Patents by Inventor Yong-hyun Kwon

Yong-hyun Kwon 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: 7326891
    Abstract: A steam generating apparatus, and an oven including the same. The apparatus includes a water tank adapted to enable convenient cleaning, and is adapted to heat water in the water tank via an induction heating method to generate steam rapidly. The water tank is provided with a steam discharging pipe. The apparatus further includes an induction coil assembly, an induction heating member fitted to the water tank such that it is located near the induction coil assembly, a barrier inserted into the water tank such that only a small amount of water is directly heated by the induction heating member which generates heat by the induction coil assembly, and a cover closing an upper portion of the water tank. The steam discharging pipe is connected with a steam supplying pipe which communicates a cavity with a cooking compartment to supply steam from the apparatus to the cooking compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae Uk Lee, Seong Deog Jang, Han Seong Kang
  • Publication number: 20080020111
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with dough; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead the dough contained in the mixing bag; a cancel button for selecting cancel of bread making process; a rotation sensing part sensing rotation positions of the kneading drums; and a controller which controls the drum driving part so that the drum driving part rotates the kneading drums to remove the mixing bag from the holding part of the lower kneading drums on the basis of rotation position signals of the pair of kneading drums detected by the rotation sensing part and canceling information of the bread making process from the cancel button. Thus, a user can easily remove the mixing bag when the bread making is canceled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7320276
    Abstract: A bread maker having an oven and a main body accommodating the oven therein, which comprises a base frame in the main body, a main frame disposed above the base frame and forming an oven compartment with a front opening, and a reinforcing member mounted to the main frame to reinforce the main frame. Accordingly, the present invention provides a bread maker in which a main body is securely and stably reinforced and noise is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7296509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bread maker. The bread maker comprises: a main body having a door opening and forming a bread making space; a door opening/closing the door opening; a baking tray in the bread making space; a tray sensor sensing whether the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space; and a controller controlling a bread making process to be performed on the basis of a sensing signal from the tray sensor when the baking tray is mounted in the bread making space. Thus, operational errors are prevented since the bread maker is operates only when a baking tray is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7288747
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a grill housing coupled with the grill part. The cooking apparatus includes a cover member coupled with the grill housing, to cover the grill part, and having an opening part, and at least one opening and closing member coupled with the cover member, to open and close the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-sung Han, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Tae-uk Lee, Seong-deok Jang
  • Patent number: 7282673
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus to effectively agitate and evenly distribute high-temperature air into a cooking chamber by use of a single driving fan and a plurality of driven fans. The cooking apparatus includes the cooking chamber, the driving fan arranged at a rear wall of the cooking chamber, a convection heater to surround the driving fan, the plurality of driven fans arranged on a circumference of the driving fan, and a fan cover having a plurality of suction holes and discharge holes. The driving fan is connected with a drive motor to rotate in accordance with an operation of the drive motor. The driven fans rotate by use of air streams generated when the driving fan rotates. The high-temperature air is evenly agitated in accordance with the rotation of the driven fans to be distributed into the cooking chamber via the discharge holes in all directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Dae Sung Han, Yong Hyun Kwon, Tae Uk Lee, Seong-Deog Jang, Pung Yeun Cho, Han Seong Kang
  • Patent number: 7275479
    Abstract: A bread maker having a main body, an oven accommodated in the main body, a baking tray provided inside the oven, and a door rotatably connected to the main body to open and close the oven, the bread maker including a sealing part on an inside of the door to prevent leakage of heat from the oven, and a rib extending from the baking tray to contact the sealing part. The sealing part of the door contacts a rib formed on the baking tray when the door is closed so that the sealing part does not protrude into the oven, which prevents the sealing part from being damaged or deformed by an external force, and allows the door to be manufactured using a simple assembling process that increases productivity. The bottom of the oven includes a protuberant part that minimizes the effects of an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7267046
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced from each other in upper and lower parts inside the oven compartment to hold opposite ends of a mixing bag, respectively, and to wind opposite ends of the mixing bag is provided. Further, a pair of tray members is disposed between the upper and lower kneading drums facing each other to form a slit to pass the mixing bag therethrough. The bread maker also includes tray holder members to be combined with opposite ends of a pair of tray members; a pair of guides mounted on inner sidewalls of the oven compartment facing each other to slidably guide the tray holder members by being slidingly combined with the tray holder members; and a shock absorber between the tray holder member and the guide. Accordingly, the shock absorber between the guide and the tray holder member prevents the tray holder member from minute movement while placed in the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7263987
    Abstract: A grill cooker that efficiently cools a grilling unit to prevent food from sticking to the grilling unit, and a multipurpose cooking apparatus in which the grill cooker is installed. The grill cooker includes a grilling unit on an upper portion of a cabinet, an air cooling unit on an outside of the cabinet, and a connection member on the upper portion of the cabinet. The grilling unit includes a grilling pipe having an inlet and an outlet. The air cooling unit includes a blowing fan and an air discharging pipe. The connection member has a tapered hole. The inlet of the grilling pipe is connected to an upper portion of the tapered hole, and the air discharging pipe is connected to a lower end of the tapered hole. The grill cooker is removably set in a recess in an upper portion of the multipurpose cooking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Yong Hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae Uk Lee, Sung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20070169638
    Abstract: A bread maker to perform a bread making process including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with dough; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead the dough contained in the mixing bag; an auxiliary power supply to supply power when power supply of a primary power supply is cut off; a rotation sensing part sensing rotation position of the kneading drums; and a controller which receives power from the auxiliary power supply, measures a time interval from interruption to resumption of the power supply, determines whether the measured time exceeds a predetermined limit of power-interruption time, and ends the bread making process when the measured time exceeds the predetermined limit of power-interruption time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7246553
    Abstract: A bread maker includes a frame, a bracket combined to a side part of the frame and formed with a combining hole, a door provided in front of the frame, and a door hinge combined to the door and formed with a combining projection rotatably combined to the combining hole of the bracket to allow the door to rotatably open and close. Accordingly, the bread maker has a simplified and a secure a door combination structure, thereby enhancing assembly efficiency and decreasing production cost. Further, the bread maker includes a bracket covered with a side cover when the door is open, thereby simplifying and improving the exterior appearance of the bread maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7227106
    Abstract: A modular grill cooker that is easily installed in a multipurpose cooking apparatus, including an outer casing and an inner casing set in the outer casing. A heating unit is mounted to a heat reflecting plate fastened to the inner casing. A grilling unit is seated on a frame provided along upper edges of the inner and outer casings. An elastic piece is fitted over a projection on a back surface of the heating unit to mount the heating unit to the heat reflecting plate. A grease collecting unit is set in the inner casing to collect grease therein and reflect heat onto the grilling unit. First and second contact terminals are respectively provided on the outer casing and on the multipurpose cooking apparatus to supply electricity to the heating unit when the grill cooker is installed in the multipurpose cooking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jun Sung, Yong Hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae Uk Lee, Sung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7227105
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus which prevents a top casing thereof from being heated by heat transmitted from an electric heater. The cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a electric heater to cook the food, includes a grill housing having a main casing including an opening part coupled with the grill part, providing the electric heater thereon, and a top casing coupled with an upper side circumferential area of the main casing with the center to the opening part, and the top casing including a plurality of top casing units separately provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-deog Jang, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Dae-sung Han, Tae-euk Lee
  • Patent number: 7171891
    Abstract: A bread maker, having: a main body defining an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums rotatably provided inside the oven compartment, spaced apart from each other, each kneading drum holding opposite ends of a mixing bag and being rotated; a pair of kneading members oppositely provided between the pair of kneading drums, spaced apart and defining a slit therebetween to allow the mixing bag to pass therethrough; and a slit adjusting part adjusting the pair kneading members to adjust the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7168362
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients; a drum driving part rotating the kneading drums in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to knead dough contained in the mixing bag; and a controller controlling the drum driving part to separate the mixing bag from the holding part of a first one of the kneading drums and wind the mixing bag on a second one of the kneading drums after kneading the dough, and to rotate the second one of the kneading drums in a releasing direction opposite the winding direction after the mixing bag is wound on the second one of the kneading drums to unwind the mixing bag from the second one of the kneading drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-hyun Kwon, Dong-bin Lim, Jang-woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20060151468
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and electric heaters as a heating source to cook food, including: a grill reflecting member reflecting a heat generated from the electric heaters to the grill part, having an oil guiding hole which guides oil coming out of food being cooked; and an oil collector disposed in a lower side of the grill reflection member, collecting the oil passing through the oil guiding hole downward. Thus, the oil generated in the course of cooking can be collected in the oil collector through the grill reflection member, thereby providing a cooking apparatus that can enhance cooking efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Seong-deog Jang, Dae-sung Han, Tae-uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20060151469
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a grill housing coupled with the grill part, the cooking apparatus includes an electric heater provided in a middle region of the grill housing to be disposed at a lower side of the grill part, and a grill reflecting member reflecting heat generated from the electric heater to the grill part. The cooking apparatus enhances a cooking efficiency so that heat generated from an electric heater is efficiently transmitted to food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-In Lee, Dong-won Kim, Seon-uk Na, Yong-Hyun Kwon, Seong-deog Jang, Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20060151467
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus which prevents a top casing thereof from being heated by heat transmitted from an electric heater. The cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a electric heater to cook the food, includes a grill housing having a main casing including an opening part coupled with the grill part, providing the electric heater thereon, and a top casing coupled with an upper side circumferential area of the main casing with the center to the opening part, and the top casing including a plurality of top casing units separately provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-deog Jang, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Dae-sung Han, Tae-euk Lee
  • Publication number: 20060151470
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and a grill housing coupled with the grill part. The cooking apparatus includes a cover member coupled with the grill housing, to cover the grill part, and having an opening part, and at least one opening and closing member coupled with the cover member, to open and close the opening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-sung Han, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-jun Sung, Tae-uk Lee, Seong-deok Jang
  • Publication number: 20060151471
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a cooking apparatus having a grill part to cook food thereon, and an electric heater provided in a lower side of the grill part. The cooking apparatus includes a grill reflecting member provided in a lower side of the electric heater to reflect heat generated from the electric heater to the grill part, and a cooling fan disposed at a lower side of the grill reflecting member to ventilate an outside air to the grill reflecting member. Thus, the present invention provides a cooking apparatus enhancing a cooling efficiency of a grill housing and a grill reflecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-deog Jang, Han-seong Kang, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Han-Jun Sung, Dae-sung Han, Tae-uk Lee