installed in the freezer; and an ice bin located at the bottom of the ice maker and storing ice ejected from the ice maker, wherein a rear incision portion may be may be formed in a rear portion of the ice bin such that no interference between the operation of the ice maker and the withdrawal of the ice bin occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Yonghyun KIM, Hyunji PARK, Seunggeun LEE, Jinil HONG
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Publication number: 20210104504Abstract: A flip chip III-Nitride LED which utilizes a dielectric coating backed by a metallic reflector (e.g., aluminum or silver). High reflectivity and low resistance contacts for optoelectronic devices. Low ESD rating optoelectronic devices. A VCSEL comprising a tunnel junction for current and optical confinement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Benjamin P. Yonkee, Erin C. Young, Charles Forman, John T. Leonard, SeungGeun Lee, Dan Cohen, Robert M. Farrell, Michael Iza, Burhan Saifaddin, Abdullah Almogbel, Humberto Foronda, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura