Patents by Inventor Yeongkyeong CHOI

Yeongkyeong CHOI 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: 11674258
    Abstract: A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kilryong Lee, Dongwon Kang, Yeongkyeong Choi
  • Patent number: 11560668
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having with a laundry inlet port at a front surface thereof; a door rotatably coupled to the front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry inlet port; a front glass installed at a front surface of the door; a handle installed at a rear surface of the door, so as to face in a direction opposite to the front glass. The handle may be inclined with respect to a vertical plane of the front glass, so as to prevent fingers from sliding outward on the rear surface of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Patent number: 11384476
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body provided with a front panel having a laundry inlet port, and a recess recessed into the front panel to surround the laundry inlet port; and a door rotatably coupled to the front panel to open and close the laundry inlet port, and having a portion thereof protruding forward from the recess. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the recess; a front glass attached to a front surface of the outer frame; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame, the inner frame facing an inside of the recess; and a handle recessed into a rear surface of the inner frame so as to face a portion where the recess starts to be recessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Patent number: 11384475
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port on a front surface thereof, and a door that opens and closes the laundry inlet port. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the main body; a front glass attached to a front surface of the outer frame to define a front surface of the door; a door window spaced apart from the front glass toward the laundry inlet port and disposed to correspond to the laundry inlet port; an inner frame connected to the outer frame and the door window, and defining a portion of a rear surface of the door; and a flow path provided between the front glass and the outer frame and configured to provide communication between an inside and an outside of the door. Moisture or water introduced into the door may be discharged to the outside of the door through the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Publication number: 20210372027
    Abstract: A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kilryong LEE, Dongwon KANG, Yeongkyeong CHOI
  • Patent number: 11105035
    Abstract: A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kilryong Lee, Dongwon Kang, Yeongkyeong Choi
  • Publication number: 20200283946
    Abstract: A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kilryong LEE, Dongwon KANG, Yeongkyeong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200248394
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having with a laundry inlet port at a front surface thereof; a door rotatably coupled to the front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry inlet port; a front glass installed at a front surface of the door; a handle installed at a rear surface of the door, so as to face in a direction opposite to the front glass. The handle may be inclined with respect to a vertical plane of the front glass, so as to prevent fingers from sliding outward on the rear surface of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Publication number: 20200248393
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port on a front surface thereof, and a door that opens and closes the laundry inlet port. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the main body; a front glass attached to a front surface of the outer frame to define a front surface of the door; a door window spaced apart from the front glass toward the laundry inlet port and disposed to correspond to the laundry inlet port; an inner frame connected to the outer frame and the door window, and defining a portion of a rear surface of the door; and a flow path provided between the front glass and the outer frame and configured to provide communication between an inside and an outside of the door. Moisture or water introduced into the door may be discharged to the outside of the door through the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yongwoo KWON, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Publication number: 20200248396
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body provided with a front panel having a laundry inlet port, and a recess recessed into the front panel to surround the laundry inlet port; and a door rotatably coupled to the front panel to open and close the laundry inlet port, and having a portion thereof protruding forward from the recess. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the recess; a front glass attached to a front surface of the outer frame; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame, the inner frame facing an inside of the recess; and a handle recessed into a rear surface of the inner frame so as to face a portion where the recess starts to be recessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Yeongkyeong Choi, Gyuri Kim
  • Patent number: 10704185
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a front panel having an opening at a front side, a door seated on the front panel, the door having a diameter greater than that of the opening to open/close the opening, a control panel located at a top part of the front panel, the control panel defining a seating recess configured to seat a top part of the door and a draw hole at a lateral side of the seating recess, a detergent box drawably located in the draw hole and configured to receive detergent, a handle panel coupled to a front side of the detergent box, the handle panel including one side configured as an avoidant surface corresponding to a shape of an outer circumference of the seating recess, and a preventing part configured to prevent the avoidant surface from being spaced apart from the front side of the detergent box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongsung Lee, Jinbong Park, Yeongkyeong Choi
  • Patent number: 10344418
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an opening, a drawer configured so as to be discharged from the cabinet through the opening, a through-hole formed in an upper surface of the drawer, a tub that is located inside the drawer and that defines a space that is configured to receive water, an introduction aperture formed in an upper surface of the tub, the introduction aperture being located under the through-hole, a drum that is located in the tub, that is configured to rotate, and that is configured to receive laundry, a door that is configured to open and close the introduction aperture, the door being coupled to one of the drawer or the tub, and a guide for preventing the door from interfering with the opening when the drawer is discharged from the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihong Lee, Byungjin Lee, Hosung Jang, Yeongkyeong Choi, Minkyu Sang
  • Publication number: 20180216279
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a front panel having an opening at a front side, a door seated on the front panel, the door having a diameter greater than that of the opening to open/close the opening, a control panel located at a top part of the front panel, the control panel defining a seating recess configured to seat a top part of the door and a draw hole at a lateral side of the seating recess, a detergent box drawably located in the draw hole and configured to receive detergent, a handle panel coupled to a front side of the detergent box, the handle panel including one side configured as an avoidant surface corresponding to a shape of an outer circumference of the seating recess, and a preventing part configured to prevent the avoidant surface from being spaced apart from the front side of the detergent box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Jongsung LEE, Jinbong PARK, Yeongkyeong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170356117
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an opening, a drawer configured so as to be discharged from the cabinet through the opening, a through-hole formed in an upper surface of the drawer, a tub that is located inside the drawer and that defines a space that is configured to receive water, an introduction aperture formed in an upper surface of the tub, the introduction aperture being located under the through-hole, a drum that is located in the tub, that is configured to rotate, and that is configured to receive laundry, a door that is configured to open and close the introduction aperture, the door being coupled to one of the drawer or the tub, and a guide for preventing the door from interfering with the opening when the drawer is discharged from the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jihong LEE, Byungjin LEE, Hosung JANG, Yeongkyeong CHOI, Minkyu SANG
  • Publication number: 20150059413
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus including a circulation duct to guide air discharged from a tub back to the tub, a fan located in the circulation duct to circulate air from the tub, a heater located in the circulation duct to heat the air, an exhaust duct to discharge some of the air introduced into the tub from the tub, a suction duct to introduce air from outside of the tub into the tub, and a water supply unit to supply water into the tub so as to cool the tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Sanghee YOO, Sungmin LEE, Kusung GWON, Yeongkyeong CHOI, Gilnam LEE, Kwanghyun KIM, Bonggon RYU