Patents by Inventor Wonmin Lee

Wonmin 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: 20260000258
    Abstract: A dust collector of a vacuum cleaner including a dust collection case including an outlet; a cyclone module arrangeable in the dust collection case and inducing a swirling airflow of air; and a discharge door movable between an open position to open the outlet and a blocking position to close the outlet. The cyclone module including a fixed unit to be fixed to the dust collection case, a rotation unit having a rotation state of being rotatable with respect to the fixed unit based on the discharge door being in the open position and a locking state of being restricted from rotation with respect to the fixed unit based on the discharge door being in the blocking position, and a foreign substance blocking structure configured to block the foreign substance from being introduced into a gap along a vertical direction between the fixed unit and the rotation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunsoo JANG, Dokyung LEE, Hyunho LEE, Wonmin LEE
  • Publication number: 20250359719
    Abstract: A cleaning device and a control method of the cleaning device are provided. The cleaning device includes a cleaner including a cleaner suction device that generates a suction force, a dust bin that collects dirt, a dust bin cover to open and close the dust bin, and a cleaner controller that controls an operation of the cleaner suction device; and a docking station, to which the cleaner is coupleable and decoupleable, to collect dirt in the dust bin based on the cleaner being coupled thereto, the docking station including a cover closing device provided to close the dust bin cover based on the predetermined cover closing condition. The cleaner control unit controls the cleaner suction device to generate a suction force to draw air into the dust bin based on the cover closing device closing the dust bin cover and the predetermined cover closing condition being met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunsoo JANG, Kihwan KWON, Dokyung LEE, Junggyun HAN, Wonmin LEE, Hyunho LEE
  • Publication number: 20240358214
    Abstract: A robot cleaner including a cleaner main body configured to travel and clean a cleaning area, a sensor case arrangeable on the cleaner main body such that while the sensor case is arranged on the cleaner main body, the sensor case is configured to cover a sensor for detecting an obstacle in the cleaning area, and a sensor collision detector configured to detect an impact applied to the sensor. The sensor collision detector includes a bumper connectable to the sensor case which covers the sensor such that while the bumper is connected to the sensor case, the bumper is moveable and at least a portion of the bumper is arranged along an outer circumference of the sensor, a detecting portion to interact with the bumper to detect a collision of the sensor case, and wherein the bumper and the detecting portion are on a lower side of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin NA, Wonmin LEE, Sinae KIM, Hyounsoo KIM, Minro YUN
  • Patent number: 8511201
    Abstract: A noise reduction apparatus for a shift cable, may include a mounting socket that is fixed to a shift lever mounting bracket, with an inner cable of the shift cable therethrough, a cable connection pipe that has one side connected to a shift lever-sided end of an outer cable of the shift cable, and a housing connection pipe that has one end elastically-coupled to a shift lever-sided end of the cable connection pipe with a predetermined distance therebetween by a first antivibration member in a damper housing and the other end thereof elastically-connected to the shift lever mounting bracket by a second antivibration member in the mounting socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daedong System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangrae Cho, Jeehyuck Choi, Hochul Lee, Wonmin Lee
  • Publication number: 20110056325
    Abstract: A noise reduction apparatus for a shift cable, may include a mounting socket that is fixed to a shift lever mounting bracket, with an inner cable of the shift cable therethrough, a cable connection pipe that has one side connected to a shift lever-sided end of an outer cable of the shift cable, and a housing connection pipe that has one end elastically-coupled to a shift lever-sided end of the cable connection pipe with a predetermined distance therebetween by a first antivibration member in a damper housing and the other end thereof elastically-connected to the shift lever mounting bracket by a second antivibration member in the mounting socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daedong System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangrae Cho, Jeehyuck Choi, Hochul Lee, Wonmin Lee