Patents by Inventor Woo Seog SONG
Woo Seog SONG 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).
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Patent number: 11885514Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a main fan configured to draw air into the housing through the suction port and discharge air from the housing through the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to draw, into the housing, air discharged by the main fan and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of the auxiliary fan to change a direction in which air is discharged from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Jin Kim, Ju-Hyun Kang, Young-Jae Kim, Byung Yul So, Yong-Gak Kim, In-Jung Baek, Na Yeong Byeon, Moo Gyo Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung Cheon Yu, Sang Woo Lee, Hyo Kyu Lee, Jin Ho Lim, Min-Gi Cho, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Joo Song, Young Sun Shin, Joon-Ho Yoon, Bu Youn Lee, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Hee Jae Jeong
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Patent number: 11466873Abstract: An air conditioner according to the disclosure includes a blowing fan including a suction port, a bell mouth formed along a circumferential direction of the suction port, and a fan guard extending from an inner circumferential surface of the bell mouth and covering the suction port, wherein the fan guard includes a plurality of annular ribs arranged concentrically with a gap from a center of the fan guard corresponding to a rotation axis of the blowing fan, the plurality of annular ribs includes a first annular rib adjacent the outermost edge of the fan guard and the first annular rib is arranged to be inclined to the rotation axis in a direction corresponding to the tangent line of the bell mouth.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Ho Seo, Min Gi Cho, Woo Seog Song
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Patent number: 11149967Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Woo Seog Song, Jong Whal Kim, Jin Baek Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Tae Woo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Won-Hee Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Jong Kweon Ha
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Publication number: 20210254846Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a main fan configured to draw air into the housing through the suction port and discharge air from the housing through the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to draw, into the housing, air discharged by the main fan and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of the auxiliary fan to change a direction in which air is discharged from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Jin KIM, Ju-Hyun KANG, Young-Jae KIM, Byung Yul SO, Yong-Gak KIM, In-Jung BAEK, Na Yeong BYEON, Moo Gyo SEO, Hyeong Joon SEO, Seung Cheon YU, Sang Woo LEE, Hyo Kyu LEE, Jin Ho LIM, Min-Gi CHO, Hyeong Kyu CHO, Jun HWANG, Do Yeon KIM, Hyun Ah KIM, Yong Ho SEO, Woo Seog SONG, Hyun-Joo SONG, Young Sun SHIN, Joon-Ho YOON, Bu Youn LEE, Jung Dae LEE, Chang Seon LEE, Min Gu JEON, Hee Jae JEONG
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Patent number: 11079119Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Woo Seog Song, Jong Whal Kim, Jin Baek Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Tae Woo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Won-Hee Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Jong Kweon Ha
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Patent number: 11035583Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a main fan configured to draw air into the housing through the suction port and discharge air from the housing through the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to draw, into the housing, air discharged by the main fan and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of the auxiliary fan to change a direction in which air is discharged from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Jin Kim, Ju-Hyun Kang, Young-Jae Kim, Byung Yul So, Yong-Gak Kim, In-Jung Baek, Na Yeong Byeon, Moo Gyo Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung Cheon Yu, Sang Woo Lee, Hyo Kyu Lee, Jin Ho Lim, Min-Gi Cho, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Joo Song, Young Sun Shin, Joon-Ho Yoon, Bu Youn Lee, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Hee Jae Jeong
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Patent number: 11002451Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hyeonu Park, Woo Seog Song, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Moon Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jun Hwa Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang
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Publication number: 20210025600Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Joo JEON, Woo Seog SONG, Jong Whal KIM, Jin Baek KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Tae Woo KIM, Eung Ryeol SEO, Won-Hee LEE, Chang-Woo JUNG, Jong Kweon HA
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Publication number: 20200109868Abstract: An air conditioner according to the disclosure includes a blowing fan including a suction port, a bell mouth formed along a circumferential direction of the suction port, and a fan guard extending from an inner circumferential surface of the bell mouth and covering the suction port, wherein the fan guard includes a plurality of annular ribs arranged concentrically with a gap from a center of the fan guard corresponding to a rotation axis of the blowing fan, the plurality of annular ribs includes a first annular rib adjacent the outermost edge of the fan guard and the first annular rib is arranged to be inclined to the rotation axis in a direction corresponding to the tangent line of the bell mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Yong Ho SEO, Min Gi CHO, Woo Seog SONG
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Patent number: 10583384Abstract: Disclosed is an air cleaner having independent fluid paths and a home appliance having the air cleaner. The air cleaner includes a front panel having a plurality of air inlets formed thereon for air to flow in from outside of the case, first and second blower devices arranged inside the case to allow air to flow in through the plurality of air inlets, first and second filter units arranged to filter the air flowing in by the first and second blower devices, a first outlet located on the case to release the air, a second outlet formed at a different location from that of the first outlet, a first fluid path formed between one of the plurality of air inlets and the first outlet; and a second fluid path formed between another of the plurality of air inlets and the second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Euy Sung Chu, Tae Yong Lee, Won Choe, Hyeong Joon Seo, Woo Seog Song
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Patent number: 10473339Abstract: Disclosed is a plurality of guide blades configured to guide air discharged through a discharge port, and an air conditioner having the same. The guide blade includes an eddy induction groove that is concaved from at least one surface of the guide blade, and a plurality of protrusions each protruding from an inner surface of the eddy induction groove in the form of a polypyramid, to generate eddy currents of various directions, so that the guide blade may cope with air flow of various flow speeds and wind directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Jong Moon Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo
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Patent number: 10386079Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
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Patent number: 10352580Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a main fan configured to draw air into the housing through the suction port and discharge air from the housing through the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to draw, into the housing, air discharged by the main fan and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of the auxiliary fan to change a direction in which air is discharged from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Jin Kim, Ju-Hyun Kang, Young-Jae Kim, Byung Yul So, Yong-Gak Kim, In-Jung Baek, Na Yeong Byeon, Moo Gyo Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung Cheon Yu, Sang Woo Lee, Hyo Kyu Lee, Jin Ho Lim, Min-Gi Cho, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Joo Song, Young Sun Shin, Joon-Ho Yoon, Bu Youn Lee, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Hee Jae Jeong
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Patent number: 10209198Abstract: A particle sensing device and an air conditioner including a sensor has a sensing path through which air passes, a flow path housing which accommodates the sensor and guides air, and a flow path switching device to all air suctioned from the outside is guided to the sensing path, or some of the air suctioned from the outside and moving flows back in an obliquely upward direction and flows into the sensing path.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Won Oh, Kwon Jin Kim, Jin-Gyun Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Sun-Hee Son, Woo Seog Song, Kang Ho Choi, Nak Hyun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Ji Hong Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Se Kwan Jeong
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Patent number: 10203121Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180347839Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a suction port and a discharge port, a main fan configured to draw air into the housing through the suction port and discharge air from the housing through the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to draw, into the housing, air discharged by the main fan and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of the auxiliary fan to change a direction in which air is discharged from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Jin Kim, Ju-Hyun Kang, Young-Jae Kim, Byung Yul So, Yong-Gak Kim, In-Jung Baek, Na Yeong Byeon, Moo Gyo Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung Cheon Yu, Sang Woo Lee, Hyo Kyu Lee, Jin Ho Lim, Min-Gi Cho, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Joo Song, Young Sun Shin, Joon-Ho Yoon, Bu Youn Lee, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Hee Jae Jeong
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Patent number: 10126002Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180274794Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co, LtdInventors: Woo Seog SONG, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yui So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min- Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
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Publication number: 20180209667Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing comprising an external panel defining an external appearance and having an opening formed at the external panel; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing; and an air discharge unit configured to discharge air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger out of the housing. The air discharge unit includes a first discharge unit connected to the opening and discharging air; and a second discharge unit provided at the external panel and discharging air. A method of blowing heat-exchanged air may be changed in accordance with an environment of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Joo JEON, Woo Seog SONG, Jong Whal KIM, Jin Baek KIM, Yeon-Seob YUN, Tae Woo KIM, Eung Ryeol SEO, Won-Hee LEE, Chang-Woo JUNG, Jong Kweon HA
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Publication number: 20180172288Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ghun KIM, Hyun-Ho KIM, Hyeonu PARK, Woo Seog SONG, Jang Jung LEE, Jei Min CHOI, Jong Moon KIM, Hong Yeol MOON, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeong Joon SEO, Seung-Jun YOON, Jun Hwa LEE, Hyeong Kyu CHO, Jun HWANG