Patents by Inventor Seungmock LEE
Seungmock 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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Patent number: 12129854Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor comprising: a muffler that provides a sealed space for guiding a refrigerant; and a resonator provided in the muffler and forming cavities separate from the sealed space to decrease vibration and noise caused by the refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Jonghun Ha, Cheolhwan Kim, Kangwook Lee
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Publication number: 20240052839Abstract: A scroll compressor is disclosed. A scroll compressor according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a compression part for discharging, to the inner space of a casing, a refrigerant compressed in a compression chamber; a discharge port for forming a flow path through which the refrigerant compressed in the compression chamber is discharged to the outside of the compression chamber; and a valve member, which has, at one end portion thereof, a root part fixed to a valve seat part of the compression part, forms a free end on the other end portion thereof, and has a head part to open/close the discharge port. A spacing part is provided between the head part of the valve member and the valve seat part to space the head part from the valve seat part in a state in which the compression part stops.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Cheolhwan KIM
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Patent number: 11732584Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that may include a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface with an annular shape to form a compression space; a roller having a plurality of vane slots disposed at predetermined intervals along an outer circumferential surface thereof, and rotatably inserted into the compression space of the cylinder; and a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the respective vane slots to rotate together with the roller and by which the compression space is divided into a plurality of compression chambers. At least one of the vane slots is unequally spaced in a circumferential direction. Accordingly, periodicity of noise may be reduced to thereby increase the effect of noise reduction of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jonghun Lee, Seoungmin Kang, Seungmock Lee
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Patent number: 11585344Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compressor including a branch part for reducing vibration and noise caused by a refrigerant flowing inside a muffler by expanding an enclosed space formed by a compression part and the muffler in the direction of a rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
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Patent number: 11566623Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Jonghun Ha, Cheolhwan Kim
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Patent number: 11486397Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Jonghun Ha, Cheolhwan Kim
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Publication number: 20220341424Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Jonghun HA, Cheolhwan KIM
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Patent number: 11454238Abstract: A compressor includes a deformable groove spaced apart from a key groove and deformable to reduce an impact force or stress generated at an Oldham's ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taeksu Jung, Jonghun Ha, Kangwook Lee, Seungmock Lee
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Patent number: 11441562Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor including a casing, a drive motor arranged in the casing, a shaft coupled to the drive motor, a main frame arranged under the drive motor, a fixed scroll arranged under the main frame, an orbiting scroll arranged between the main frame and the fixed scroll and engaged with the fixed scroll to form a compression chamber with the shaft eccentrically coupled to the orbiting scroll, a discharge cover coupled to the fixed scroll to form a closed space, a discharge port formed in the fixed scroll to connect the compression chamber and the closed space, and a discharge hole passing through the main frame and the fixed scroll, wherein an inlet and an inner portion of the discharge hole have different cross-sectional areas. The scroll compressor can reduce the noise caused by movement of the refrigerant by improving the structure of the discharge holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
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Publication number: 20220228587Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that may include a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface with an annular shape to form a compression space; a roller having a plurality of vane slots disposed at predetermined intervals along an outer circumferential surface thereof, and rotatably inserted into the compression space of the cylinder; and a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the respective vane slots to rotate together with the roller and by which the compression space is divided into a plurality of compression chambers. At least one of the vane slots is unequally spaced in a circumferential direction. Accordingly, periodicity of noise may be reduced to thereby increase the effect of noise reduction of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Jonghun Lee, Seoungmin Kang, Seungmock Lee
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Patent number: 11326605Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a shell forming an internal space; a driving motor disposed in the internal space of the shell; a rotary shaft connected to the driving motor; a lower cylinder having a lower chamber for compressing a refrigerant and a lower roller disposed inside the lower chamber; an upper cylinder disposed on an upper side of the lower cylinder and having an upper chamber for compressing a refrigerant and an upper roller disposed inside the upper chamber; a muffler disposed on the upper side of the upper cylinder and receiving a refrigerant compressed in the upper chamber; and an intermediate plate disposed between the upper cylinder and the lower cylinder and having a rotary shaft hole through which the rotary shaft is disposed. The intermediate plate includes an opening formed around the rotary shaft hole and guiding a refrigerant compressed in the lower chamber to the muffler.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Seungmock Lee
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Patent number: 11293439Abstract: A compressor includes: a case including a discharge part configured to discharge refrigerant and defining a reservoir space configured to store oil; a drive unit including a stator and a rotor; a rotary shaft coupled to the rotor; a compression unit coupled to the rotary shaft and lubricated with oil, the compression unit being configured to compress refrigerant and discharge compressed refrigerant in a direction away from the discharge part; a muffler coupled to the compression unit and configured to guide refrigerant to the discharge part; a separator coupled to at least one of the rotor or the rotary shaft and configured to separate oil from refrigerant guided to the discharge part; and a coupling unit that fixes the separator to the at least one of the rotor or the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
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Publication number: 20220034324Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor comprising: a muffler that provides a sealed space for guiding a refrigerant; and a resonator provided in the muffler and forming cavities separate from the sealed space to decrease vibration and noise caused by the refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Jonghun HA, Cheolhwan KIM, Kangwook LEE
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Publication number: 20210340984Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Jonghun HA, Cheolhwan KIM
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Publication number: 20210246895Abstract: A compressor includes a deformable groove spaced apart from a key groove and deformable to reduce an impact force or stress generated at an Oldham's ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Taeksu JUNG, Jonghun HA, Kangwook LEE, Seungmock LEE
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Publication number: 20210215155Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compressor including a branch part for reducing vibration and noise caused by a refrigerant flowing inside a muffler by expanding an enclosed space formed by a compression part and the muffler in the direction of a rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Cheolhwan KIM
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Publication number: 20200284256Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor including a casing, a drive motor arranged in the casing, a shaft coupled to the drive motor, a main frame arranged under the drive motor, a fixed scroll arranged under the main frame, an orbiting scroll arranged between the main frame and the fixed scroll and engaged with the fixed scroll to form a compression chamber with the shaft eccentrically coupled to the orbiting scroll, a discharge cover coupled to the fixed scroll to form a closed space, a discharge port formed in the fixed scroll to connect the compression chamber and the closed space, and a discharge hole passing through the main frame and the fixed scroll, wherein an inlet and an inner portion of the discharge hole have different cross-sectional areas. The scroll compressor can reduce the noise caused by movement of the refrigerant by improving the structure of the discharge holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Cheolhwan KIM
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Publication number: 20200116149Abstract: A compressor includes: a case including a discharge part configured to discharge refrigerant and defining a reservoir space configured to store oil; a drive unit including a stator and a rotor; a rotary shaft coupled to the rotor; a compression unit coupled to the rotary shaft and lubricated with oil, the compression unit being configured to compress refrigerant and discharge compressed refrigerant in a direction away from the discharge part; a muffler coupled to the compression unit and configured to guide refrigerant to the discharge part; a separator coupled to at least one of the rotor or the rotary shaft and configured to separate oil from refrigerant guided to the discharge part; and a coupling unit that fixes the separator to the at least one of the rotor or the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Seungmock LEE, Cheolhwan KIM
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Publication number: 20190195228Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a shell forming an internal space; a driving motor disposed in the internal space of the shell; a rotary shaft connected to the driving motor; a lower cylinder having a lower chamber for compressing a refrigerant and a lower roller disposed inside the lower chamber; an upper cylinder disposed on an upper side of the lower cylinder and having an upper chamber for compressing a refrigerant and an upper roller disposed inside the upper chamber; a muffler disposed on the upper side of the upper cylinder and receiving a refrigerant compressed in the upper chamber; and an intermediate plate disposed between the upper cylinder and the lower cylinder and having a rotary shaft hole through which the rotary shaft is disposed. The intermediate plate includes an opening formed around the rotary shaft hole and guiding a refrigerant compressed in the lower chamber to the muffler.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Seungmock LEE
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Patent number: 10047748Abstract: A rotary compressor, a method of manufacturing a rotary compressor, and an apparatus for manufacturing a rotary compressor are provided. The rotary compressor may include a case having an inner space, a stator to which power may be applied, the stator being disposed in the case, and a compression mechanism disposed on or at one side of the stator to generate a compression force of a refrigerant. The compression mechanism may include a rotational shaft, a cylinder that accommodates a roller coupled to the rotational shaft, a main bearing coupled a first side of the cylinder, and a sub bearing coupled to a second side of the cylinder. The main bearing may be press-fitted and fixed to an inner surface of the case.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngboo Son, Jonghun Ha, Seungmock Lee