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).
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Patent number: 9958199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keon Pyo Koo, Yong Bum Seo, Chun Youp Shin, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jeong Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9951988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
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Publication number: 20170370636Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keon Pyo KOO, Yong Bum SEO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
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Publication number: 20170284730Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus is automatically inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol YOO, Hyun Sang YOO, Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo KIM
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Publication number: 20170261248Abstract: 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 hole 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 hole formed in a lower end portion of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keon Pyo KOO, Yong Bum SEO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
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Publication number: 20170234602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Bum SEO, Keon Pyo KOO, Chun Youp SHIN, Woo Yeol YOO, Jeong Hyun LEE
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Patent number: 9702613Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus automatically inserted, the refrigerator including a body, a storage compartment provided at an inside of the body so as to be open at a front surface thereof, and having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an inner door formed with an opening at which a plurality of door guards are provided, and configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, an outer door to open and close the opening provided at the inner door, a guide rail allowing at least one of the plurality of door guards to be inserted and withdrawn in a sliding manner, a slide unit connected to the at least one door guard so as to be slid along the guide rail such that the at least one door guard is inserted andType: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol Yoo, Hyun Sang Yoo, Byoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim
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Patent number: 9605891Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20170059232Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 9523531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
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Publication number: 20160153700Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus automatically inserted, the refrigerator including a body, a storage compartment provided at an inside of the body so as to be open at a front surface thereof, and having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an inner door formed with an opening at which a plurality of door guards are provided, and configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, an outer door to open and close the opening provided at the inner door, a guide rail allowing at least one of the plurality of door guards to be inserted and withdrawn in a sliding manner, a slide unit connected to the at least one door guard so as to be slid along the guide rail such that the at least one door guard is inserted andType: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol YOO, Hyun Sang YOO, Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo KIM
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Publication number: 20160102904Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung HAN, Jae Hoon LIM, Gi Joong JEONG, Woo Yeol YOO, Jong Eun CHAE, Sun keun LEE
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Patent number: 9285155Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus is automatically inserted.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol Yoo, Hyun Sang Yoo, Byoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim
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Publication number: 20150323243Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung HAN, Jae Hoon LIM, Gi Joong JEONG, Woo Yeol YOO, Jong Eun CHAE, Sun keun LEE
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Publication number: 20150260443Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 9115929Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fixed frame in which an electric wire cable drawn from one sidewall of a storage chamber is disposed to form a loop, a sliding frame slidably coupled to the fixed frame, and an electric wire cable housing fixed to the sliding frame to surround a portion of the electric wire cable. The electric wire cable is prevented from being damaged upon insertion and drawing of a drawer type door.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
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Publication number: 20150192344Abstract: A refrigerator having an intermediate storage compartment, which has an improved structure of a return flow passage to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a first evaporator to supply cold air to an upper storage compartment, a second evaporator to supply cold air to a lower storage compartment, a cold air supply duct to supply cold air generated at the second evaporator to an intermediate storage compartment, and a curved section formed at a top of the intermediate storage compartment to uniformly distribute the cold air supplied via the cold air supply duct in the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a cold air return duct to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment, and an ice-making cold air return duct to return cold air from an ice maker. The cold air return duct is joined with the ice-making cold air return duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon LIM, Gi Joong Jeong, Sinn Bong Yoon, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Een Chae, Sun Keun Lee, Yun Ho Yang, Sang Woon Jeon, Jae Moon Lee
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Patent number: 9046295Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fixed frame in which an electric wire cable drawn from one sidewall of a storage chamber is disposed to form a loop, a sliding frame slidably coupled to the fixed frame, and an electric wire cable housing fixed to the sliding frame to surround a portion of the electric wire cable. The electric wire cable is prevented from being damaged upon insertion and drawing of a drawer type door.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Myung Han, Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun keun Lee
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Patent number: 9010145Abstract: A refrigerator having an intermediate storage compartment, which has an improved structure of a return flow passage to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a first evaporator to supply cold air to an upper storage compartment, a second evaporator to supply cold air to a lower storage compartment, a cold air supply duct to supply cold air generated at the second evaporator to an intermediate storage compartment, and a curved section formed at a top of the intermediate storage compartment to uniformly distribute the cold air supplied via the cold air supply duct in the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a cold air return duct to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment, and an ice-making cold air return duct to return cold air from an ice maker. The cold air return duct is joined with the ice-making cold air return duct.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Sinn Bong Yoon, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun Keun Lee, Yun Ho Yang, Sang Woon Jeon, Jae Moon Lee
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Publication number: 20150069899Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fixed frame in which an electric wire cable drawn from one sidewall of a storage chamber is disposed to form a loop, a sliding frame slidably coupled to the fixed frame, and an electric wire cable housing fixed to the sliding frame to surround a portion of the electric wire cable. The electric wire cable is prevented from being damaged upon insertion and drawing of a drawer type door.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Jae Myung HAN, Jae Hoon LIM, Gi Joong JEONG, Woo Yeol YOO, Jong Eun CHAE, Sun Keun LEE