Patents by Inventor Sung-cheul Park
Sung-cheul Park 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: 11415365Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shelf bracket and a refrigerator having the same. The shelf bracket includes a seating portion on which a shelf is seated, a mounting portion provided at a rear side of the seating portion, and a reinforcing portion integrally extending from the shelf bracket and folded to overlap at least one of the seating portion and the mounting portion, so that the strength of the shelf bracket is reinforced by the reinforcing portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joong Ho Kim, Kwang-Hyuk Cha, Je Hun Kang, Sung-Cheul Park
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Patent number: 11255600Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and -out movements of the storage basket.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 11035608Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and -out movements of the storage basket.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Publication number: 20200400369Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shelf bracket and a refrigerator having the same. The shelf bracket includes a seating portion on which a shelf is seated, a mounting portion provided at a rear side of the seating portion, and a reinforcing portion integrally extending from the shelf bracket and folded to overlap at least one of the seating portion and the mounting portion, so that the strength of the shelf bracket is reinforced by the reinforcing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joong Ho KIM, Kwang-Hyuk CHA, Je Hun KANG, Sung-Cheul PARK
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Publication number: 20200340733Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and -out movements of the storage basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 10782064Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and-out movements of the storage basket.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 10480228Abstract: A hinge supporting apparatus is provided, which includes a connection member configured to hinge-connect a door to a main body, a cam member configured to vary an installation position of the connection member in order to control a gap between the main body and the door, and a fixing member configured to fix the connection member to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-ho Kim, Cheon-seok Ko, Sung-cheul Park
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Patent number: 10260796Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compressor to compress refrigerant, a condenser to liquefy the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a capillary tube to decompress and expand the refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an evaporator to vaporize the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube, a shutoff valve installed at an inlet of the capillary tube so as to prevent the refrigerant in the condenser during stoppage of the compressor from being moved to the evaporator, and a control unit to enable the shutoff valve to be blocked together so as to prevent movement of the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during stoppage of the compressor, and to enable the shutoff valve to be opened together so as to move the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during starting of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jee Hoon Lee, Sang Gyu Jung, Seung Yong Yang, Jae Sek Oh, Kae Hum Lee, Sung Cheul Park, Jong Nam Lee, Ho June Jeong
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Publication number: 20190078834Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and-out movements of the storage basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Bae HONG, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 10041728Abstract: A refrigerator in which a storage box can be sufficiently drawn by placing a sliding shelf at the bottom of the storage box, and the storage box is easily inserted when it is inserted into inside the storage chamber, and less noise is generated, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyoung Min Go, Sung Cheul Park, Won Jae Choi
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Patent number: 9664438Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switch module and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes with a dispenser installed on a door and a switch module to operate the dispenser. The switch module includes a push button having a front surface thereof disposed in a vertical direction and moving forwards and backwards by external force, and a link assembly allowing an upper portion and a lower portion of the push button to simultaneously move forwards and backwards while maintaining the front surface of the push button to be in a vertical direction during the forward and backward movement of the push button.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Sung Cheul Park
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Publication number: 20170138104Abstract: A hinge supporting apparatus is provided, which includes a connection member configured to hinge-connect a door to a main body, a cam member configured to vary an installation position of the connection member in order to control a gap between the main body and the door, and a fixing member configured to fix the connection member to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-ho KIM, Cheon-seok KO, Sung-cheul PARK
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Patent number: 9557096Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and-out movements of the storage basket.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Publication number: 20170010039Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and-out movements of the storage basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Bae HONG, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
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Publication number: 20160216027Abstract: A refrigerator in which a storage box can be sufficiently drawn by placing a sliding shelf at the bottom of the storage box, and the storage box is easily inserted when it is inserted into inside the storage chamber, and less noise is generated, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyoung Min GO, Sung Cheul PARK, Won Jae CHOI
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Patent number: 9383135Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body provided with storage chambers, doors to open and close the storage chambers, upper hinge modules to enable one side of the upper end of each door to be rotatably installed on the main body. Main body hinge receipt parts are depressed on the upper surface of the main body to embed rear ends of the upper hinge modules in the upper surface of the main body and door hinge receipt parts are depressed on the rear surfaces of the doors to receive front ends of the upper hinge modules, and thus the main body is located at a height corresponding to the height of the doors, thereby allowing the main body provided with the storage chambers having a wider volume to be used in the refrigerator having a designated height.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Cheul Park, Jae Sek Oh, Sang Gyu Jung, Mu Yeol Sun
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Patent number: 9328954Abstract: A refrigerator without a kick plate and having an outer case with a water supply pipe at a bottom surface of the outer case. A lower hinge module of a refrigerator includes a body hinge bracket having one portion fixed to the lower surface of the outer case and the remaining portion disposed at the lower portion of the door for supporting the door, a hinge shaft which is protruded from the body hinge bracket and coupled at the lower surface of the door for the door to be capable of rotating and at which a central hole formed for the water supply pipe to pass through, a support member coupled to the lower portion of the body hinge bracket and supported by the bottom surface outside, and a guide unit which is provided along the outer side of the support member.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byeong Kook Kang, Sang Gyu Jung, Sung Cheul Park
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Publication number: 20160097579Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compressor to compress refrigerant, a condenser to liquefy the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a capillary tube to decompress and expand the refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an evaporator to vaporize the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube, a shutoff valve installed at an inlet of the capillary tube so as to prevent the refrigerant in the condenser during stoppage of the compressor from being moved to the evaporator, and a control unit to enable the shutoff valve to be blocked together so as to prevent movement of the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during stoppage of the compressor, and to enable the shutoff valve to be opened together so as to move the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during starting of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jee Hoon LEE, Sang Gyu JUNG, Seung Yong YANG, Jae Sek OH, Kae Hum LEE, Sung Cheul PARK, Jong Nam LEE, Ho June JEONG
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Patent number: 9182167Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switch module and a refrigerator having the same. In the refrigerator with a dispenser installed on a door, a switch module to operate the dispenser includes a switch to operate the dispenser, a push button moving backwards by external force and applying pressure to the switch to operate the switch, and a switch case provided with a front surface on which the push button is arranged and receiving the switch therein, and the push button is installed on the switch case by a link assembly to simultaneously move upper and lower portions of the push button forwards and backwards. Therefore, the push button is uniformly operated regardless of a position to which the external force is applied.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Sung Cheul Park
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Patent number: 9140483Abstract: A refrigerator may allow the inner space of a storage box to be sealed by a gasket disposed between the shelf and the storage box and adjust humidity of the sealed inner space of the storage box by disposing a moisture-permeable membrane on the shelf. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment arranged in the body, a shelf arranged in the storage compartment and provided with an extension portion, a storage box coupled to a lower portion of the shelf, the storage box being provided with an edge portion, a plurality of rails provided at sidewalls of the storage compartment to guide the storage box, the rails being provided with an inclined portion, a gasket coupled to the extension portion of the shelf to seal an inner space of the storage box, and a moisture-permeable membrane arrange at the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Sun Park, Sung Cheul Park, Chul Woo Kim, Hong Joo Mun