Patents by Inventor Sung Hee Kang

Sung Hee Kang 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: 12320575
    Abstract: A refrigerator is proposed. In the refrigerator, a cool air passage for a freezing compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the freezing compartment, and a cool air passage for an ice-making compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the ice-making compartment partially share the cool air with each other. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwang Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Dong Hwi Kim, Woo Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 12292223
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cool air passage for guiding the flow of cool air to a freezing compartment and a cool air passage for guiding the flow of cool air to an ice-making compartment that partially share the cool air. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwang Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Won Ho Park
  • Patent number: 12281835
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grille fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to the side where the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly are located, and to perform cool air supply proportional to temperature influence provided from the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwang Kim, Ho Jin Choi, Dong Hwi Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Sang Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 12270591
    Abstract: A refrigerator is configured to supply cool air to a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment by a single evaporator. A cool air passage for the ice-making compartment for supplying cool air to the ice-making compartment is configured to supply the cool air to an upper space in a cool air passage for the freezing compartment, which supplies cool air to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, through an upper supply passage. Accordingly, since additional cool air is supplied to the cool air passage for the freezing compartment by using the upper supply passage, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment by the single evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwang Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Dong Hwi Kim, Yong Hyeon Cho, Jong Pil Kim
  • Publication number: 20240285202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for diagnosing a mental disorder and predicting a treatment response on the basis of psychiatric examination data using eye tracking. The method of diagnosing mental disorders and predicting treatment responses performed by the psychiatric examination system includes generating user attention information using user's eye-tracking on a monitor screen on which a test is being performed, receiving an input of psychiatric examination data including the generated user attention information into a learning model for diagnosing mental disorders and predicting treatment responses, and deriving result information related to mental disorder diagnosis and treatment response from the psychiatric examination data including the user attention information by using the learning model for diagnosing mental disorders and predicting treatment responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: HAPPYMIND CO., LTD
    Inventors: Han Ik YOO, Sung Hee KANG
  • Patent number: 12031768
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, an evaporator, a shroud, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, and a blower fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to blow the cool air from the evaporator toward a freezing compartment. The blower fan module includes an installation frame defining a first plane that faces a rear surface of the grille panel, and a second plane that faces the front surface of the shroud, a hub part that is rotatably coupled to the second plane of the installation frame and faces an inlet hole of the shroud, and a blower impeller disposed in the hub part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeon Seong Lee, Yong Hyeon Cho, Sung Hee Kang, Jung Hyuk Cho
  • Publication number: 20230349622
    Abstract: A refrigerator is proposed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grill fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to the side where the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly are located, and to perform cool air supply proportional to temperature influence provided from the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hwang KIM, Ho Jin CHOI, Dong Hwi KIM, Sung Hee KANG, Sang Ho JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230296305
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a freezing compartment below a refrigerating compartment, an ice making compartment at a side of the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator, a shroud that is disposed at a front side of the evaporator, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, a first cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air to a freezing compartment, a second cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured guide cool air to the ice making compartment, a freezing fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the first cool air guide channel, and an ice making fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the second cool air guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jong Gyu PARK, Ki Hwang KIM, Sung Hee KANG
  • Patent number: 11692756
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a freezing compartment below a refrigerating compartment, an ice making compartment at a side of the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator, a shroud that is disposed at a front side of the evaporator, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, a first cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air to a freezing compartment, a second cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured guide cool air to the ice making compartment, a freezing fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the first cool air guide channel, and an ice making fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the second cool air guide channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Gyu Park, Ki Hwang Kim, Sung Hee Kang
  • Publication number: 20230152026
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator is configured to supply cool air to a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment by a single evaporator. A cool air passage for the ice-making compartment for supplying cool air to the ice-making compartment is configured to supply the cool air to an upper space in a cool air passage for the freezing compartment, which. supplies cool air to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, through an upper supply passage. Accordingly, since additional cool air is supplied to the cool air passage for the freezing compartment by using the upper supply passage, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment by the single evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hwang KIM, Sung Hee KANG, Dong Hwi KIM, Yong Hyeon CHO, Jong Pil KIM
  • Publication number: 20230152024
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. Wherein a cool air passage for a freezing compartment, the cool air passage guiding the flow of cool air to the freezing compartment, and a cool air passage for an ice-making compartment, the cool air passage guiding the flow of cool air to the ice-making compartment, partially share the cool air thereof. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hwang KIM, Sung Hee KANG, Won Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20230152025
    Abstract: A refrigerator is proposed. In the refrigerator, a cool air passage for a freezing compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the freezing compartment, and a cool air passage for an ice-making compartment which guides the flow of cool air to the ice-making compartment partially share the cool air with each other. Through the sharing of cool air, the amount of cool air supplied to the freezing compartment is increased and sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment. Accordingly, sufficient cool air is supplied to the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment even with a single evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hwang KIM, Sung Hee KANG, Dong Hwi KIM, Woo Jin JEON
  • Publication number: 20210172670
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, an evaporator, a shroud, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, and a blower fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to blow the cool air from the evaporator toward a freezing compartment. The blower fan module includes an installation frame defining a first plane that faces a rear surface of the grille panel, and a second plane that faces the front surface of the shroud, a hub part that is rotatably coupled to the second plane of the installation frame and faces an inlet hole of the shroud, and a blower impeller disposed in the hub part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeon Seong LEE, Yong Hyeon CHO, Sung Hee KANG, Jung Hyuk CHO
  • Publication number: 20210172668
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a freezing compartment below a refrigerating compartment, an ice making compartment at a side of the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator, a shroud that is disposed at a front side of the evaporator, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, a first cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air to a freezing compartment, a second cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured guide cool air to the ice making compartment, a freezing fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the first cool air guide channel, and an ice making fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the second cool air guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Gyu PARK, Ki Hwang KIM, Sung Hee KANG
  • Publication number: 20150061749
    Abstract: A gate driver is provided. The gate driver amplifies an input control signal to drive gates of high and low side transistors. A high side driving chip amplifies a high side control signal for controlling the high side transistor and outputs the amplified high side control signal to the gate of the high side transistor. A low side driving chip amplifies a low side control signal and outputs the amplified low side control signal to the gate of the low side transistor. An emitter terminal of the gate of the high side transistor is connected to a collector terminal of the low side transistor. The high side driving chip is separately prepared from the low side driving chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: GYOUNG HUN NAM, SUNG HEE KANG, JONG BAE KIM
  • Patent number: 8760200
    Abstract: A gate driving apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first switching device, a second switching device that outputs a signal to charge a capacitance of the first switching device, a third switching device connected in parallel to the second switching device to prevent a drop of a voltage output from the second switching device, and a fourth switching device that outputs a signal to discharge the capacitance of the first switching device. An NMOS transistor is used as a main switching device and a PMOS transistor connected in parallel to the NMOS transistor is used as a sub-switching device, so that the chip size is reduced without dropping the output voltage of the gate driving apparatus. The loss of the switching device is prevented by preventing the output voltage of the gate driving apparatus from being dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: LSIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Seok Choung, Gyoung Hun Nam, Sung Hee Kang, Jong Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20130278322
    Abstract: A gate driving apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first switching device, a second switching device that outputs a signal to charge a capacitance of the first switching device, a third switching device connected in parallel to the second switching device to prevent a drop of a voltage output from the second switching device, and a fourth switching device that outputs a signal to discharge the capacitance of the first switching device. An NMOS transistor is used as a main switching device and a PMOS transistor connected in parallel to the NMOS transistor is used as a sub-switching device, so that the chip size is reduced without dropping the output voltage of the gate driving apparatus. The loss of the switching device is prevented by preventing the output voltage of the gate driving apparatus from being dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Seok CHOUNG, Gyoung Hun NAM, Sung Hee KANG, Jong Bae KIM
  • Patent number: 7934695
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a valve assembly located at a refrigerant path from a condenser to at least one expansion valve for controlling flow of a refrigerant from the condenser to the at least one expansion valve. The valve assembly includes a valve chamber, wherein the refrigerant drawn from the condenser is held in the valve chamber; at least one outlet hole through which the refrigerant held in the valve chamber is discharged to a corresponding outlet path connected to the at least one expansion valve; and a valve body for selectively opening and closing the at least one outlet hole as the valve body rotates, such that the refrigerant held in the valve chamber is selectively discharged to the corresponding outlet path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Seng Sim, Sung Hee Kang, Jong Min Shin, Su Won Lee, Deok-Hyun Youn, Dong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 7263849
    Abstract: A refrigerating system for a refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant, a condenser connected to the compressor that condenses compressed refrigerant, an expansion valve connected to the condenser that expands condensed refrigerant, freezing chamber and refrigerating chamber evaporators connected to the expansion valve that cool air in a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber by using refrigerant, respectively, and a regulating valve between the condenser and the refrigerating chamber evaporator that regulates refrigerant supply to the refrigerating chamber evaporator, thereby providing a refrigerating system for a refrigerator having high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Min Shin, Hyeon Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Jun Hyun Hwang, Jong Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 6764550
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating a performance of a plasma-polymerized polymer layer using a UV spectrometer, including a polymerizing chamber for forming a polymerized polymer layer on a surface of a substrate by plasma discharging, a UV probe mounted contactless to the polymerized polymer layer formed in the polymerizing chamber and transmitting/receiving UV to and from the polymer layer and a UV spectrometer analyzing a signal inputted from the UV probe. With this apparatus, the characteristic of the surface of the substrate having a polymer layer consecutively polymerized by plasma can be evaluated in a contactless way, and the evaluation can be performed without affecting the process parameters such as the degree of vacuum within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Hee Kang, Hyun Uk Lee