Patents by Inventor David S. Kim

David S. 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: 7688576
    Abstract: A disk drive holder for removably receiving a disk drive to removably mount the drive on a drive mounting cage, comprising a first structure configured to engage a first corner edge of the disk drive housing that is located at a juncture of the front end and the first side of the drive housing. The holder may also include a second structure configured to engage a second corner edge of the disk drive housing that is located at a juncture of the rear end and the second side such that opposite corner edges of the drive housing are engaged when the drive housing is positioned in the holder. The holder further includes a connecting structure connecting the first structure and the second structure together. A mounting cage may receive the holder, and may have an aperture engaged by an engaging tab on the holder to resist removal from the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Kim, Stanley Chen
  • Publication number: 20090303677
    Abstract: A disk drive holder for removably receiving a disk drive to removably mount the drive on a drive mounting cage, comprising a first structure configured to engage a first corner edge of the disk drive housing that is located at a juncture of the front end and the first side of the drive housing. The holder may also include a second structure configured to engage a second corner edge of the disk drive housing that is located at a juncture of the rear end and the second side such that opposite corner edges of the drive housing are engaged when the drive housing is positioned in the holder. The holder further includes a connecting structure connecting the first structure and the second structure together. A mounting cage may receive the holder, and may have an aperture engaged by an engaging tab on the holder to resist removal from the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: David S. Kim, Stanley Chen
  • Patent number: 5676663
    Abstract: A cone biopsy instrument having a cuff of electrical insulating material, a core positioned within the cuff and having an electrical conductor, a wire carrier of electrical insulating material and having a plurality of radially projecting arms, an electrically conducting wire connected between a wire carrier arm and the core, an implant sleeve freely rotating on the swaged portion of the core between the wire carrier and tip, and a cervical guide tip of electrical insulating material carried on the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventor: David S. Kim
  • Patent number: 5366113
    Abstract: A dispenser for pills having a barrel with input and output ends, and a sleeve in the barrel for holding a stack of pills. An output end cap removably positioned at the output end of the barrel and including a cup for receiving a pill while the output end cap is positioned on the barrel, and a plunger for ejecting the pill from the cup when the output end cap is removed from the barrel. An input end cap positioned at the input end of the barrel and including a pusher sliding in the sleeve for pushing a pill from the sleeve into the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventors: David S. Kim, Jae S. Kim