Patents by Inventor Su-Nam Chae

Su-Nam Chae 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: 7958743
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a bulkhead partitioning an inner space of the refrigerator, a duct part provided to the bulkhead to guide a cold air to the inner space of the refrigerator, at least one rack configured to divide the inner space partitioned by the bulkhead into sub-spaces, the at least one rack configured to support an object to be stored, and at least one support part provided in one of the bulkhead and the duct part to support the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Su Nam Chae
  • Patent number: 7950247
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae
  • Patent number: 7950245
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, cold air discharged from a cold air fan is guided by a guide member such that it flows directly to an evaporator. The guide member reduces flow of air through a gap between an inner surface of a cold air generating compartment and the evaporator. The guide member also includes a drainage portion configured to guide defrost water generated at the cold air fan to a position beneath the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok Lee, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae
  • Publication number: 20100192608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator that includes a main body having a cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the cooling chamber. The refrigerator further includes a home bar positioned at a front surface of the door and configured to provide access to contents of the refrigerator without opening the door. In addition, the refrigerator includes a heater positioned at the home bar and configured to adjust an amount of heat based on an ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn-Seok Lee, Kyeong-Yun Kim, Su-Nam Chae, Min-Kyu Oh, Jang-Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100192617
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment An evaporator is positioned at an upper portion of the cabinet and generates cold air supplied to the storage compartment. A unit (e.g., closable damper) controls supply of cold air generated by the evaporator to the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Youn Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100192609
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a plurality of storage compartments and a cold air generating compartment provided in an upper portion of the cabinet. The cold air generating compartment is in communication with the plurality of the storage compartments and houses a plurality of evaporators, with each evaporator corresponding to a particular storage compartment in the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Su Nam CHAE, Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20100180619
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180621
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, cold air discharged from a cold air fan is guided by a guide member such that it flows directly to an evaporator. The guide member reduces flow of air through a gap between an inner surface of a cold air generating compartment and the evaporator. The guide member also includes a drainage portion configured to guide defrost water generated at the cold air fan to a position beneath the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180620
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an air guide provided with a defrost water hole and inclined with respect to a centrifugal direction of a cold air fan. The air guide guides cold air discharged from the cold air fan to a guide duct and also guides, to the defrost water hole, defrost water falling in the centrifugal direction of the cold air fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180625
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which an evaporator and a cold air fan are horizontally arranged in a cold air generating compartment positioned at an upper portion of the refrigerator. The evaporator and the cold air fan extend along a depth of the refrigerator in forward and rearward directions of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100147002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a defroster, and more particularly, to a defroster in a refrigerator in which a damper mounted to an inlet to a circulating duct (60) controls air to flow in a reverse direction toward an evaporator (20) for maximizing defrosting efficiency by using not only radiant heat but also convective heat. For this, the defroster in a refrigerator includes an evaporator (20), a heater (10) for defrosting the evaporator (20) by radiation, and flow control means (50) for controlling air circulated by a fan (30) to flow in a reverse direction toward the evaporator (20) in the defrosting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Kyeong Yun Kim, Nam Soo Cho, Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100139309
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber, a cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber, and a machine room are provided on an uppermost part of the main body to allow for increased space in the refrigerating and freezing chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100139304
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber is provided on an uppermost part of the main body, communicates with the freezing chamber, and houses a freezing chamber evaporator. A cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber is provided separate from the cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber and houses a refrigerating chamber evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100126205
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cold air generation chamber provided in a body of the refrigerator, the cold air generation chamber having an evaporator installed therein. A cold air duct may form a path through which cold air generated in the cold air generation chamber is circulated to a freezer compartment, and a quick freezer compartment. The quick freezer compartment may be connected with the cold air duct, and may be positioned substantially nearer to the evaporator than the freezer compartment. A damper may be installed in the cold air duct to selectively shut off the flow of cold air to the freezer compartment. The quick freezer compartment may be quickly cooled using cold air directly supplied from the cold air generation chamber. Furthermore, cold air may be directed into the quick freezer compartment by selectively shutting off the supply of cold air into the freezer or refrigerator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun Kim, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee, Su Nam Chae
  • Publication number: 20100126200
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include first and second refrigerant paths that separately distribute refrigerant, a first cooling chamber connected with a first cold air duct, a second cooling chamber connected with a second cold air duct, and a third cooling chamber connected with a third cold air duct. Cold air generated by a first evaporator is provided to the first cold air duct to cool the first cooling chamber, cold air generated by a second evaporator, which receives refrigerant from the first evaporator, is provided to the second cold air duct to provide concentrated cooling to the second cooling chamber, and cold air generated by a third evaporator is provided to the third cold air duct to cool the third cooling chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Jang Seok LEE, Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam Chae
  • Publication number: 20100115982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to evaporators, and more particularly to an evaporator (10) having a duct integrated therewith, in which a circulating duct (20) and an evaporator (10) are mounted to an inner case like one body for reducing a performance deviation and working man-hours. To do this, the evaporator (10) having a duct integrated therewith includes an evaporator (10), and a circulating duct (20) including, a duct portion (30) for circulation of cold air, and a mounting portion (10) mounted to an inner case one body in a state the evaporator (10) is placed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Kyeong Yun Kim, Nam Soo Cho, Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20090058244
    Abstract: A refrigerator including an outer case and an inner case arranged to define a body of a refrigerator; and an electric wire piping assembly to perform power supply and/or transmission of electric signals, the electric wire piping assembly provided along a predetermined path to prevent a thickness of a heat insulating material, that is filled between the inner case and the outer case, from being reduced. The electric wire piping assembly provided in the case of the refrigerator according to the present invention is disposed along the predetermined path not to reduce the thickness of the heat insulating material. As a result, the deterioration of heat insulation efficiency and the formation of drops on the refrigerator may be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Soo Cho, Youn Seok Lee, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20090056366
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a body defined with a plurality of cooling compartments, a plate arranged to partition the cooling compartments, and a cold air supplier arranged at one wall of the plate, to supply a cold air to at least one of the cooling compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Soo Cho, Youn Seok Lee, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae, Sang Oh Kim, Jang Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20090015123
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a bulkhead partitioning an inner space of the refrigerator, a duct part provided to the bulkhead to guide a cold air to the inner space of the refrigerator, at least one rack configured to divide the inner space partitioned by the bulkhead into sub-spaces, the at least one rack configured to support an object to be stored, and at least one support part provided in one of the bulkhead and the duct part to support the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Su Nam Chae
  • Publication number: 20090013710
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for manufacturing the same. The refrigerator includes a main body which has a specified space and a open front surface, and a plate having a specified thickness, in which the plate is inserted into the main body through one side of the open front surface of the main body to sectionalize the space provided in the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Nam Soo CHO, Youn Seok Lee, Kyeong Yun Kim, Su Nam Chae, Sang Oh Kim, Jang Seok Lee