Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100027770 | HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A home appliance system and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a predetermined sound and transmits the sound through a connected communication network, thereby making it easier for a service center at a remote place to check a status of the home appliance. Further, the home appliance system and operation method thereof prevents noise or signal error generated in the procedure of converting product information into a signal of a predetermined frequency band in order to output the product information as a sound, thus enabling stable signal conversion and improving the accuracy of information transmission using the output of sound. | 02-04-2010 |
20100262865 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING HOME APPLIANCE - A system and method for diagnosing a home appliance are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a predetermined sound signal, and transmits the sound signal to a service center of a remote site over a communication network, such that a service technician of the service center can easily check a current status of the home appliance. The diagnostic system effectively detects data using multiple synchronous signals having a time difference, quickly diagnoses a current status or fault of the home appliance, provides a service for more correctly diagnosing a faulty operation of the home appliance, and increases user satisfaction and reliability. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262884 | DIAGNOSTIC SERVER FOR A HOME APPLIANCE AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A diagnostic server and a controlling method are provided. In the method, the diagnostic server receives a packet including at least one frame and performs error checking on each frame included in the packet. The diagnostic server receives a retransmitted packet upon determining from the result of error checking that a frame in the packet has an error. The diagnostic server performs error checking on each frame included in the retransmitted packet and restores the frame included in the packet based on the retransmitted packet when a frame, which is located in a location corresponding to the error frame, included in the retransmitted packet has no error. In the case where a packet including product information is transmitted, this method can reduce the number of retransmissions of the same packet required to acquire an error-free packet. | 10-14-2010 |
20100318324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING HOME APPLIANCE - A system and method for diagnosing a home appliance are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a predetermined sound signal, and transmits the sound signal to a service center of a remote site over a communication network, such that a service technician of the service center can easily check a current status of the home appliance. When a diagnostic server of the service center analyzes the sound signal of the home appliance, it selects a plurality of preamble candidates and can effectively and correctly detect data using weights, so that it can quickly diagnose a faulty operation of the home appliance. An erroneous data analysis and its associated erroneous diagnosis are prevented, so that the diagnostic system provides a service for more correctly diagnosing a faulty operation of the home appliance and also increases user satisfaction and reliability of the home appliance. | 12-16-2010 |
20130238283 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING HOME APPLIANCE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for diagnosing home appliances, which receives an acoustic signal containing product information from a home appliance through a communication network, extracts product information from the acoustic signal, and performs a diagnosis on the home appliance on the basis of the extracted product information. The apparatus comprises an acoustic signal recording unit which records the acoustic signal containing product information received from the home appliance; a signal processing unit which extracts product information from the acoustic signal recorded by the acoustic signal recording unit; a diagnosing unit which diagnoses the home appliance on the basis of the product information extracted by the signal processing unit; and a display unit which provides a user interface that interacts with the acoustic signal recording unit, signal processing unit, and diagnosing unit. | 09-12-2013 |
20130262322 | HOME APPLIANCE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a diagnosis method for same, and more particularly, to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a diagnosis method for same, which involve receiving product information on the home appliance, which is outputted in a predetermined signal form from the home appliance, and analyzing the received product information to check the condition of the home appliance and to diagnose faults in the home appliance. According to the present invention, a diagnosis server easily extracts product information from a signal, and improves the accuracy of the product information through a multi-stage verification process when the diagnosis server outputs product information from the signal received thereat to diagnose the home appliance, to thereby achieve improved accuracy and reliability of the result of the diagnosis based on the product information. | 10-03-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110252836 | TUB HAVING STRUCTUALLY STRENGTHENED REAR WALL AND WASHING MACHINE WITH THE SAME THEREIN - A tub having a structurally strengthened rear wall and a washing machine with the same therein are disclosed. A washing machine includes a bearing housing having a flange part and a tub part injection-molded with the bearing housing inserted into a wall thereof, the wall having a recessing part and a projecting part formed on an inner or an outer surface thereof along a circumferential direction, and a circumferential rib or a radical rib formed on the recessing part. | 10-20-2011 |
20110283745 | TUB HAVING STRUCTUALLY STRENGTHENED REAR WALL AND WASHING MACHINE WITH THE SAME THEREIN - A tub having a structurally strengthened rear wall and a washing machine with the same therein are disclosed. A washing machine includes a bearing housing having a flange part and a tub injection-molded with the bearing housing inserted into a wall thereof, the wall having a recessing part and a projecting part formed on an inner or an outer surface thereof along a circumferential direction, and a circumferential rib or a radial rib formed on the recessing part. | 11-24-2011 |
20110283746 | TUB HAVING STRUCTUALLY STRENGTHENED REAR WALL AND WASHING MACHINE WITH THE SAME THEREIN - A tub having a structurally strengthened rear wall and a washing machine with the same therein are disclosed. A washing machine includes a bearing housing having a flange part and a tub injection-molded with the bearing housing inserted into a wall thereof, the wall having a recessing part and a projecting part formed on an inner or an outer surface thereof along a circumferential direction, and a circumferential rib or a radial rib formed on the recessing part. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289984 | TUB HAVING STRUCTUALLY STRENGTHENED REAR WALL AND WASHING MACHINE WITH THE SAME THEREIN - A tub having a structurally strengthened rear wall and a washing machine with the same therein are disclosed. A washing machine includes a bearing housing having a flange part and a tub injection-molded with the bearing housing inserted into a wall thereof, the wall having a recessing part and a projecting part formed on an inner or an outer surface thereof along a circumferential direction, and a circumferential rib or a radial rib formed on the recessing part. | 12-01-2011 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110289950 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. In the hot water supply apparatus, refrigerant flowing through an evaporator and a compressor of a refrigerant cycle may perform a heat-exchange operation with water so that, a hot water supply operation may be substantially continuously performed without performing a defrosting operation. | 12-01-2011 |
20110289952 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus may employ a cascade heat pump including a two-stage cycle to perform a hot water supply operation. Refrigerants flowing through a heat side heat exchanger and a usage side heat exchanger may be heat-exchanged with water. Thus, the hot water supply operation may be continuously performed, without a defrosting operation, and hot water supply performance and heating performance may be improved. | 12-01-2011 |
20140326012 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT PUMP - A hot water supply apparatus associated with a heat pump is provided. The hot water supply apparatus may employ a cascade heat pump including a two-stage cycle to perform a hot water supply operation. Refrigerants flowing through a heat side heat exchanger and a usage side heat exchanger may be heat-exchanged with water. Thus, the hot water supply operation may be continuously performed, without a defrosting operation, and hot water supply performance and heating performance may be improved. | 11-06-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110264245 | HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A home appliance and a method of operating the same are provided. The home appliance has a communication device that can be easily detached, can selectively set a communication method according to a peripheral network environment, enables an easy connection to a smart server by changing a position of the communication device and can thus transmit and receive data by stably communicating with the smart server regardless of an obstacle and a position of the home appliance. | 10-27-2011 |
20120023976 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner and control method thereof is provided which may be controlled to adapt operation to changes in power rates. The method may include receiving electric power related information, determining whether a current power rate included in the received information is higher than a preset reference value, determining occupancy of a space to be air conditioned if the current power rate is higher than the preset reference value, and controlling a flow rate of air supplied to the space based on the determined occupancy. | 02-02-2012 |
20120023977 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner which may controlled to adapt to changes in power rates, and an associated method, are provided. The method may include receiving electric power information, determining whether a current power rate included in the received information is higher than a preset reference value, and supplying electric power from a supplementary electric power source to at least one appliance in a network to which the air conditioner is connected if the current power rate is higher than the preset reference value. | 02-02-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110050059 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine of the present invention comprises a top cover where a laundry entrance hole is formed through which laundry is put in from above; a lid assembly coupled to the top cover in a rotatable manner and opening and closing the laundry entrance hole; and a stopper being formed at least in one of the top cover and the lid assembly and preventing the lid assembly from being rotated more than a maximum opening angle. The stopper prevents a lid assembly from being rotated more than a maximum opening angle. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050060 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a top cover where a laundry entrance hole is formed through which laundry is put in from above; a lid assembly coupled to the top cover in a rotatable manner and opening and closing the laundry entrance hole; a first hinge connecting the top cover and the lid assembly; and a cam being installed in the first hinge and preventing the lid assembly from being rotated more than a maximum opening angle. | 03-03-2011 |
20110056029 | RINSING METHOD OF WASHING MACHINE - A rinsing method of a washing machine according to the present invention supplies fabric softener after getting fabric wet by spraying water through a spray nozzle. Therefore, not only fabric can become fully wet while reducing water used for rinsing but also fabric softener can be spread out evenly over the fabric. | 03-10-2011 |
20120060301 | CONTROL METHOD OF WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed herein is a control method of a washing machine which minimizes damage to laundry to be washed. The control method includes executing a washing cycle to wash laundry to be washed by supplying wash water, dissolving detergent in wash water and washing the laundry, executing a rinsing cycle to rinse the laundry by draining wash water, spin-drying the laundry, and rinsing the laundry, and executing a spin-drying cycle to spin-dry the laundry by draining wash water and spin-drying the laundry, wherein the dissolving of the detergent is carried out at a water level lower than a predetermined reference water level. | 03-15-2012 |
20140101866 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WASHING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a washing apparatus, and more particularly, to method for controlling a washing apparatus provided with an independently rotatable drum and a pulsator, comprising a step of draining further comprising a plurality of steps of draining a predetermined amount of rinsing water at a time; a middle step of dehydrating; and a step of supplying water, further comprising a plurality of steps of providing a predetermined amount of rinsing water at a time. | 04-17-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120138141 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a photoelectric conversion layer and a front electrode on the photoelectric conversion layer. The front electrode includes a bus bar electrode; at least one first finger electrode directly connected to the bus bar electrode; a plurality of connecting electrodes extending from the bus bar electrode and having a width smaller than a width of the bus bar electrode, wherein the plurality of connecting electrodes includes portions that are spaced apart from each other to form a space therebetween; at least one second finger electrode connected to at least one of the plurality of connecting electrodes; and an auxiliary electrode formed at the space between the portions of the plurality of connecting electrodes. | 06-07-2012 |
20120199190 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a silicon semiconductor substrate; an emitter layer formed on a surface of the silicon semiconductor substrate; an antireflection layer formed on the emitter layer: and a front electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer by penetrating the antireflection layer. The front electrode includes a finger line and a busbar electrode electrically connected to the finger line, and the busbar electrode includes at least a first electrode line and a second electrode line electrically connected to each other. The first and second electrode lines have a width same as or larger than a width of the finger line, and the first and second electrode lines have the width of 100 μm or less. | 08-09-2012 |
20150333199 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is discussed, which includes a pair of connecting electrodes having a portion having a width smaller than a width of a plurality of bus bar electrodes, and the pair of connecting electrodes connects a plurality of second finger electrodes to both sides of an end of one of the plurality of bus bar electrodes, respectively, wherein the end of the one of the plurality of bus bar electrodes being positioned in a second direction, wherein an area not including the plurality of second finger electrodes is positioned between the pair of connecting electrodes, and wherein an auxiliary electrode not connected to the plurality of second finger electrodes and having a width smaller than the width of the plurality of bus bar electrodes is disposed in the area not including the plurality of second finger electrodes. | 11-19-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100058790 | ROTARY TYPE ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE REFRIGERANT SUPPLY APPARATUS - The rotary type ultralow temperature refrigerant supply apparatus includes a refrigerant introduction pipe coupled to the super conductive rotor for supplying a liquid-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant cooled by the refrigeration system to the evaporator, a refrigerant withdrawal pipe disposed spaced apart from the refrigerant introduction pipe for withdrawing a gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant obtained through the evaporation of the liquid-phase refrigerant by the evaporator and guiding the withdrawn gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant to the refrigeration system, and a vacuum housing fixedly disposed outside the refrigerant introduction pipe and the refrigerant withdrawal pipe, the vacuum housing having a vacuum heat insulation space defined inside. | 03-11-2010 |
20100060089 | DEVICE FOR COOLING CURRENT LINES OF SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING MACHINE - A cooling device for current lines of a superconducting rotating machine, which is capable of removing heat generated from the current lines of the superconducting rotating machine, thereby effectively preventing a superconducting coil from being deformed due to the heat generated from the current lines, is disclosed. The cooling device includes heat conduction members respectively mounted to outer surfaces of the current lines. Each heat conduction member is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the stator such that the heat conduction member transfers, to the stator, heat generated from a corresponding one of the current lines. The heat conduction member further includes insulators each surrounding a corresponding one of the current lines between a corresponding one of the heat conduction members and a power slip ring arranged in the stator, to thermally insulate the heat generated from the corresponding current line. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061869 | CRYOGENIC FLUID CIRCULATION PUMP - Disclosed is a cryogenic fluid circulation pump that is capable of preventing heat from permeating into a cryogenic fluid by convection during the circulation of the cryogenic fluid by the pump and, at the same time, minimizing the transfer of heat to the cryogenic fluid circulating through a shaft rotating to rotate the pump. The cryogenic fluid circulation pump includes a magnet pump unit mounted in a vacuum chamber having an introduction channel and a discharge channel formed therein to prevent heat from permeating into the cryogenic fluid by convection for rotating by a magnetic force to circulate the cryogenic fluid, when a rotary force from a power source is transmitted to the magnet pump unit. | 03-11-2010 |
20100300119 | PUMP FOR SUPPLYING CRYOGENIC COOLANT - A pump for supplying a cryogenic liquid coolant in accordance with the present invention includes: a housing having an inlet port for introducing a cryogenic liquid coolant, an outlet port for discharging the cryogenic liquid coolant introduced through the inlet port, and a chamber for connecting the inlet port and the outlet port; an impeller rotatably retained in the housing for introducing the cryogenic liquid coolant through the inlet port and discharging the same through the outlet port; and a vapor exhausting part provided in the housing for exhausting vapor generated from the cryogenic liquid coolant. | 12-02-2010 |
20110092371 | COOLING FLUID PATH STRUCTURE FOR SUPERCONDUCTION ROTATING MACHINE - Disclosed is a cooling fluid path structure for a superconducting rotating machine, which includes: a fixed inlet fluid path fixed together with the fluid supply means; a rotating inlet fluid path adjacently connected to an outlet of the fixed inlet fluid path, which is for transferring the cooling fluid transferred from the fixed inlet fluid path to a cooling fluid path inlet provided in the rotor while rotating together with the rotor; a rotating outlet fluid path rotating together with the rotor, to which the cooling fluid discharged from a cooling fluid path outlet of the rotor is transferred; and a fixed outlet fluid path adjacently connected to the rotating outlet fluid path, which is for transferring the cooling fluid transferred from the rotating outlet fluid path to the fluid supply means while being fixed together with the fluid supply means, wherein the rotating outlet fluid path and the fixed outlet fluid path are disposed in such a manner that they surround outside of the rotating inlet fluid path and the fixed inlet fluid path. | 04-21-2011 |
20130225415 | SUPERCONDUCTING ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING FILM THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a superconducting rotating electrical machine and a manufacturing method for a high temperature superconducting film thereof. The superconducting rotating electrical machine includes a stator, and a rotor rotatable with respect to the stator, the rotor having a rotary shaft and a rotor winding. Here, the rotor winding includes tubes disposed on a circumference of the rotary shaft and each forming a passage for a cooling fluid therein, superconducting wires accommodated within the tubes, and a cooling fluid flowing through the inside of the tubes. This configuration may allow for direct heat exchange between the superconducting wires and a refrigerant, resulting in improvement of heat exchange efficiencies of the superconducting wires. | 08-29-2013 |
20140378310 | Superconducting Rotating Machine and Cooling Method Thereof - Provided are a superconducting rotating machine which improves the cooling efficiency of a rotor by using schemes of passively or actively circulating a coolant and a cooling method thereof. The superconducting rotating machine includes a rotor supported rotatably about a rotation axis and including: at least one superconductive coil; and a central cavity; and a cooling apparatus disposed at an exterior of the rotor and configured to communicate with the cavity, wherein the cooling apparatus includes: a condenser configured to condense a gas coolant supplied through a gas coolant supplying pipe to generate a condensed coolant; a coolant circulating unit configured to supply the condensed coolant into the cavity, configured to recover a vapor coolant evaporated in the cavity into the condenser and configured to circulate the condensed coolant; and a forced circulating unit configured to actively circulate the condensed coolant into the cavity in response to the rotor being tilted. | 12-25-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110120174 | COMPRESSOR - The present invention relates to a rotary compressor comprising an electric motor part for supplying electric power and a compression mechanism part for compressing a refrigerant while first and second rotary members ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110120178 | COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a compressor, comprising a stator ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110123366 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor eliminates sliding contacts between a cylinder ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110126579 | COMPRESSOR - The present invention relates to a rotary compressor comprising an electric motor part ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110129370 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor comprises: a hermetically sealed container; a stator fixedly installed within the hermetically sealed container; a first rotary member rotating, within the stator, around a first rotary shaft longitudinally extending concentrically with the center of the stator by a rotating electromagnetic field from the stator, and provided with first and second covers fixed to upper and lower parts and rotating integrally with each other; a second rotary member space for compressing a refrigerant in a compression space formed between the first and second rotary members while rotating, within the first rotary member, around the second rotary shaft extending through the first and second covers upon receipt of a rotational force from the first rotary member; a vane for transmitting the rotational force to the second rotary member from the first rotary member, and partitioning the compression space into a suction region for sucking the refrigerant and a compression region for compressing/discharging the refrigerant; and first and second bearings fixed to the inside of the hermetically sealed container, and rotatably supporting the first and second rotary members in an axial direction. | 06-02-2011 |