Patents by Inventor Tae-Uk Lee

Tae-Uk 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140289
    Abstract: An automatically operatable electric wing-out headrest includes a motor having a lead screw configured to adjust forward-and-rearward rotation of wing-out pads respectively mounted on the opposite sides of a headrest body, a first slider coupled to the lead screw so as to be movable upwards and downwards, a second slider configured to contact the first slider so as to be movable forwards and rearwards, and a wing-out link connected to the second slider to rotate a wing-out frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Uk Yu, Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Seung Young Lee, Jun Namgoong, Yong Jun Shin
  • Publication number: 20240140288
    Abstract: An electric headrest sliding device includes a slider configured to be movable upwards and downwards by driving of a motor, a front frame of a headrest, and a rotation link configured to connect the slider to the front frame, wherein the rotation link is rotated forwards or rearwards to push or pull the front frame during upward-and-downward movement of the slider, thereby accurately adjusting the front and rear positions of the headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Uk Yu, Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Seung Young Lee, Jun Namgoong, Yong Jun Shin
  • Publication number: 20240121543
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage forme
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Young-Bae PARK, Byoung-Hee LEE, Jae-Hee YOU, Tae-Eon KIM, Han-Bom PARK, Sun-Young LEE, Byoung-Uk YOON, Kyung-Hee LEE, Ho-Chul HWANG
  • Patent number: 9388990
    Abstract: A metal panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a cooking device using the metal panel capable of improving an external appearance of edges, enhancing efficiency of a manufacturing process and reducing the manufacturing cost. The manufacturing method of a metal panel includes cutting a metal plate to form a cutaway portion at a specified area of a border, bending the border on opposite sides of the cutaway portion, and coupling a bracket to a cutaway groove formed at the border by the bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Kim, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Min Jae Kang
  • Patent number: 8430089
    Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which allows a door on a cooking chamber to be opened without direct handling of the door by a user. The heating cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber defined therein, a door hingably mounted to the body to open and close the cooking chamber, a door holder positioned in the body to hold the door and keep the cooking chamber closed by the door, and a hinge part connected between the door and the body to guide rotation of the door such that when the door is released from the door holder, the door is automatically opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kwang Kim, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100294752
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking apparatus which includes a main body having at least one heating unit, a control panel installed on the main body, and a temperature display unit that is provided on the control panel, displaying a temperature of the heating unit through change in color, and having a plurality of light emitting elements, includes determining whether or not the heating unit is in operation; detecting a current temperature of the heating unit when the heating unit is in operation; and displaying a temperature section, to which the detected current temperature of the heating unit belongs, among a plurality of preset temperature sections through the change in the color of the temperature display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20090078291
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling steam cleaning thereof realize optimal cleaning performance by maintaining an internal temperature of a cooking chamber at a temperature suitable for steam condensation at the time of cleaning the inside of the cooking chamber using steam. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a steam supplying unit to supply steam into the cooking chamber, a temperature sensing unit to sense an internal temperature of the cooking chamber, and a control unit to compare the sensed internal temperature with a reference temperature and operate the steam supplying unit if the internal temperature of the cooking chamber is less than the reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jae Kang, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Sung Kwang Kim, Hyung Jin Kim, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20090078244
    Abstract: A metal panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a cooking device using the metal panel capable of improving an external appearance of edges, enhancing efficiency of a manufacturing process and reducing the manufacturing cost. The manufacturing method of a metal panel includes cutting a metal plate to form a cutaway portion at a specified area of a border, bending the border on opposite sides of the cutaway portion, and coupling a bracket to a cutaway groove formed at the border by the bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Kim, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Min Jae Kang
  • Publication number: 20080202354
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same utilize the operations of measuring a temperature of a cooking chamber, and periodically turning on and off a convection fan, which circulates air in the cooking chamber, when the temperature of the cooking chamber reaches a target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Uk Lee, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Sung Kwang Kim, Hyung Jin Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Min Jae Kang
  • Patent number: 7360480
    Abstract: A bread maker comprising: a main body; an oven having a surface coated with a ceramic material, and being accommodated in the main body; a door provided in a front of the main body to open and close the oven; and upper heaters and lower heaters respectively disposed in upper and lower parts of the oven and the door. The oven is coated with a ceramic material so that an inner surface of the oven does not become deformed due to a high temperatures, and so that an inner surface of the oven that is stained or coated with bread ingredients can be easily cleaned. The upper heaters are inclined downward, thereby enhancing heating efficiency. Further, the oven components are detachable so that a damaged part of the oven can be separately replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Publication number: 20080082217
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same, which are capable of easily recognizing change in temperature of one of an oven and a cooktop through change in color corresponding to the temperature change at a position remote from the cooking apparatus, and which are capable of easily recognizing the temperature of the cooktop through a temperature display unit at a position that is somewhat lower than the cooktop by installing a temperature display unit at a position higher than the cooktop. To this end, the cooking apparatus includes a main body having at least one heating unit, a control panel installed on an upper surface of the main body, and a temperature display unit that is provided on the control panel, which displays a temperature of the heating unit through change in color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20080078373
    Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which allows a door on a cooking chamber to be opened without direct handling of the door by a user. The heating cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber defined therein, a door hingably mounted to the body to open and close the cooking chamber, a door holder positioned in the body to hold the door and keep the cooking chamber closed by the door, and a hinge part connected between the door and the body to guide rotation of the door such that when the door is released from the door holder, the door is automatically opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sung Kwang Kim, Dea Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Han Jun Sung, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20080067167
    Abstract: Provided is a heating cooker which includes a body constituting an appearance thereof, an upper panel on which a cooking container is laid, a heater positioned under the upper panel to heat the cooking container laid on the upper panel, a fan housing liftably positioned at one side of the body to be raised above the upper panel and having an air intake port and an air discharge port, a blast fan and a fan motor positioned in the fan housing to forcibly blow air toward a surface of the upper panel, a fan housing lifter to raise and lower the fan housing, a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the upper panel, and a controller to control the heater, the fan motor, and the fan housing lifter. The upper panel heated by the heater can be forcibly cooled by air from the fan housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Seok Weon Hong, Tae Uk Lee, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Sung Soo Park, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 7335388
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body having an oven compartment with a front opening, a door to open and close the front opening of the oven compartment, a pair of kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment and winding a mixing bag filled with ingredients for bread thereon, a drum driver driving the kneading drums to rotate, a heater heating the inside of the oven compartment, and a heater driver driving the heater to operate. The bread maker includes a door sensor sensing whether the door is open or closed; and a controller controlling the drum driver and the heater driver to suspend the kneading drum and the heater, respectively, when the door sensor senses that the door is open. With this configuration, the bread maker and a method of controlling the same, suspends heaters and kneading drums when a door is open while the bread maker operates, thereby increasing safety and decreasing loss of heat and electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7326891
    Abstract: A steam generating apparatus, and an oven including the same. The apparatus includes a water tank adapted to enable convenient cleaning, and is adapted to heat water in the water tank via an induction heating method to generate steam rapidly. The water tank is provided with a steam discharging pipe. The apparatus further includes an induction coil assembly, an induction heating member fitted to the water tank such that it is located near the induction coil assembly, a barrier inserted into the water tank such that only a small amount of water is directly heated by the induction heating member which generates heat by the induction coil assembly, and a cover closing an upper portion of the water tank. The steam discharging pipe is connected with a steam supplying pipe which communicates a cavity with a cooking compartment to supply steam from the apparatus to the cooking compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae Uk Lee, Seong Deog Jang, Han Seong Kang
  • Publication number: 20080020111
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with dough; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead the dough contained in the mixing bag; a cancel button for selecting cancel of bread making process; a rotation sensing part sensing rotation positions of the kneading drums; and a controller which controls the drum driving part so that the drum driving part rotates the kneading drums to remove the mixing bag from the holding part of the lower kneading drums on the basis of rotation position signals of the pair of kneading drums detected by the rotation sensing part and canceling information of the bread making process from the cancel button. Thus, a user can easily remove the mixing bag when the bread making is canceled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7320276
    Abstract: A bread maker having an oven and a main body accommodating the oven therein, which comprises a base frame in the main body, a main frame disposed above the base frame and forming an oven compartment with a front opening, and a reinforcing member mounted to the main frame to reinforce the main frame. Accordingly, the present invention provides a bread maker in which a main body is securely and stably reinforced and noise is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7296509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bread maker. The bread maker comprises: a main body having a door opening and forming a bread making space; a door opening/closing the door opening; a baking tray in the bread making space; a tray sensor sensing whether the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space; and a controller controlling a bread making process to be performed on the basis of a sensing signal from the tray sensor when the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space. Thus, operational errors are prevented since the bread maker is operates only when a baking tray is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7288747
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a grill housing coupled with the grill part. The cooking apparatus includes a cover member coupled with the grill housing, to cover the grill part, and having an opening part, and at least one opening and closing member coupled with the cover member, to open and close the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-sung Han, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Tae-uk Lee, Seong-deok Jang
  • Patent number: 7282673
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus to effectively agitate and evenly distribute high-temperature air into a cooking chamber by use of a single driving fan and a plurality of driven fans. The cooking apparatus includes the cooking chamber, the driving fan arranged at a rear wall of the cooking chamber, a convection heater to surround the driving fan, the plurality of driven fans arranged on a circumference of the driving fan, and a fan cover having a plurality of suction holes and discharge holes. The driving fan is connected with a drive motor to rotate in accordance with an operation of the drive motor. The driven fans rotate by use of air streams generated when the driving fan rotates. The high-temperature air is evenly agitated in accordance with the rotation of the driven fans to be distributed into the cooking chamber via the discharge holes in all directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Tae Uk Lee, Seong-Deog Jang, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang