Patents by Inventor Yongjun An

Yongjun An 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: 11873601
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a drum including: a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body; a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body; a fixing panel; a power transmission unit including: a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor comprising including: a stator, and a rotor; and a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the housing and configured to reduce an amount of heat that is transferred from the outside of the housing to an inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Seongno Yoon
  • Patent number: 11866872
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, which includes a drum body, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening, a fixing panel, a housing, which includes a housing body having an accommodation space formed therein and a housing cover, an input shaft having an end located outside the accommodation space and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, an output shaft having an end secured to the rear cover and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, a gear unit for transmitting the rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft, a motor, which includes a stator and a rotor, a coupling body connecting the input shaft to the rotor, and a first heat dissipation part for forming an airflow between the housing body and the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Myungjun Song
  • Publication number: 20230327612
    Abstract: A communication circuit and an electronic device comprising the communication circuit are provided. The communication circuit includes an amplifier module including a first amplifier and a second amplifier for amplifying a signal amplified by the first amplifier, and a first matching circuit that is disposed outside the amplifier module and performs impedance matching between the first amplifier and the second amplifier, wherein the amplifier module includes a first terminal for outputting, to the outside, the signal amplified by the first amplifier, and a second terminal for a signal that is input to the second amplifier, and the first matching circuit may be connected to the amplifier module via the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: John MOON, Dongil YANG, Hyoseok NA, Yongjun AN
  • Publication number: 20230205724
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device and a method, whereby various elements having the same function can be efficiently controlled through a serial interface. The electronic device may include at least one control unit and an interface or a group of peripheral devices. The group of peripheral devices may include a plurality of peripheral devices (e.g., an input module, a sound output module, a display module, an audio module, a haptic module, a sensor module, a camera module, a power management module, and a communication module).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Junghwan SON, Yongjun AN
  • Publication number: 20230198563
    Abstract: An example electronic device may include a switch configured to perform switching using at least two bias voltages input from a plurality of power suppliers as an input thereto and one of the two bias voltages as an output therefrom; and a first power amplifier which is included in at least one first transmission chain capable of selectively supporting the heterogeneous network among a plurality of transmission chains, and which is configured to amplify a radio frequency signal for transmission based on the bias voltage supplied from the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jungjoon KIM, Yongjun AN, Hyoseok NA
  • Publication number: 20230015730
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) including a plurality of first low noise amplifiers (LNAs); at least one radio frequency front end (RFFE) operatively connected to the RFIC; and at least one communication processor operatively connected to the RFIC, wherein the at least one communication processor is configured to: based on a first RF signal within a first uplink band of a first operating band being output via the RFIC, control the RFIC to set, to be a first gain, a gain of at least one first LNA among the plurality of first LNAs configured to process a second RF signal within a first downlink band of the first operating band provided from the at least one RFFE to the RFIC, and based on the first RF signal and a third RF signal within a second uplink band of a second operating band different from the first operating band being at least concurrently output via the RFIC, control the RFIC to set, to be a second gain, the gain of the a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Juho VAN, Yongjun AN
  • Publication number: 20220416819
    Abstract: An example portable electronic device can include: a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna; a first RFFE, a second RFFE, and a third RFFE which are configured to pre-process an RF signal; a first conductive wiring; a first switch including a (1-1)th terminal connected to the first antenna, a (1-2)th terminal connected to one end of the first conductive wiring, and a (1-3)th terminal connected to the first RFFE; a second switch including a (2-1)th terminal connected to the second antenna, a (2-2)th terminal connected to the third antenna, a (2-3)th terminal connected to the second RFFE, a (2-4)th terminal connected to the third RFFE, and a (2-5)th terminal connected to the other end of the first conductive wiring; an RFIC configured to convert RF signals inputted from the first RFFE, the second RFFE, and the third RFFE into a baseband signal, and convert the baseband signal into an RF signal so as to output the RF signal to the first RFFE; and a communication processor configured to control the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jonghyuk KIM, Hyoseok NA, Yongjun AN
  • Publication number: 20220329221
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device and a method for supplying power to a plurality of power amplifiers in an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jaejin YANG, Hyoseok NA, Yongjun AN
  • Publication number: 20220275564
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive laundry, and a driving part disposed at the rear plate and configured to provide a rotation force to the drum, wherein the rear plate includes: a driving part mounting portion, and an air flow portion surrounding the driving part mounting portion, wherein the air flow portion includes a flow space having an open front surface facing the drum, wherein the drum rear surface includes: a rear surface central portion facing the driving part mounting portion, and an air passage surrounding the rear surface central portion, wherein the rear surface central portion is disposed in front of the driving part, and wherein the air passage is disposed to be spaced radially outward apart from the driving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Juhan YOON, Jongmin LEE, Yongjun AN, Sanghun KIM
  • Publication number: 20220251757
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a drum including: a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body; a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body; a fixing panel; a power transmission unit including: a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor comprising including: a stator, and a rotor; and a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the housing and configured to reduce an amount of heat that is transferred from the outside of the housing to an inside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yongjun AN, Seongno YOON
  • Publication number: 20220251763
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes: a drive unit including a rotating shaft, a drum configured to be rotated by the rotating shaft and receive laundry and including a cylindrical drum body and a rear cover, the rear cover defining a rear surface of the drum body and a rear cover through hole in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a shaft bracket that (i) is coupled to the rear cover and the rotating shaft, (ii) covers the rear cover through hole, (iii) is configured to transmit rotational force of the rotating shaft to the drum, and (iv) defines a shaft-coupling hole in the axial direction. The rotating shaft is inserted into the shaft-coupling hole, projected into an inside of the drum, and coupled to the shaft bracket by a rotating-shaft-fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Jaecheon AN, Yongjun AN, Donghyun JIN, Sanghun KIM, Juhan YOON, Jun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20220251758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, which includes a drum body, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening, a fixing panel, a housing, which includes a housing body having an accommodation space formed therein and a housing cover, an input shaft having an end located outside the accommodation space and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, an output shaft having an end secured to the rear cover and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, a gear unit for transmitting the rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft, a motor, which includes a stator and a rotor, a coupling body connecting the input shaft to the rotor, and a first heat dissipation part for forming an airflow between the housing body and the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yongjun AN, Myungjun SONG
  • Patent number: 11390979
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a casing, an outer tub, an inner tub, a pulsator, and a driving mechanism configured to cause rotation of at least one of the inner tub or the pulsator. The driving mechanism includes a drive motor including a stator and a rotor, a bearing housing located below the outer tub, a hollow spinning shaft coupled to the inner tub, a coupler configured to selectively connect the spinning shaft to the rotor based on moving upward and downward along an outer circumferential surface of the spinning shaft, a washing shaft located in the spinning shaft and configured to rotate the pulsator, where the washing shaft has a lower part connected to the rotor and an upper part connected to the pulsator, and an anti-friction member located between the spinning shaft and the washing shaft and configured to reduce friction between the spinning shaft and the washing shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Seongno Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220173762
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a transceiver; a power amplifier connected to the transceiver; a power source modulator configured to supply power to the power amplifier; at least one antenna connected to the power amplifier; and at least one processor operably connected to the transceiver, the power amplifier; and the power source modulator. The at least one processor may confirm whether the state of an uplink signal transmitted through the at least one antenna is a first state, and may control the power source modulator to add a first offset value to a voltage value of power supplied to the power amplifier from the power source modulator, based on the state of a downlink signal received to the transceiver being the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yongjun AN, Namjun CHO
  • Publication number: 20220140982
    Abstract: An operation method of an electronic device includes determining whether a first communication module based on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second communication module based on a second RAT operate in a connected state; determining whether a. combination of a first band used by the first communication. module and a second band used by the second communication module is a combination causing interference; and if the combination of the first band and the second band is a combination causing interference, transmitting a. signal requesting to change one of the first band or the second band. The interference is caused by at least one transmission signal of the first RAT or at least one other signal derived from the at least one transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yongjun AN, Soon PARK, Kyuhyuck KWAK, Janghyun NAM, Jonghun YOO, Taeyun LEE, Haekwon LEE, Hyoseok NA
  • Publication number: 20220131567
    Abstract: Communication circuitry and an electronic device including the communication circuitry are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jungjoon KIM, Yongjun An, Hyunseok Choi
  • Publication number: 20220064842
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a case, a tub configured to accommodate washing water, a drum installed inside the tub and configured to accommodate laundry, a pulsator installed inside the drum and configured to rotate by receiving driving force, and a driver configured to provide driving force for rotating the drum and the pulsator. The driver includes a driving motor including a stator and a rotor, a bearing housing installed at a lower portion of the tub, a dewatering shaft having a lower end disposed adjacent to the rotor and an upper end connected to the drum, a coupler configured to selectively connect the dewatering shaft to the rotor while lifting along an outer circumferential surface of the lower end of the dewatering shaft, a washing shaft positioned inside the dewatering shaft, and an anti-friction member inserted between the dewatering shaft and the washing shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Myungjun SONG, Yongjun AN, Seongno YOON
  • Patent number: 11258475
    Abstract: An electronic device according to a disclosed embodiment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first communication circuit configured to communicate in a first frequency band with the first antenna at a first data rate, a second communication circuit configured to communicate in a second frequency band with the second antenna at a second data rate, a first coupler electrically connected between the first antenna and the first communication circuit, and at least one communication circuit configured to control to identify, during at least part of a period of simultaneously transmitting a first transmit signal with the first antenna and a second transmit signal with the second antenna, an amplitude of a first receive signal including at least part of the second transmit signal detected by the first coupler, disable an operation of attenuating the at least part of the second transmit signal included in the first receive signal based on the amplitude of the first receive signal falling in a first designate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngmin Lee, Yongjun An, Yuseon Lee
  • Patent number: 11258523
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device for determining failure of a signal path and a component, and a method for operating the electronic device according to various embodiments. The electronic device comprises: at least one connection part for connection to an external device; a first signal path including an amplifier for amplifying a signal transmitted to the outside of the electronic device; a second signal path for obtaining another signal from the outside of the electronic device; an antenna port electrically connected to the first signal path and the second signal path through a filter circuit; and a communication module, wherein the communication module may be configured to transmit a transmission signal through the first signal path to the antenna port, obtain at least a part of the transmission signal through the second signal path, and determine whether the electronic device is defective on the basis of the transmission signal and information associated with at least a part of the transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonkook Son, Yongjun An, Yuseon Lee, Hanyeop Lee, Joosung Kim, Hyoseok Na, Doil Ku, Hyunsang Kang, Juho Van, Chulseung Pyo
  • Patent number: 11251540
    Abstract: Various examples of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for controlling a connection and an operation of an antenna in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sung-Soo Kim, Min-Chull Paik, Yongjun An, Sang Youn Lee, Hyoungjoo Lee, Dong-Hoon Han