Patents by Inventor Duck-Bae Park

Duck-Bae Park 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).

  • Hinge apparatus for portable terminal
    Patent number: 8060158
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus for a portable terminal including a first housing, and a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, includes a first connection terminal mounted on the first housing; a second connection terminal mounted on the second housing; and a connection member straightly reciprocating between the first and second connection terminals while the second housing rotates with an electric connection with the second connection terminal, wherein the connection member makes contact with the first connection terminal when the second housing is folded to the first housing with facing the first housing, and the connection member also moves in a direction of being spaced apart from and withdrawing from the first connection terminal when the second housing rotates in a direction of withdrawing from the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Duck-Bae Park, Seung-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Jung, Seung-Woo Lim, Yong-Whi Lee
  • HINGE APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20080070643
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus for a portable terminal including a first housing, and a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, includes a first connection terminal mounted on the first housing; a second connection terminal mounted on the second housing; and a connection member straightly reciprocating between the first and second connection terminals while the second housing rotates with an electric connection with the second connection terminal, wherein the connection member makes contact with the first connection terminal when the second housing is folded to the first housing with facing the first housing, and the connection member also moves in a direction of being spaced apart from and withdrawing from the first connection terminal when the second housing rotates in a direction of withdrawing from the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Duck-Bae PARK, Seung-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Jung, Seung-Woo Lim, Yong-Whi Lee