Patents by Inventor Won-Ik Jo

Won-Ik Jo 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: 7980644
    Abstract: A home-bar door apparatus includes a home-bar door that selectively opens or closes an opening formed in a home-bar frame and has rotational shafts protruding at both sides of a lower portion thereof and a catching step formed along a lower end thereof, dampers that are installed on a rear face of the home-bar frame and control an opening/closing speed of the home-bar door by receiving the rotational shafts of the home-bar door therein so that the rotational shafts of the home-bar door can be relatively rotated, and a stop rib that is formed laterally along a lower end of a groove formed around a periphery of the opening and has stopping steps formed at positions corresponding to both ends of a catching step of the home-bar door so that the catching step can be caught by the stopping steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ung-Su Kim, Won-Ik Jo
  • Publication number: 20080252191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a home-bar door apparatus for a refrigerator. The home-bar door apparatus includes a home-bar door (30) that selectively opens or closes an opening (22) formed in a home-bar frame (20) and has rotational shafts (34) protruding at both sides of a lower portion thereof and a catching step (35) formed along a lower end thereof, dampers (36) that is installed on a rear face of the home-bar frame (20) and controls an opening/closing speed of the home-bar door (30) by receiving the rotational shafts (34) of the home-bar door (30) therein so that the rotational shafts (34) of the home-bar door (30) can be relatively rotated, and a stop rib (26) that is formed laterally along a lower end of a groove (23) formed around a periphery of the opening (22) and has stopping steps (27) formed at positions corresponding to both ends of a catching step (35) of the home-bar door (30) so that the catching step (35) can be caught by the stopping steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Ung-Su Kim, Won-Ik Jo