Lg Electronics Inc.

Hoyong Jang

Seungje Park

Yoosool Yoon

Myungsang Kim

Cheolyeon Lee

Donghyun Kim

Sangki Lee

Jaehoon Ahn

Seokhee Cho

Heejun Lee

Chungill Lee

Hansu Jung

Hyunsang Kim

Daeyong Kang

Juneyoung Lee

Soongkeun Lee

Baekeun Kwon

Dukho Ham

Jeashik Heo

Dongwoon Kim

An electric kettle may include: a body receiving water or food therein; a lid configured to shield an open upper side of the body; a base provided at a lower side of the body and configured to support the body; a heating module provided in a side of the body and configured to apply heat to the body such that the content contained in the body is heated; and a handle provided at a side of the body and configured to be held by hand, wherein a control means is provided in the handle, the control means being configured to control power supplied to the heating module or to control a temperature of the content contained in the body. According to such a configuration of the electric kettle, there is an advantage in that the malfunction or failure of the electric kettle is prevented.

Electric kettle

A laundry processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a drum rotatably disposed in a main body, a drive motor configured to provide rotational power to the drum, a lifter mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the drum, a dryness level sensing device provided in the lifter, a wireless power receiver electrically connected to the dryness level sensing device and provided in the lifter, a wireless power transmitter disposed between the main body and the drum to correspond to the wireless power receiver, and a controller configured to receive a sensing result from the dryness level sensing device and calculate a dryness level based on the received sensing result.

Laundry processing apparatus

An electric kettle having a handle coupled to one end of a body is proposed. The electric kettle includes: a body receiving water or food therein; a lid configured to shield an open upper side of the body; a base provided at a lower side of the body and configured to support the body; a spout provided on an upper end of the body and guiding a discharge of the water or food contained inside the body; and a handle fastened to the upper end of the body and configured to be held by hand. According to the configuration of the electric kettle, there are advantages of providing a compact and aesthetic appearance and improving assemblability.

A refrigerator may include a body having an open front; a refrigerator door configured to shield the open front of the body; an ice storage provided on the refrigerator door to store ice; an ice-making chamber provided in the body to produce the ice; an ice maker disposed in the ice-making chamber to transfer the produced ice to the ice storage; a power receiver provided at the ice maker to receive wireless power; and a power transmitter disposed on one side of one of the body and the ice-making chamber to transmit wireless power to the power receiver.

Refrigerator

A laundry treatment device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a body which receives laundry therein and has an inlet through which the laundry is introduced; a door connected to the body, and opening or closing the inlet; a control panel provided on the door to receive, from a user, an input of an operation signal for treating the laundry; a power transmitter provided on the body to transmit wireless power; and a power receiver provided on the door to receive the wireless power and transmit same to the control panel.

Laundry treatment device

A dispenser includes: a tank; an inlet pipe connected to the tank and to supply liquid to the tank; a heater for heating liquid in the tank; an inverter printed circuit board for controlling the operation of the heater; a heat sink formed of a metal or other heat conductive material, and having a cavity; and a power semiconductor element electrically connected to the inverter printed circuit board to control power to the heater, and fixed to the heat sink to heat-exchange with liquid flowing in the cavity. The cavity of the heat sink may receive a section of the inlet pipe or may form a flow path to receive the fluid from the inlet pipe.

Liquid dispenser

A home appliance is disclosed, including a motor, a drive unit configured to drive the motor, a first circuit unit including a main controller configured to control the drive unit, a display unit, and a second circuit unit including a display controller configured to control the display unit. The first circuit unit transmits wireless power to the second circuit unit, using a first frequency, and the second circuit unit transmits data to the first circuit unit, using a second frequency different from the first frequency. Thereby, wireless power transmission and bidirectional communication are performed between the first and second circuit units.

Home appliance

Provided is a battery discharge control system including a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage across a battery and a controller configured to calculate an expected voltage based on a recovery voltage of the battery and the voltage across the battery, compare the expected voltage and a predetermined final discharge voltage, and determine whether to apply power to a load having the battery as a power source.

Battery discharge control system, control method thereof, and cleaner including the same

Disclosed herein are a motor driving apparatus and a home appliance including the same. The motor driving apparatus includes a direct current (DC) link capacitor, an inverter, a DC link voltage detector, and a controller. The controller controls rheostatic braking to be performed in order to stop the motor, performs bootstrap operation of gate terminals of the upper arm switching elements of the inverter during a first period for starting the motor, and determines whether the motor stops during the first period based on the DC voltage detected by the DC link voltage detector or the output current detected by the output current detector. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently determine whether the motor stops in the sensorless type motor driving apparatus.

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