Patents by Inventor Hag-ryeol Kim

Hag-ryeol Kim 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: 9245574
    Abstract: An optical disk drive including: a housing; a tray installed in the housing; an optical pickup unit mounted in the tray; and a guide shaft mounted in the tray such that the optical pickup unit and the guide shaft are configured such that the optical pickup unit is reciprocally movable along the guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Min-shik Roh, Young-woo Back
  • Patent number: 8930973
    Abstract: A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a main circuit board installed on the tray and connected to the pickup device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Sang-hun Kim, Min Song
  • Patent number: 8645980
    Abstract: An optical device and method are provided including a spindle motor mounted in a turn table on which an optical disk is attached and detached. The optical device includes a bracket secured with a stator of the spindle motor. The optical device also includes a tray body directly connected to the bracket. A skew angle of the spindle motor is adjusted while the bracket is assembled to the tray body, and an adjusting method of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun woo Lee, Hag Ryeol Kim, Sang Hun Kim, Hyouk Kim
  • Patent number: 8621497
    Abstract: An optical disc drive including a housing, a tray that is installed in the housing and that is configured to receive an optical disc, which has a spoke region on a surface thereof, an optical pickup unit which is attached to the tray, a main circuit board which is installed on the tray and is operatively connected to the optical pickup unit, and a spoke sensor which is arranged on the main circuit board and corresponds to the spoke region of the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Sung-hun Lee, Min-shik Roh, Hyun-woo Lee
  • Patent number: 8595755
    Abstract: Provided are a ground unit and a disk drive including the ground unit. The ground unit is disposed on a guide frame which is installed on opposite sides of a main chassis for guiding a guide chassis that is connected to a tray. The ground unit electrically connects the main chassis and the guide frame to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventor: Hag-Ryeol Kim
  • Patent number: 8589958
    Abstract: Provided is a disc drive including a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc. The disc drive also includes a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which includes a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit, and a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventor: Hag-Ryeol Kim
  • Patent number: 8589959
    Abstract: Provided is a disc drive including a main chassis, and a tray, which may receive a disc thereon, and is arranged to slide into and out of the main chassis. The tray includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc and includes a step motor and a lead screw. The lead screw includes a plurality of sections with different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventor: Hag-Ryeol Kim
  • Patent number: 8479224
    Abstract: A disk drive that includes (i) a main chassis, (ii) a tray that is configured to have a disk removably mounted thereon and that is installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and that includes a pickup transporting unit configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a radial direction of the disk, and (iii) a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, that is driven by the pickup transporting unit, and that releases a lock of the tray from the main chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • Patent number: 8464283
    Abstract: A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a spindle motor including a rotator having built therein a permanent magnet, a stator including a magnetic coil, and a rotation axis supporting portion that is configured to support a rotation axis of the rotator and fixed to the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Nam-kook Baek, Sung-hun Lee
  • Patent number: 8453168
    Abstract: A disk drive including a main chassis; a tray on which a disk is to be removably mounted, the tray being installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and including a pickup transporting unit that is configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a straight line in a radial direction of the disk. The pickup base includes an optical pickup installed thereon, The disk drive also includes a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, is driven by receiving a driving force of the pickup transporting unit, and releases lock of the tray from the main chassis. The disk drive drives a lock releasing unit by using driving force of a pickup transporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hag-ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120260269
    Abstract: Provided is a disc drive including a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc. The disc drive also includes a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which includes a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit, and a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Hag-Ryeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20120260271
    Abstract: Provided are a ground unit and a disk drive including the ground unit. The ground unit is disposed on a guide frame which is installed on opposite sides of a main chassis for guiding a guide chassis that is connected to a tray. The ground unit electrically connects the main chassis and the guide frame to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Hag-Ryeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20120174134
    Abstract: A disk drive including a main chassis; a tray on which a disk is to be removably mounted, the tray being installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and including a pickup transporting unit that is configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a straight line in a radial direction of the disk. The pickup base includes an optical pickup installed thereon, The disk drive also includes a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, is driven by receiving a driving force of the pickup transporting unit, and releases lock of the tray from the main chassis. The disk drive drives a lock releasing unit by using driving force of a pickup transporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hag-ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120174133
    Abstract: A disk drive that includes (i) a main chassis, (ii) a tray that is configured to have a disk removably mounted thereon and that is installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and that includes a pickup transporting unit configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a radial direction of the disk, and (iii) a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, that is driven by the pickup transporting unit, and that releases a lock of the tray from the main chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120174132
    Abstract: An optical disk drive including: a housing; a tray installed in the housing; an optical pickup unit mounted in the tray; and a guide shaft mounted in the tray such that the optical pickup unit and the guide shaft are configured such that the optical pickup unit is reciprocally movable along the guide shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Min-shik Roh, Young-woo Back
  • Publication number: 20120174126
    Abstract: A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a spindle motor including a rotator having built therein a permanent magnet, a stator including a magnetic coil, and a rotation axis supporting portion that is configured to support a rotation axis of the rotator and fixed to the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Nam-Kook Baek, Sung-hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120174129
    Abstract: An optical disc drive including a housing, a tray that is installed in the housing and that is configured to receive an optical disc, which has a spoke region on a surface thereof, an optical pickup unit which is attached to the tray, a main circuit board which is installed on the tray and is operatively connected to the optical pickup unit, and a spoke sensor which is arranged on the main circuit board and corresponds to the spoke region of the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Sung-hun Lee, Min-shik Roh, Hyun-woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120174128
    Abstract: A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a main circuit board installed on the tray and connected to the pickup device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Sang-hun Kim, Min Song
  • Publication number: 20120174139
    Abstract: An optical device and method are provided including a spindle motor mounted in a turn table on which an optical disk is attached and detached. The optical device includes a bracket secured with a stator of the spindle motor. The optical device also includes a tray body directly connected to the bracket. A skew angle of the spindle motor is adjusted while the bracket is assembled to the tray body, and an adjusting method of the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun Woo LEE, Hag Ryeol Kim, Sang Hun Kim, Hyouk Kim
  • Patent number: 7716693
    Abstract: An optical disc drive includes a chassis assembly formed of metal and grounded, a tray supporting an optical disc and installed capable of sliding in and out of the chassis assembly, a cover-deck formed of metal and attached on a lower surface of the tray, an eject switch provided on a front surface of the tray to unlock the tray which is inserted in the chassis assembly and locked therein, an eject button provided in front of the tray to press the eject switch, a bracket formed of metal, provided between the eject switch and the eject button, and having a lead formed at one end portion thereof and contacting the cover-deck, and a static electricity discharge wire electrically connecting the cover-deck and the chassis assembly, wherein static electricity generated when the eject button is pressed sequentially flows through the bracket, the cover-deck, and the chassis assembly, and flows out to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Cheol-woong Ahn, Hag-ryeol Kim