Patents by Inventor Yong Kwan Cho

Yong Kwan Cho 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).

  • Publication number: 20150346637
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus may include a toner supply unit comprising a toner containing unit and a toner discharging unit having a toner outlet; a photoreceptor unit comprising a photoreceptor; a development unit comprising a development roller that supplies toner to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor and a supply roller that supplies toner to the development roller; a first toner supply member that supplies toner of the toner containing unit to the toner discharging unit; and a second toner supply member that transports toner of the toner discharging unit to the toner outlet, wherein the first toner supply member is located in a second quadrant from among first through fourth quadrants based on a vertical line and a horizontal line which intersect at the second toner supply member, and wherein the photoreceptor, the supply roller, and the development roller are located in the fourth quadrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-won MOON, Yong-il Moon, Sang-hoon Lee, Yong-kwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20140341610
    Abstract: A developing unit mounted on an image forming apparatus is provided. The developing unit includes a housing, a developing agent storage chamber that is provided inside the housing and in which a developing agent is stored, a developing chamber that communicates with the developing agent storage chamber, a path on which the developing agent is moved from the developing agent storage chamber to the developing chamber, and an opening/closing unit that is provided on the path and is open/closed while interlocking with an operation of mounting the housing on the image forming apparatus. Thus, a leakage of the developing agent can be prevented, and detachment of the developing unit can be easily performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jin JANG, Seung Gweon Lee, Yong Kwan Cho
  • Patent number: D754247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Lee, Ji-Won Moon, Ho-Jin Jang, Seung-Chan Park, Dong-Cheol Ahn, Yong-Il Moon, Dong-Geun Lee, Yong-Kwan Cho
  • Patent number: D754248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Jin Jang, Ji-Won Moon, Seung-Chan Park, Sang-Hoon Lee, Dong-Cheol Ahn, Yong-Il Moon, Dong-Geun Lee, Yong-Kwan Cho