Patents by Inventor Young Hoon Gwak

Young Hoon Gwak 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: 7823408
    Abstract: An icemaker in a refrigerator is disclosed, by which heat generated from a heater to detach ice is prevented from being transferred to an inside of the refrigerator. The present invention includes an icemaker body provided to a prescribed position of the refrigerator to make to ice from a supplied water, a heater provided to the icemaker body to generate heat to facilitate detachment of the made ice, and a heater shielding unit provided to prevent the heat generated from the heater from being supplied to an inside of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Gon Kim, Oh Chul Kwon, You Min Park, Young Hoon Gwak, Hyeon Po Cho, Bon Young Koo, Myung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090309472
    Abstract: Disclosed related to a refrigerator according to the present invention capable of preventing the drooping of bin when the bin is pulled out of the storage space. Further, the refrigerator does not need to fit guide device when users push the bin into the storage space, since the bin is completely separated from the guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo-Min Park, Jong-Gon Kim, Young-Hoon Gwak, Bon-Young Koo, Myung-Soo Kim, Hyeon-Po Cho, Oh-Chul Kwon
  • Publication number: 20090206717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shelf assembly mounting structure for a refrigerator and a refrigerator comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Bon-Young Koo, Jong-Gon Kim, Oh-Chul Kwon, Yoo-Min Park, Myung-Soo Kim, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Publication number: 20090173098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator. The present invention provides an ice-making device for a refrigerator including a main body having a storage space and a door selectively opening or closing the storage space. The ice-making device comprises an ice maker installed on a backside of the door and making ice; a cold air duct provided in one side of the storage space and supplying the ice maker with a portion of cold air supplied to the storage space; an ice maker cover detachably installed on the backside of the door to selectively open or close the ice maker; and an ice bank detachably installed on the backside of the door below the ice maker, the ice bank storing ice made in the ice maker and transferring it to a dispenser provided on the door. According to the present invention, there is an advantageous in that a storage capacity of a refrigerator can be used to the full extent, and smell of food can be prevented from permeating ice in a process of making ice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim, Yoo-Min Park, Oh-Chul Kwon, Jong-Gon Kim, Bon-Young Koo, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Publication number: 20090064703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator. An ice-making device for a refrigerator according to the present invention comprises an ice maker 161 for making ice, which is provided on a backside of a door 131 of the refrigerator; and an ice maker cover 171 for selectively opening or closing the ice maker 161. Fixing recesses 173 are formed to be open downwardly on outsides of both sides of the ice maker cover 171, and receive fixing protrusions 135a provided at corresponding positions on opposite sides of a pair of support steps 135 that protrude rearward from both side ends of the backside of the door 131 by a predetermined length and are formed to be elongated in an up and down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim, Yoon-Min Park, Oh-Chul Kwon, Jong-Gon Kim, Bon-Young Koo, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho
  • Publication number: 20090009043
    Abstract: Provided is a home bar for a refrigerator that has an improved structure for easy door opening and closing. The home bar includes a home bar frame, a home bar door, a fixing unit, and an elastic member. The home bar frame includes an opening. The home bar door is configured to close the opening. The fixing unit is disposed on the home bar frame and configured to latch the home bar door. The elastic member is disposed at a side of the fixing unit and configured to apply an elastic force for opening the home bar door. Although the home bar does not have an expensive latch structure, the home bar door can be easily opened, closed, and latched. The opening is large such that foods can be easily accessed through the opening. An additional insulating layer can be provided in the home bar door for improving insulating efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Young Hoon GWAK
  • Publication number: 20080246380
    Abstract: Provided are a home bar and a refrigerator including the home bar. The home bar includes a home-bar frame, a home-bar door, and a damping hinge. The home-bar frame is mounted on a refrigerator door around an opening formed through the refrigerator door. The home-bar door is rotatably mounted on the home-bar frame for selectively opening and closing the opening. The damping hinge is detachably installed on the home-bar frame and is coupled to a side of the home-bar door for dampening a rotation force of the home-bar door. Therefore, the home bar can be easily repaired or replaced with low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Young Hoon GWAK
  • Publication number: 20070228911
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: an inner case that forms a storage space; a plurality of fixing members coupled to the inner case so as to be protruding to the storage space, for preventing a foaming agent applied to a rear surface of the inner case from leaking to the storage space; and a guide rail fixedly-coupled to the fixing members, and to which a storage means is slidably coupled. Since components for slidably coupling a storage means to the inner case are simplified and an assembly process is facilitated, a production cost is reduced and a productivity is enhanced. Furthermore, the components for slidably coupling the storage means to the inner case are firmly coupled to the inner case, and a foaming agent is prevented from leaking to inside of the inner case, thereby enhancing the reliability of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Jong-Gon Kim, Oh-Chul Kwon, Yoo-Min Park, Young-Hoon Gwak, Hyeon-Po Cho, Bon-Young Koo, Myung-Soo Kim, Suk-Hyoun Cho