Patents by Inventor Wonyeong JUNG

Wonyeong JUNG 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).

  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11585591
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet connected to at least one of the first and second plates, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the conductive resistance sheet includes a mounting part mounted on the first or second plate and a curved part having at least one portion depressed into the third space, a coupler that fixes the conductive resistance sheet to the first or second plate is formed on the mounting part, and the curved part includes a first curved part depressed toward the third space and a second curved part extending from the first curved part, the second curved part surrounding an edge portion of the first or second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20230051990
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support. The support includes a main support having a two-dimensional planar structure and crossing a space, and a first bar and a second bar, which respectively extend from both sides of the main support toward a first plate and a second plate, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun Youn, Jangseok Lee
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11573048
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; and an exhaust port, wherein an extension tab extending toward the third space to be coupled to the support is provided to at least one of the first and second plates, and the extension tab extends downward from an edge portion of the at least one of the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Sungsub Lee, Daewoong Kim, Sora Kim
  • Refrigerator for vehicle and vehicle
    Patent number: 11572003
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Daewoong Kim
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220412641
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate defining at least one portion of a wall of a first space; a second plate defining at least one portion of a wall of a second space having a different temperature from the first space; a seal that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space that has a temperature between the temperature of the first space and the temperature of the second space and is in a vacuum state; a support to maintain the third space; an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted; a peripheral adiabatic material, as a previously formed separate molded product, fixed to an edge of the third space; and a gasket having at least one portion fixed to the peripheral adiabatic material to provide a boundary between the first space and the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN, Daewoong KIM
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11536415
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support. The support includes a main support having a two-dimensional planar structure and crossing a space, and a first bar and a second bar, which respectively extend from both sides of the main support toward a first plate and a second plate, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Jangseok Lee
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11519662
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a supporting unit configured to maintain a vacuum space part. The supporting unit includes a plurality of bars extending in a vertical direction between the first plate member and the second plate member. When a pitch of the bar is a, an elastic modulus of a material forming the bar is E, and a radius of a long axis is n and a radius of a short axis is m when a cross-section of the bar has an elliptical shape is n, the following equation: is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sol Han, Daewoong Kim, Wonyeong Jung, Jangseok Lee
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220357099
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a cover assembly configured to cover the conductive resistance sheet. The cover assembly includes an inner cover configured to protect an inside, an outer cover configured to protect an outside, and a front cover configured to a front side, and at least one of the inner cover or the outer cover extends toward the other end of at least one of the first plate or the second plate. According to the embodiments, an edge and a side surface of the vacuum adiabatic body may be protected together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN, Daewoong KIM
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220316791
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate, a second plate, a sealing part sealing the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space, a supporting unit maintaining the third space, and a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate. The second plate may include a front part and a side part having a different extending direction from the front part, and the side part defines at least one portion of a wall for the third space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220307760
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a mullion configured to divide the first space into two spaces and a connection pipe supported on the mullion so as to be fixed in position, the connection pipe being configured to connect the two space to each other. According to the embodiment, the vacuum adiabatic body may increase in strength, and also, a passing path of defrosting water may be secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jaehyun BAE, Wonyeong JUNG, Jangseok LEE
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220307758
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a conductive resistance sheet configured to connect the first plate to the second plate so as to reduce a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate and a cover assembly configured to cover the conductive resistance sheet. The cover assembly includes an inner cover configured to protect an inside, an outer cover configured to protect an outside, and a front cover configured to protect a front side. The front cover is thicker than the plate. The protection of the conductive resistance sheet and the improvement of the adiabatic effect may be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Daewoong KIM, Chanho CHUN, Sungsub LEE, Jangseok LEE
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY, REFRIGERATOR, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220299256
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a thin pipe passing through the main body to connect an inside of the accommodation space to an outside of the accommodation portion, a drain pipe provided inside the thin pipe to discharge the defrosting water, and an adiabatic material having an extension extending along the drain pipe to block heat transfer between the drain pipe and the thin pipe and a head provided at one side of both sides of the extension, which is close to the accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jaehyun BAE, Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN
  • REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING VACUUM SPACE
    Publication number: 20220299254
    Abstract: This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which a vacuum space is formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Myungryul LEE, Sung JHEE
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220290796
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate, a second plate, a space between the first plate and the second plate configured to be a vacuum state, a support including at least a pair of support plates that maintain a distance between the first and second plates, and at least one radiation resistance sheet provided between the pair of support plates to reduce heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11428456
    Abstract: An vacuum adiabatic body includes a heat exchange pipeline and a sealing assembly. The heat exchange pipeline includes at least two pipelines which pass through a first plate and a second plate to allow a refrigerant to move between inner and outer spaces. The sealing assembly allows the heat exchange pipeline to pass through the first plate and the second plate without contacting a vacuum space provided between the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Daewoong Kim, Hyeunsik Nam, Deokhyun Youn
  • VACUUM ADIABATIC MODULE AND REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220235997
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic module. The vacuum adiabatic module include an inner cover corresponding to an inner space, an outer cover corresponding to an outer space, the outer cover being provided to be larger than the inner cover, a vacuum space which is defined as inner spaces of the outer cover and the inner cover and is in a vacuum state, and a conductive resistance sheet provided on a connection portion between the inner cover and the outer cover to resist to thermal conduction. According to this embodiment, the vacuum adiabatic module may be more conveniently applied to the refrigerator and easily handled to easily fabricate the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daewoong KIM, Deokhyun YOUN, Wonyeong JUNG
  • Refrigerator comprising vacuum space
    Patent number: 11384977
    Abstract: This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which a vacuum space is formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Myungryul Lee, Sung Jhee
  • REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20220214098
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator including an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, with a communication hole formed therein, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, with a communication formed at a position corresponding to the communication hole of the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, and a connection pipe passing through the vacuum space, to connect the communication hole of the inner case and the communication hole of the outer case with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Wonyeong JUNG, Deokhyun YOUN
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11378223
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate, a second plate, a space between the first plate and the second plate configured to be a vacuum state, a support including at least a pair of support plates that maintain a distance between the first and second plates, and at least one radiation resistance sheet provided between the pair of support plates to reduce heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
  • Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
    Patent number: 11365931
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate, a second plate, a sealing part sealing the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space, a supporting unit maintaining the third space, and a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate. The second plate may include a front part and a side part having a different extending direction from the front part, and the side part defines at least one portion of a wall for the third space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn