Patents by Inventor Wongee Chun

Wongee Chun 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: 9498101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dishwasher using oscillatory flow generated from thermoacoustic effect. The dishwasher is configured such that thermoacoustic waves having high amplitude are generated from solar energy rather than electric energy, wherein the thermoacoustic waves make oscillating waves be directly transmitted to an air column and a water column formed in a closed end of a dishwashing pipeline. In this way, high-quality energy can be directly applied to washing water, whereby energy loss can be minimized, and the washing efficiency can be markedly increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Jeju National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Wongee Chun, Seungjin Oh, Namjin Kim, Youncheol Park, Yeongmin Kim, Kuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20160058265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dishwasher using oscillatory flow generated from thermoacoustic effect. The dishwasher is configured such that thermoacoustic waves having high amplitude are generated from solar energy rather than electric energy, wherein the thermoacoustic waves make oscillating waves be directly transmitted to an air column and a water column formed in a closed end of a dishwashing pipeline. In this way, high-quality energy can be directly applied to washing water, whereby energy loss can be minimized, and the washing efficiency can be markedly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wongee CHUN, Seungjin OH, Namjin KIM, Youncheol PARK, Yeongmin KIM, Kuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160059264
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-efficiency kilohertz-range acoustic wave generator using a pulsed thermal radiation beam and a nanostructure. A nanorod unit having a high thermal expansion coefficient is provided behind a light interrupter so that the efficiency of generating acoustic waves can be enhanced. A pulse beam generated from the light interrupter is directly radiated onto the nanorod unit having a nanorod bundle structure with a nanorod-opposite-end support. Thermal deformation of the nanorod unit attributable to thermal expansion and contraction is repeated. In this way, the amplitude of sound waves can be increased, and relatively high decibel sound can thus be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wongee CHUN, Seungjin OH, Namjin KIM, Youncheol PARK, Yeongmin KIM, Kuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160059265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-efficiency kilohertz-range acoustic wave generator using a pulsed thermal radiation beam and nanoparticles. A vibration (pulse) generating means having a suspension structure is provided behind a light interrupter. The suspension structure is configured such that nanoparticles are suspended in a solution so that when the nanoparticles are thermally expanded by pulse beams directly applied to the nanoparticles and are thermally contracted, the solution vibrates (generates matter waves and pressure waves). Thereby, loss of pulse beams can be minimized, and energy having a relatively large wavelength can be easily obtained. Therefore, the efficiency and productivity in generating acoustic waves can be maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wongee CHUN, Seungjin OH, Namjin KIM, Youncheol PARK, Yeongmin KIM, Kuan CHEN
  • Patent number: 9242278
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high-efficiency acoustic wave generator using a pulsed thermal radiation beam. The generator is configured such that when a pulse beam formed by a light interrupter is directly radiated onto a porous material having a woven net or steel scrubber shape, thin wires of the porous material repeatedly rapidly thermally-expand and contract, whereby air in the space between the wires is momentarily heated and cooled, and the expansion and contraction of air is directly transmitted to an air column formed just adjacent to the porous material. By virtue of the above structure, the efficiency of the generator is markedly improved compared to the conventional technique, and the productivity is also greatly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Jeju National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Wongee Chun, Seungjin Oh, Namjin Kim, Youncheol Park, Yeongmin Kim, Kuan Chen