Patents by Inventor Taewoong KONG

Taewoong KONG 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: 12301129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power converting device and a home appliance including the same. A power converting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a first capacitor, a first switching element turned on to output a first voltage stored in the first capacitor to a first node which is one end of an inductive load, a second switching element, one end of which is connected to the first switching element and which is turned on to decrease the voltage of the first node to the first voltage, a third switching element turned on to output a second voltage greater than the first voltage to the first node which is one end of the inductive load, and a fourth switching element, one end of which is connected to the third switching element and which is turned on to decrease the voltage of the first node to the ground voltage. Accordingly, switching loss may be reduced when power is supplied to an inductive load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangchul Han, Chaseung Jun, Sangju Lee, Taewoong Kong, Hyojin Choi, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12173444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Taewoong Kong, Chaseung Jun, Sangwook Hong, Seungki Sul, Joohyun Lee, Hwigon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240039387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power converting device and a home appliance including the same. A power converting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a first capacitor, a first switching element turned on to output a first voltage stored in the first capacitor to a first node which is one end of an inductive load, a second switching element, one end of which is connected to the first switching element and which is turned on to decrease the voltage of the first node to the first voltage, a third switching element turned on to output a second voltage greater than the first voltage to the first node which is one end of the inductive load, and a fourth switching element, one end of which is connected to the third switching element and which is turned on to decrease the voltage of the first node to the ground voltage. Accordingly, switching loss may be reduced when power is supplied to an inductive load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangchul HAN, Chaseung JUN, Sangju LEE, Taewoong KONG, Hyojin CHOI, Jinwoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20230257926
    Abstract: A clothing processing device disclosed in the present specification includes: a cabinet; a drum provided inside the cabinet, made of a metal material, and provided to receive a laundry therein; and an induction module which is spaced apart from the circumferential surface of the drum and heats the circumferential surface of the drum through a magnetic field generated when a current is applied to a coil having a wound wire, wherein: the induction module includes a base housing for receiving the coil; the coil includes a first region which is a portion located adjacent to the front of the drum, a third region which is a portion located adjacent to the rear of the drum, and a second region which is a portion positioned between the first region and the third region; and a shortest width of the first region or the third region is formed to be greater than a shortest width of the second region so that the coil having the wire wound on the base housing has different widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hyojin CHOI, Taewoong KONG, Chaseung JUN, Sangwook HONG
  • Publication number: 20230124336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Taewoong KONG, Chaseung JUN, Sangwook HONG, Seungki SUL, Joohyun LEE, Hwigon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230102943
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a tub, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, an induction heater which is fixed to the tub, is spaced apart from the drum, and heats the drum, a first circuit including a first coil installed in the tub, a power supply unit which applies AC power to the first coil, and a second circuit installed in the drum and including a second coil disposed in a position overlapping with the first coil in a length direction of a rotational central shaft of the drum and a thermistor having a resistance that varies based on a temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Taewoong KONG, Chaseung JUN, Sangwook HONG, Seungki SUL, Joohyun LEE, Hwigon KIM
  • Patent number: 10973091
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an induction heat cooking apparatus including a power supply configured to supply an alternating current (AC) voltage, a rectifier configured to rectify the supplied AC voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage, first and second switching units configured to control switching such that the DC voltage from the rectifier is alternately applied to a working coil, a comparison unit configured to sense current flowing in the working coil and to compare the sensed current with a predetermined reference value to output pulses, and a controller configured to determine whether a cooking vessel is present on the working coil based on the output pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seongho Son, Taewoong Kong, Younghwan Kwack, Jaekyung Yang, Yongsoo Lee, Hyojin Choi
  • Publication number: 20190045586
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an induction heat cooking apparatus including a power supply configured to supply an alternating current (AC) voltage, a rectifier configured to rectify the supplied AC voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage, first and second switching units configured to control switching such that the DC voltage from the rectifier is alternately applied to a working coil, a comparison unit configured to sense current flowing in the working coil and to compare the sensed current with a predetermined reference value to output pulses, and a controller configured to determine whether a cooking vessel is present on the working coil based on the output pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Seongho SON, Taewoong KONG, Younghwan KWACK, Jaekyung YANG, Yongsoo LEE, Hyojin CHOI