Patents by Inventor Soo Bong Kim

Soo Bong Kim 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: 11961551
    Abstract: A bitline sense amplifier including: an amplifier which is connected between a first sensing bitline and a second sensing bitline, and detects and amplifies a voltage difference between a first bitline and a second bitline in response to a first control signal and a second control signal; and an equalizer which is connected between a first supply line through which the first control signal is supplied and a second supply line through which the second control signal is supplied, and pre-charges the first bitline and the second bitline with a precharge voltage in response to an equalizing control signal, wherein the equalizer includes an equalizing enable transistor in which a source terminal is connected to the first supply line and performs equalizing in response to the equalizing control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Bong Chang, Young-Il Lim, Bok-Yeon Won, Seok Jae Lee, Dong Geon Kim, Myeong Sik Ryu, In Seok Baek, Kyoung Min Kim, Sang Wook Park
  • Publication number: 20240093771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for designing a cycloidal gear tooth profile of a gear shift actuator, the method designing a profile to have a backlash through a change in the radius of a rolling circle of an internal or external tooth profile of a cycloidal gear, and thus enables the smooth engagement of internal teeth and external teeth, reduces the engagement range of the internal teeth and the external teeth to have excellent durability and enable power loss to be reduced, and enables the shape machining of the gear by using general cycloidal gear machining, thereby facilitating manufacturing and being capable of improving machining precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jong Sun OH, Chul yong KANG, Soo Bong CHO, Jae Seung KIM
  • Patent number: 9752266
    Abstract: A supporting structure of a tub for a laundry machine is provided. The laundry machine includes a cabinet to form an outer appearance having a base, a tub arranged in the cabinet, a drum rotatably placed in the tub, a suspension that flexibly supports the drum, and a support, separate from the suspension, provided at the base to support vertically a weight of the tub. Due to the supporting structure of the laundry machine, a capacity of the tub of the laundry machine is increased. A support stability of the capacity-increased tub is enhanced by vertically supporting the weight of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong Il Lee
  • Patent number: 9587341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine for treating laundry. One embodied laundry machine may have an opening in the rear of the tub. A flexible material is connected between the drive assembly and the rear opening of the tub for sealing therebetween. The flexible material allows the drive assembly to move or vibrate relatively to the tub. The flexible material may be referred to as a flexible sealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Soo Bong Kim, Ig Geun Kwon, Hee Tae Lim, Min Gyu Jo
  • Patent number: 9447534
    Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. The bearing housing and the suspensions may be distant from each other with respect to a radial direction as well as an axial direction of the shaft. As a result, the suspension unit may include a radial bracket extended radially or axial bracket extended axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Hyun Seok Seo, Soo Bong Kim, Ig Geun Kwon, Young Suk Kim, Hee Tae Lim, Min Gyu Jo
  • Patent number: 9422657
    Abstract: The patent application refers to a washing machine including a cabinet rear (620) which forms a rear side of the washing machine, a tub (10) for holding washing water, a drum (30) rotatably mounted to the tub (10), a drum (30), a bearing housing (400) for rotatably supporting the rotation shaft (351), a motor for rotating the rotation shaft (351), and a suspension assembly (40) for supportably buffering vibration of the drum (30), wherein the washing machine further includes a coupling portion (124a) which is a projection from an outside surface of a rear side of the tub (10) for fastening to the cabinet rear (620).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 9404209
    Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a tub configured to receive wash water, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a shaft connected with the drum, a bearing housing (400) configured to support the shaft, a tub back (130) coupled to inner and outer circumferences of a front surface of the bearing housing (400), a rear gasket connected between the tub back (130) and the tub and a suspension unit configured to support vibration of the drum suspendingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soo Bong Kim, Ig Geun Kwon, Young Suk Kim, Hyun Seok Seo, Min Gyu Jo
  • Patent number: 9284677
    Abstract: A laundry machine is provided that includes a tub that holds washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, a drive having a rotational shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing that rotatably supports the rotational shaft, a motor that rotates the rotational shaft, and a suspension assembly that supportably buffers vibration of the drum. An up/down direction height of a front of the tub is greater than a left/right direction width of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 9260812
    Abstract: A laundry machine for treating laundry is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a front gasket having a structure capable of effectively preventing leakage of wash water or effectively preventing laundry or foreign matter from being introduced between a tub and a drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suk Yun Moon, Min Gyu Jo, Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong Il Lee
  • Patent number: 9187857
    Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. A laundry machine includes a tub (120) to hold water therein, a drum (320) provided in the tub (120), a shaft (351) connected to the drum (320), passing the tub (120), a bearing housing (400) secured to the tub (120), the bearing housing (400) supporting the shaft (351) and a motor (M) rotating the shaft (351), and a water seal (10) provided between the tub (120) and the bearing housing (400) to maintain gas tight of the bearing housing (400) and of the shaft (351). As a result the laundry machine may improve capacity of the tub (120) and maintain gas tight of the tub (120) efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Hyun Seok Seo, Ig Geun Kwon, Min Gyu Jo, Hee Tae Lim, Soo Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 9175431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine for treating laundry. One embodiment of the laundry machine may include a water supply valve, a drum (30) in which laundry is placed, a tub (20) in which the drum (30) is rotatably placed, the tub (20) having an extended portion (23a) which extends forward and have an opening at a front portion thereof for laundry entrance, and a tub water supply portion (140), and a water supply line to guide water from the water supply valve to the tub water supply portion (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Hee Tae Lim, Dong Il Lee
  • Patent number: 9051679
    Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a tub comprising a front surface part (112) having an opening formed in a center thereof to introduce laundry therein, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, the drum having an opening formed therein to load the laundry therein, and a gasket (200) provided between an inner surface of the front surface of the tub and a front end of the opening of the drum. The gasket (200) comprises a plurality of ribs (205a, 205b, 205c) arranged along a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Min Gyu Jo
  • Patent number: 9038424
    Abstract: A washing machine for washing laundry is provided. The washing machine includes a tub to hold washing water, a drum in the tub to hold laundry, a rotational shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back, which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotational shaft passes, a bearing housing that supports the rotational shaft, and a suspension that buffers and supports the bearing housing. A vibration sensor senses vibration of a structure supported by the suspension, thereby enabling control of rotation of the drum based on the sensed vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Hyun Seok Seo, Soo Bong Kim, Min Gyu Jo, Dong Il Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Tae Lim, Jung Tae Song
  • Patent number: 9003839
    Abstract: A laundry machine is provided that includes a tub to receive wash water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to support the shaft, a tub back including a rim that extends in a front to rear direction and coupled to the bearing housing at a front thereof, a rear gasket coupled to the rim of the tub back, and a suspension configured to reduce vibration of the drum. The rear gasket is connected between the tub back and the tub rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Min Gyu Jo, Hyun Seok Seo, Soo Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 8997533
    Abstract: The present application relates to a laundry machine for washing laundry, including a tub for holding washing water, the tub including at least one fastener for fastening and wiring a wire harness along an outside surface thereof, a drum in the tub for holding laundry, a rotation shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotation shaft passes, a bearing housing for supporting the rotation shaft, a rear gasket connected between the tub and the tub back, and a suspension unit for supporting the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Tae Lim, Dong Il Lee
  • Patent number: 8782871
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laundry machine is disclosed. The manufacturing method of the laundry machine includes a suspension preparing step configured to prepare a suspension unit (40) configured to flexibly support a drum (30), a tub rear securing step configured to secure a tub rear (120) to the suspension unit (40), a drum securing step configured to a shaft (351) or the drum (30) to the suspension unit (40) via an inside of the tub rear (120), a tub front coupling step configured to couple a tub front (100) to the tub rear (120), a tub seating step configured to seat the tub front (100) and the tub rear (120) in a cabinet cabinet base (600)m and a suspension securing step configured to secure the suspension unit to the cabinet base (600).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong Il Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Hee Tae Kim, Jung Tae Song
  • Patent number: 8621895
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided which includes a tub having a fastening part formed on a rear wall thereof, a stator fastened to the fastening part of the tub, the stator having a core part having teeth formed thereon, a coil wound around the teeth, a first insulator that covers a front surface of the core part and a second insulator that covers a rear surface of the core part, a stator rib formed on a front surface of the first insulator, and a supporting part that projects from the rear wall of the tub that supports the stator rib in an up-and-down direction when the stator is fastened to the fastening part of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Soo Bong Kim
  • Publication number: 20120104912
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry machine which treats laundry. A hearing housing (400) and suspensions (520, 510, 500) are separated from each other in the radial direction of a rotary shaft (351) as well as in the axial direction of the rotary shaft (351). A suspension unit includes radial brackets (431, 430) extended in the radial direction, and axial brackets (450, 440) extended in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Hyun Seok Seo, Soo Bong Kim, Ig Geun Kwon, Young Suk Kim, Hee Tae Lim, Min Gyu Jo
  • Publication number: 20120090362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry machine in which a tub is isolated from vibration of a drum, ensuring an increased size of the tub and an increased volume of the tub. This results in an increased capacity of the laundry machine. The increased size of the tub provides a sufficient space between the tub and a cabinet for installation of relevant constituent elements, thus accomplishing a compact interior structure of the laundry machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Young Jin Hwang, Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Dong Il Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Tae Lim
  • Publication number: 20120060350
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a laundry machine is disclosed. The manufacturing method of the laundry machine includes a suspension preparing step configured to prepare a suspension unit (40) configured to flexibly support a drum (30), a tub rear securing step configured to secure a tub rear (120) to the suspension unit (40), a drum securing step configured to a shaft (351) or the drum (30) to the suspension unit (40) via an inside of the tub rear (120), a tub front coupling step configured to couple a tub front (100) to the tub rear (120), a tub seating step configured to seat the tub front (100) and the tub rear (120) in a cabinet cabinet base (600)m and a suspension securing step configured to secure the suspension unit to the cabinet base (600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong ll Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Hee Tae Kim, Jung Tae Song