Patents by Inventor Sang-yol Yoon

Sang-yol Yoon 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: 7663984
    Abstract: An optical pickup actuator which includes a base, a blade having an objective lens mounted thereon, a plurality of suspensions supporting the blade to be movable with respect to the base and forming an electroconductive path, and a magnetic circuit driving the blade according to a driving signal applied through the respective suspensions. The magnetic circuit includes a magnet fixed to the base, and a fine pattern coil installed on the blade at a position facing the magnet and having a track pattern coil, a focus pattern coil, and a tilt pattern coil independently driven by current applied through the suspensions and providing driving forces in a track direction, a focus direction, and a tilt direction of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Sang-yol Yoon, Dae-jong Jang, Young-bin Lee, Yong-jae Lee, Byung-ryul Ryoo, Young-won Lee
  • Patent number: 7478411
    Abstract: An optical pickup actuator including a multi-conductive suspension. The optical pickup actuator may include a base, a holder fixed to the base, a bobbin holding an object lens and having a plurality of driving coils, and a plurality of suspensions connected between the bobbin and the holder and movably supporting the bobbin toward the holder, wherein each of the suspensions may be a multi-conductive suspension including a flexible substrate and a plurality of wires, formed on the flexible substrate, applying currents to the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Byung-youn Song, Hyung-loo Kang, Sang-yol Yoon, Pyong-yong Seong, Young-won Lee
  • Publication number: 20070201323
    Abstract: An optical pickup actuator which includes a base, a blade having an objective lens mounted thereon, a plurality of suspensions supporting the blade to be movable with respect to the base and forming an electroconductive path, and a magnetic circuit driving the blade according to a driving signal applied through the respective suspensions. The magnetic circuit includes a magnet fixed to the base, and a fine pattern coil installed on the blade at a position facing the magnet and having a track pattern coil, a focus pattern coil, and a tilt pattern coil independently driven by current applied through the suspensions and providing driving forces in a track direction, a focus direction, and a tilt direction of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-yol Yoon, Dae-jong Jang, Young-bin Lee, Yong-jae Lee, Byung-ryul Ryoo, Young-won Lee
  • Publication number: 20060061887
    Abstract: An optical pickup actuator including a multi-conductive suspension. The optical pickup actuator may include a base, a holder fixed to the base, a bobbin holding an object lens and having a plurality of driving coils, and a plurality of suspensions connected between the bobbin and the holder and movably supporting the bobbin toward the holder, wherein each of the suspensions may be a multi-conductive suspension including a flexible substrate and a plurality of wires, formed on the flexible substrate, applying currents to the coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung-youn Song, Hyung-loo Kang, Sang-yol Yoon, Pyong-yong Seong, Young-won Lee