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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104037 | Terminal and method for performing device management scheduled based on threshold Commands for device management to be executed within a terminal and threshold-based conditions for executing such commands included within a scheduling context are provided to the terminal ahead of time. Therefore, the terminal can perform the commands for device ma... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7917929 | Remote reservation recording control system and method thereof A reservation recording control system and a method thereof, in which a user records a reservation for a desired broadcast program in a personal video recorder from a remote location over a distributed computer network such as the Internet. To this end, the system i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7758703 | Dishwasher and method of supplying water to the dishwasher Provided are a dishwasher and a method of supplying water in the dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber; a sump retaining washing water that is supplied to the tub; a steam generating device mounted on a side of the tub and having a ste... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7624591 | Refrigerator According to one aspect, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-makin... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7431571 | Noise reduction muffler for hermetic rotary compressor A muffler for a hermetic rotary compressor including a muffler body forming a plurality of noise reducing spaces in which refrigerant gas flows; a discharge port formed on the muffler body so as to be located on the nose reducing spaces side; and a guide cover coupl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424159 | Method and device for condensed image recording and reproduction According to an embodiment, the invention discusses techniques of encoding image data and decoding the encoded image data in an effective manner. As a result, recording and reproduction of data is optimized by compressing an image signal based on whether or not ther... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414851 | Display apparatus and flexible substrate The present invention relates to a flexible substrate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a flexible substrate for a display apparatus. A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a display panel in which an ele... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7397173 | Lighting apparatus using microwave energy A lighting apparatus using microwave energy comprises, a magnetron disposed inside a casing, for generating microwave energy; a waveguide for guiding microwave energy; a resonator providing a resonant region in which the microwave energy is resonated; a bulb dispose... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7362913 | Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362914 | Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359569 | Method of reducing a blocking artifact when coding moving picture A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S0, S1, and S2, which are centered around a block boundary. If a default mode is selected... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357626 | Suction valve for reciprocating compressor A suction valve for reciprocating compressor includes a fixation part, which receives a driving force of a reciprocating motor, and is fixed-combined to the front end surface of a piston performing linear reciprocal movement in the cylinder, a switching part for swi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340911 | Monolithic air conditioner In a monolithic air conditioner, a front panel is mounted on a front of a cabinet and includes an indoor air intake, an indoor air outlet, and a discharge guide backwardly extended from the indoor air outlet. An indoor heat exchanger is mounted on a back of the fron... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7306438 | Suction gas guiding system for reciprocating compressor A suction gas guide system (100) for reciprocating compressor (30) comprises a gas guide conduit having both ends installed on a suction pipe (SP) of a shell (10) and on an inner flowing passage of a piston (31) so as to face each other a... | 12/11/2007 |
| D556754 | Portable display | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284967 | Reliability-improving structure of reciprocating compressor In a reliability-improving structure of a reciprocating compressor, by minimizing vibration noise occurred in operation, adjusting a quantity of compression gas accurately, measuring an air gap in order to uniform an air gap of a reciprocating motor in an assembly p... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7233100 | Lighting apparatus using microwave A lighting apparatus using microwave comprises: a waveguide for transmitting microwave generated in a magnetron; a mesh screen installed on an outlet portion of the waveguide for blocking a leakage of the microwave and passing light; a bulb located in the mesh scree... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7196992 | Apparatus and method for reproducing recorded data on read-only recording medium A read-only recording medium and a reproducing method thereof ensures reproduction compatibility with a rewritable recording medium in which real data is recorded with substantial discontinuity. The read-only recording medium comprises a data recording area in which... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7081702 | Electrodeless lighting system An electrodeless lighting system includes: a resonator installed at an outlet of a waveguide guiding microwave energy generated from a magnetron and defining a cavity allowing light to pass therethrough while resonating microwave therein; a bulb positioned in the re... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081707 | Waveguide system for electrodeless lighting device Provided is a waveguide system for an electrodeless lighting device, comprising a waveguide guiding microwave energy outputted from an antenna of a microwave generation means which is fixedly-inserted into an inner surface of the waveguide, and having a slot formed ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7049764 | Electrodeless lighting apparatus using microwave and method for controlling power thereof An electrodeless lighting apparatus using microwave and a method for controlling its power can lengthen lifetimes of the magnetron by constantly maintaining power applied to a magnetron of the electrodeless lighting apparatus using microwave. Therefore, when inputte... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028601 | Abrasion preventive structure of reciprocating compressor In an abrasion preventive structure of a reciprocating compressor, by forming a coating layer made of Ni—P alloy material having high hardness onto the surface of a frame at which front (92) and rear (93) resonance springs are contacted or spring mou... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005805 | Back light circuit of LCD in an electric refrigerator In an electric freezing refrigerator, when a light emitting diode of back light unit deteriorate due to an external impact or an internal defect or a port terminal of a microcomputer applying power to the light emitting diode is damaged, the back lighting of electri... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6956315 | Stator for reciprocating motor A stator for a reciprocating motor includes a bobbin made of an insulating material in which a winding coil is located; a terminal unit forming a single body with the bobbin and connecting the winding coil electrically with an outer power source; and a core unit sta... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954037 | Electrodeless lighting system In the electrodeless lighting system according to the present invention, a position of a stud mounted inside the resonator can be changed, the size of the stud mounted inside the resonator can be changed, or the number of studs can be changed thereby changing distri... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933675 | Apparatus for blocking ambient air of electrodeless lighting system and waveguide thereof An apparatus for blocking ambient air of an electrodeless lighting system comprises: a waveguide including a shaft hole so that a bulb shaft can be penetrated therethrough; a bulb motor mounted on a rear side of the waveguide and connected to a bulb, which is locate... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913450 | Suction valve coupling structure for reciprocating compressor A suction valve coupling structure for a reciprocating compressor is disclosed in which a piston being linearly moved in a cylinder upon receipt of driving force from an electric mechanism unit, according to which gas flows through a gas flow passage formed therein,... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6900558 | Reciprocating motor A reciprocating motor in which a plurality of eddy current preventing holes (26) are formed in the directions of circumference and shaft of a magnet frame (10) in a magnet mounting portion (12) of the magnet frame (10)connected between th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6894407 | Reciprocating motor A reciprocating motor is disclosed having a magnet frame (10) connected between a magnet (8) and an element to be reciprocally moved to transmit a reciprocal movement of the magnet (8) to the element, the magnet consisting of a first mounting un... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883233 | Fan guide A fan guide including a guide body, a central frame positioned at a central portion of the guide body and having an outer circumferential region, a plurality of motor fixtures formed at the outer circumferential region of the central frame for fixing a motor coupled... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6868064 | Method for confirming receipt of protocol data A method of confirming a receipt of protocol data units (PDU) that can eliminate the starting point polling problem of the conventional window-based polling algorithm widely used in a radio link control is disclosed. The conventional window-based polling algorithm i... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6790015 | Piston supporting structure for linear compressor A piston supporting structure for a linear compressor includes a piston reciprocating in the axial direction in response to the driving force of a motor, a first spring of which one end portion is fixed to one side of the piston, and a second spring of which one end... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6765341 | Fan having dust-proof apparatus A fan having a dust-proof apparatus includes: a casing having a passage; a rotation driving unit installed inside the casing; a plurality of blades positioned in the passage and coupled to a rotational shaft of the rotation driving unit so as to be rotated; and a du... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6752884 | Method for manufacturing mesh screen of electrodeless lighting system A method for manufacturing a mesh screen of an electrodeless lighting system, capable of intercepting microwave and passing light generated in a bulb, including a mesh screen forming step for forming a mesh screen to have a mesh structure, a first plating step for p... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6743347 | Bearing manufacturing method for compressor A bearing manufacturing method for a compressor is disclosed. Since an oxide-coated layer is formed at the surface of the bearing and electrolized in a tiomolybedenic acid ammonium aqueous solution so that the molybedene emulsion can be infiltrated in the fine pores... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6712488 | Globe type electrodeless lighting apparatus An electrodeless lighting apparatus using microwave comprises: a waveguide for transmitting microwave generated in a magnetron; a mesh screen coupled to an outlet portion of the waveguide for blocking a leakage of the microwave and passing light; a bulb located in t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705245 | Apparatus for forming polymer continuously on the surface of metal by DC plasma polymerization The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming polymer by DC plasma polymerization wherein a substrate is used as an electrode by applying a power to the substrate and an opposite electrode in a deposition chamber is positioned to both the surfaces of the... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6689991 | Electronic range Disclosed is an electronic range including a cavity, in which cooking of food is to be conducted, a heater chamber arranged over the cavity, an axial-flow fan arranged in the heater chamber and adapted to generate a downward flow of air, and a heater arra... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685441 | Scroll compressor A scroll compressor of simple structure and low production cost which can be protected when abnormal pressure state or abnormal temperature state of the compressor comprises: a sealed casing including a first chamber for forming a low pressure and a secon... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6608443 | Lighting apparatus using microwave energy In a lighting apparatus, a lighting apparatus using microwave energy includes a magnetron for generating microwave energy, a bulb for generating lights by the microwave energy, a wave guide for connecting the magnetron and the bulb and transmitting the mi... | 08/19/2003 |
