公开(公告)号：US11047611B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16690056

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Hyun Uk Park

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  F25D25/02

Abstract: A refrigerator capable of allowing a storage guard to be automatically pulled out when a door is opened. The refrigerator includes a body, a first door arranged in front of the body including an opening, and a second door arranged in front of the first door, configured to open and close the opening of the first door. The refrigerator includes a storage guard configured to be pulled out in front of the first door and inserted into the rear of the first door, and mounted to the first door, and a storage guard mover configured to pull out the storage guard to the front of the first door in response to opening of the second door at a predetermined angle or more, and to insert the storage guard into the rear of the first door in response to opening of the second door less than the predetermined angle.

公开(公告)号：US11585593B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17250958

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Hyun Uk Park

IPC: F25D25/02 ,  A47B88/463 ,  A47B88/467 ,  A47B88/473 ,  A47B88/497

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having an opening/closing device with an improved structure which allows a storage box to be automatically inserted and withdrawn according to the opening and closing of a door and allows the storage box to be further pushed backward while the door is closed.
The refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber having a front side that is open, and provided at an inside with a storage box that is movable in a front-rear direction, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the storage chamber, and provided at a rear surface with a pusher that protrudes in a direction toward the storage chamber, and an opening and closing device provided at one side of the storage box, and formed to allow the storage box to be moved in the front and rear direction according to the opening and closing of the door, wherein the opening and closing device includes a rack gear configured to move in a front and rear direction according to the opening and closing of the door, a locking member rotatably coupled to the rack gear to be locked with and released from the storage box, the locking member configured to move in the front and rear direction together with the rack gear, and a catcher configured to rotate to be caught with and released from the pusher according to the opening and closing of the door, wherein the catcher is rotated to be caught with the pusher when the door is a closed state to push the rack gear such that the rack gear is moved backward.

公开(公告)号：US11441348B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US17141789

申请日：2021-01-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Young Kyun Jeong ,  Chan Young Park ,  Hyun Uk Park

IPC: E06B3/00 ,  E05F15/73 ,  F25D23/02 ,  E05F15/614 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F16H19/08

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which may automatically open or close a door and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator may automatically open or close door(s) of the refrigerator by controlling a motor. After lapse of a predetermined time after the door of the refrigerator has been closed, the refrigerator operates a motor with an output used when the door is not opened, such that the refrigerator may remove noise while simultaneously maintaining a constant door opening time when the door is opened. In addition, when the door opening signal time is detected, the refrigerator may immediately opens the door.

公开(公告)号：US10132555B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15286216

申请日：2016-10-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoshio Yasaka ,  Kentaro Kan ,  Katsumi Takenaka ,  Makoto Shibuya ,  Chan Young Park ,  Hyun Uk Park ,  Tae-In Eom ,  Young Kyun Jeong

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05F15/614 ,  E06B3/36

Abstract: Provided herein is a door opening and closing apparatus capable of reducing torque of a motor required for removing an adhesive force between a door and a housing. The door opening and closing apparatus includes a motor configured to output power for opening and closing a door, a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit the power of the motor to a hinge by rotation of a plurality of driving gears, and an auxiliary apparatus configured to generate an auxiliary force for moving the door at a closing position toward an opening position, where the auxiliary force is generated at the auxiliary apparatus by the power of the motor before the power of the motor is transmitted to the hinge through the power transmission apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US10900271B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15923391

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Young Kyun Jeong ,  Chan Young Park ,  Hyun Uk Park

IPC: E06B3/00 ,  E05F15/73 ,  F25D23/02 ,  E05F15/614 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F16H19/08

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which may automatically open or close a door and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator may automatically open or close door(s) of the refrigerator by controlling a motor. After lapse of a predetermined time after the door of the refrigerator has been closed, the refrigerator operates a motor with an output used when the door is not opened, such that the refrigerator may remove noise while simultaneously maintaining a constant door opening time when the door is opened. In addition, when the door opening signal time is detected, the refrigerator may immediately opens the door.

公开(公告)号：US10168093B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15958479

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Nam Soo Park ,  Hyung Kwen Ham ,  Seon Ju Lee ,  Young Seok Lee ,  Bok Hyun Jang ,  Simon Ireland ,  June Hyuck Choi

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05C19/16 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D25/04

Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.

公开(公告)号：US09976793B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US15367910

申请日：2016-12-02

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Nam Soo Park ,  Hyung Kwen Ham ,  Seon Ju Lee ,  Young Seok Lee ,  Bok Hyun Jang ,  Simon Ireland ,  June Hyuck Choi

IPC: A47B96/04 ,  F25D23/02 ,  E05C19/16 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D25/04

CPC classification number: F25D23/025 ,  E05C19/161 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D25/04 ,  F25D2323/023 ,  F25D2400/06

Abstract: An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections.

公开(公告)号：US09903639B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-27

申请号：US15049686

申请日：2016-02-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tae-In Eom ,  Nam Soo Park ,  Jea Won Lee

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05D7/00 ,  E05D15/00 ,  E05F3/20 ,  E05F5/02 ,  F25D23/06

CPC classification number: F25D23/028 ,  E05D7/00 ,  E05D15/00 ,  E05F3/20 ,  E05F5/02 ,  F25D23/062 ,  F25D2323/024

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a body, a storage compartment formed in the body, a door which opens and closes the storage compartment, a damper that mitigates an impact, which occurs when the door is closed, and includes a cylinder, a piston that moves back and forth in the cylinder, and a pressurizing rod that transfers a pressure applied from the door to the piston, and a hinge that rotatably supports the door and includes a hinge bracket which connects the body to the door and a guide rail that guides a movement of the pressurizing rod.

公开(公告)号：US12000617B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17288862

申请日：2019-08-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyun Uk Park ,  Ji Won Ryu ,  Tae-In Eom ,  Ju Young Kim ,  Moon Sun Shin

IPC: F24F13/20 ,  B01D46/00 ,  F16B2/20 ,  F24F8/10 ,  F24F8/80

CPC classification number: F24F13/20 ,  F16B2/20 ,  F24F8/80 ,  B01D46/0004 ,  B01D2265/02 ,  F24F8/10

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner with an improved locking structure. The air cleaner includes a cabinet, a panel having a plurality of holes for discharging air to the front of the cabinet and detachably mounted on the cabinet, and a locking device to detachably connect the cabinet and the panel, wherein the locking device includes a first locking member disposed on the panel, and a second locking member disposed in the cabinet to lock or unlock the first locking member by being rotated by pressing of the first locking member.

公开(公告)号：US11635229B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US16767186

申请日：2018-11-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ji Won Ryu ,  Hyun Uk Park ,  Kyung Ho Hwang ,  Tae-In Eom ,  Jae Min Park

IPC: F24F13/14 ,  F24F11/79 ,  F24F13/12 ,  F24F13/20 ,  F24F13/068

Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including a housing including a discharge path, a first discharge wall forming the discharge path, and a second discharge wall arranged at a side opposite to the first discharge wall and an airflow controller including a guide member configured to move between a first location provided at an inside of the first discharge wall and a second location protruding outside of the first discharge wall. The air conditioner controls a discharge airflow while minimizing loss of discharge air volume through an airflow controller without using a general blade, and controls a discharge airflow of air discharged through a discharge path having a circular shape.