Patents by Inventor Woo-Yeol Yoo

Woo-Yeol Yoo 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: 11920856
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber having an opening; a drawer type door to open or close the opening; a display positioned at the drawer type door; a first connector provided at a sidewall of the storage chamber; a second connector provided at the drawer type door and being electrically connected to the display; a first frame coupled to an inner wall of the storage chamber, the first frame to cover the first connector; a second frame coupled to the drawer type door, the second frame to support a storage box; and a wire electrically connected between the first connector and the second connector. The first frame has a first accommodating part to accommodate one portion of the wire and the second frame has a second accommodating part to accommodate another portion of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11543170
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum Lee, Beom Gon Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210025644
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber having an opening; a drawer type door to open or close the opening; a display positioned at the drawer type door; a first connector provided at a sidewall of the storage chamber; a second connector provided at the drawer type door and being electrically connected to the display; a first frame coupled to an inner wall of the storage chamber, the first frame to cover the first connector; a second frame coupled to the drawer type door, the second frame to support a storage box; and a wire electrically connected between the first connector and the second connector. The first frame has a first accommodating part to accommodate one portion of the wire and the second frame has a second accommodating part to accommodate another portion of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Myung HAN, Jae Hoon LIM, Gi Joong JEONG, Woo Yeol YOO, Jong Eun CHAE, Sun keun LEE
  • Patent number: 10852053
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which includes: a main body having an opening, and including a storage chamber therein; a door configured to open or close the opening; a camera unit disposed in the door, and configured to photograph the storage chamber, wherein the camera unit faces the storage chamber selectively by interworking with opening or closing of the door. With this configuration, it may look in the storage chamber of the refrigerator without opening any door and minimize exposure of the camera unit to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Bum Seo, Keon Pyo Koo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20200370818
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum LEE, Beom Gon KIM, Su Hyeong SON, Woo Yeol YOO, Wan Hyeong LEE, Youn Tae SHIN, Ji Sick HWANG
  • Patent number: 10823486
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber having an opening; a drawer type door to open or close the opening; a display positioned at the drawer type door; a first connector provided at a sidewall of the storage chamber; a second connector provided at the drawer type door and being electrically connected to the display; a first frame coupled to an inner wall of the storage chamber, the first frame to cover the first connector; a second frame coupled to the drawer type door, the second frame to support a storage box; and a wire electrically connected between the first connector and the second connector. The first frame has a first accommodating part to accommodate one portion of the wire and the second frame has a second accommodating part to accommodate another portion of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
  • Patent number: 10782063
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum Lee, Beom Gon Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang
  • Patent number: 10690404
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved structure with a display unit. The refrigerator comprises a main body, a storeroom arranged inside the main body with an open front, a door pivotally connected to the main body for opening or closing the open front of the storeroom and a display unit installed on the door. The display unit comprises a display for displaying images, a display glass located on the front of the display to have an area larger than the display and form a touch screen, a display case with a display mounter for the display to be mounted therein, a display unit case fixedly connected to the door and a fixing unit for fixedly connecting the display case to the display unit case by pressing a part of the display case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo Koo, Yong Bum Seo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10429124
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator, which includes a main body having an opening, and including a storage chamber therein, a door configured to open or close the opening and a speaker assembly disposed in the bottom of the door, and configured to output sound to the outside. With this configuration, it is possible to minimize exposure of the speaker to thereby reduce influences by an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Bum Seo, Keon Pyo Koo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20190249919
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved structure with a display unit. The refrigerator comprises a main body, a storeroom arranged inside the main body with an open front, a door pivotally connected to the main body for opening or closing the open front of the storeroom and a display unit installed on the door. The display unit comprises a display for displaying images, a display glass located on the front of the display to have an area larger than the display and form a touch screen, a display case with a display mounter for the display to be mounted therein, a display unit case fixedly connected to the door and a fixing unit for fixedly connecting the display case to the display unit case by pressing a part of the display case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo KOO, Yong Bum SEO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 10317133
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved structure with a display unit. The refrigerator comprises a main body, a storeroom arranged inside the main body with an open front, a door pivotally connected to the main body for opening or closing the open front of the storeroom and a display unit installed on the door. The display unit comprises a display for displaying images, a display glass located on the front of the display to have an area larger than the display and form a touch screen, a display case with a display mounter for the display to be mounted therein, a display unit case fixedly connected to the door and a fixing unit for fixedly connecting the display case to the display unit case by pressing a part of the display case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo Koo, Yong Bum Seo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10203148
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum Lee, Beom Gon Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180363970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body provided with a storage chamber, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, a display unit provided on the door, and a heat radiating unit disposed adjacent to the display unit and configured to radiate a heat generated in the display unit via a heat radiating flow path formed inside the door, wherein one end of the heat radiating flow path is communicated with the outside via a first opening formed in an upper end portion of the door, and the other end of the heat radiating flow path is communicated with the outside via a second opening formed in a lower end portion of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo KOO, Yong Bum SEO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20180335245
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum LEE, Beom Gon KIM, Su Hyeong SON, Woo Yeol YOO, Wan Hyeong LEE, Youn Tae SHIN, Ji Sick HWANG
  • Patent number: 10072886
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body provided with a storage chamber, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, a display unit provided on the door, and a heat radiating unit disposed adjacent to the display unit and configured to radiate a heat generated in the display unit via a heat radiating flow path formed inside the door, wherein one end of the heat radiating flow path is communicated with the outside via a first opening formed in an upper end portion of the door, and the other end of the heat radiating flow path is communicated with the outside via a second opening formed in a lower end portion of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo Koo, Yong Bum Seo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10066866
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum Lee, Beom Gon Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180209722
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved structure with a display unit. The refrigerator comprises a main body, a storeroom arranged inside the main body with an open front, a door pivotally connected to the main body for opening or closing the open front of the storeroom and a display unit installed on the door. The display unit comprises a display for displaying images, a display glass located on the front of the display to have an area larger than the display and form a touch screen, a display case with a display mounter for the display to be mounted therein, a display unit case fixedly connected to the door and a fixing unit for fixedly connecting the display case to the display unit case by pressing a part of the display case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keon Pyo KOO, Yong Bum SEO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20180187951
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator, which includes a main body having an opening, and including a storage chamber therein, a door configured to open or close the opening and a speaker assembly disposed in the bottom of the door, and configured to output sound to the outside. With this configuration, it is possible to minimize exposure of the speaker to thereby reduce influences by an external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Bum SEO, Keon Pyo KOO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20180180349
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber having an opening; a drawer type door to open or close the opening; a display positioned at the drawer type door; a first connector provided at a sidewall of the storage chamber; a second connector provided at the drawer type door and being electrically connected to the display; a first frame coupled to an inner wall of the storage chamber, the first frame to cover the first connector; a second frame coupled to the drawer type door, the second frame to support a storage box; and a wire electrically connected between the first connector and the second connector. The first frame has a first accommodating part to accommodate one portion of the wire and the second frame has a second accommodating part to accommodate another portion of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Myung HAN, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180120020
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bum LEE, Beom GON Kim, Su Hyeong Son, Woo Yeol Yoo, Wan Hyeong Lee, Youn Tae Shin, Ji Sick Hwang