Patents by Inventor Ho-Jun Yoo

Ho-Jun Yoo 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).

  • Publication number: 20120170149
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor, including: a rotating part having a rotating shaft and a magnet and a fixing part including a bearing supporting the rotating shaft and an armature corresponding to the magnet, the rotating part rotated by electromagnetic force of the magnet and the armature, wherein the fixing part includes: a plate supporting the rotating shaft; and a flexible circuit board mounted on the top portion of the plate and disposed between the plate and the armature to shield conduction therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Kyung Su Park, Ho Jun Yoo
  • Patent number: 8212459
    Abstract: A motor is disclosed. The motor can include: a rotor equipped with a shaft; a base, in which a housing hole is formed and which includes a housing support portion protruding along a periphery of the housing hole; a housing, which may be inserted in the housing hole to be supported by the housing support portion and in which a through-hole is formed so that the shaft may be inserted in one side of the through-hole; and a rotor support, which may be inserted into the other side of the through-hole and in which a support indentation is formed to rotatably support the shaft. This motor can be manufactured by a simple process at a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Viatcheslav Smirnov, Ho-Jun Yoo, Nam-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20120153781
    Abstract: There is provided a motor including a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder having the sleeve inserted thereinto and including fixing parts; and a base member including fixing counterparts corresponding to the fixing parts of the sleeve holder and fixedly coupled to the sleeve holder, wherein the sleeve holder and the base member have guide parts and guide counterparts respectively provided therein, the guide parts and guide counterparts having corresponding shapes and guiding the sleeve holder to a mounting position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Young Sun YOO, Pyo KIM, Ho Jun YOO
  • Patent number: 8144553
    Abstract: A disk drive for driving a disk is disclosed, which includes: a driving unit configured to provide a driving force onto the disk, a main circuit pattern electrically connected with the driving unit, a sensor unit configured to sense a rotation speed of the disk, a first board supporting the sensor unit, a second board supporting the first board, and a base plate supporting the second board and the driving unit. One of the first board and the second board can be a flexible board electrically connecting the sensor unit with the main circuit pattern, and the other of the first board and the second board can be a rigid board. This disk drive can be utilized to ensure the distance between the sensor unit and the disk required for a rotation sensor to measure the rotation speed of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Jun Yoo, Kyung-Seob Shin, Sang-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20120047523
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is provided a spindle motor and a disk driver having the same. There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a bush combined with the top portion of the shaft to be rotated together with the shaft; a rotor case including a cylindrical wall part combined with the outer peripheral surface of the bush; an air flow spreading part formed on the axial bottom part of the bush and spreading the air flow generated between the shaft and the sleeve to the radial outer side when the shaft is rotated; and a sealing part formed on the axial bottom portion of the bush and formed between the cylindrical wall part and the air flow spreading part to seal oil when the shaft is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Viatcheslav Smirnov, Ho Jun Yoo, Yeol Choi, Nam Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20120025647
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotating shaft and a rotor casing which is provided with a magnet. The stator rotatably supports the rotor. The stator includes an armature facing the magnet. When the rotor casing rotates at a low speed, the rotating shaft rotates in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction in which the rotating shaft is upright on the stator. Therefore, because the rotating shaft rotates in the state of being inclined with respect to the stator, the rotor can uniformly rotate. If the spindle motor is used in an optical disk apparatus for forming a label surface on an optical disk, the quality of the image on the label surface of the optical disk can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Ho Jun Yoo, Jun Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20110283302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disk chucking device. A disk chucking device according to an aspect of the invention may include: a chuck housing mounted on one surface of a rotor case being rotatable and having a receiving portion with an outside opening to be connected to a receiving space provided therein; and a chuck chip comprising an elastic plate being elastically transformed when a disc being mounted on the rotor case is inserted and securing an inter circumferential surface of the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeol Choi, Young Sun Yoo, Ho Jun Yoo
  • Publication number: 20110197212
    Abstract: There is provided an encoder sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The encoder sensor may include: a light emitting unit and a light receiving part disposed at a distance in a readable range of an encoding mark of a disk; a receiving part receiving the light emitting unit and the light emitting unit; and a lead frame extending into an opposite direction of the disk from the receiving part and electrically connected to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jun Yoo, Young Sun Yoo, Sang Kyu Lee, Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20110187241
    Abstract: There is provided a motor including a sleeve supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder allowing the sleeve to be fixed to an inner circumferential surface thereof and having a coupling rack protruding downwardly from a bottom surface in an axial direction; and a base plate having a sleeve holder insertion hole provided therein such that the sleeve holder insertion hole has a curvature defined by an inner circumferential surface thereof, in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the coupling rack of the sleeve holder, and a bottom surface thereof, in contact with a coupling portion of the coupling rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Ho Jun Yoo, Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20110156527
    Abstract: There is provided a motor. A motor according to an aspect of the invention may include: a rotor case having a coupling hook extending downward in an axial direction, secured to a shaft, and performing rotation; a sleeve supporting the shaft; and a sleeve housing having a projection provided at a front end portion of an upper part thereof in the axial direction and a spiral passage provided along the projection such that the coupling hook moves along the spiral passage while the sleeve is pressed and inserted into an inner circumferential surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Ho Jun Yoo, Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20110131592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disk chucking apparatus. The apparatus includes a central boss which is coupled to a rotating shaft of a motor, a guide which extends from the central boss outwards and is inserted into a center hole of a disk, and a chucking unit which extends from the central boss outwards. The chucking unit is elastically deformable inwards when pushed by the disk that is fitted over the guide. The chucking unit includes a lower horizontal part, a vertical part and an upper horizontal part. The lower horizontal part extends from the lower portion of the central boss outwards in the horizontal direction. The vertical part is bent from the outer end of the lower horizontal part upwards. The vertical part extends in a direction inclined outwards. The upper horizontal part extends from the upper end of the vertical part inwards in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Nam Seok KIM, Ho Jun Yoo, Chang Keun Jun
  • Publication number: 20110006629
    Abstract: A motor including a rotor and a stator that supports and rotates the rotor is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a magnetic member, which is installed in the rotor such that the magnetic member faces the stator, and a stator magnetic body, which is a part of the stator and has a part corresponding to the magnetic member formed asymmetrically therein. In this way, the motor can prevent a whirling effect by installing the magnetic member, which forms a preload, even the motor is thinner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Viatcheslav Smirnov, Ho-Jun Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100319012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spindle motor assembly with an encoder. The spindle motor includes a circuit board, a spindle motor and an encoder. A connector is mounted on the upper surface of the circuit board. The spindle motor is provided on the circuit board. The spindle motor functions to rotate a disk placed thereon. The encoder is provided on the connector and senses a detection mark of the disk and thereby detects a rotating speed of the disk. As such, because the encoder is installed on the connector, the number of components is reduced, and the production cost can be thus reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Ho Jun Yoo, Sang Kyu Lee, Byung Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20100289385
    Abstract: A motor is disclosed. The motor can include: a rotor equipped with a shaft; a base, in which a housing hole is formed and which includes a housing support portion protruding along a periphery of the housing hole; a housing, which may be inserted in the housing hole to be supported by the housing support portion and in which a through-hole is formed so that the shaft may be inserted in one side of the through-hole; and a rotor support, which may be inserted into the other side of the through-hole and in which a support indentation is formed to rotatably support the shaft. This motor can be manufactured by a simple process at a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Viatcheslav SMIRNOV, Ho-Jun Yoo, Nam-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20100077415
    Abstract: A chucking device for a disk including a turntable on which an optical disk is seated, a housing provided on the turntable in such a manner as to be inserted into a center hole of the optical disk, a chuck pin having an end protruding outwards from the housing so that, when the optical disk is inserted into and released from the chuck pin, the chuck pin reciprocates from the center of the optical disk, a spring elastically forcing the end of the chuck pin outwards from the center of the optical disk, and a spring holder provided slantwise on the chuck pin such that the spring is held thereon so that an elastic force of the spring is applied inclined onto the chuck pin acting towards the direction of the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sun Yoo, Yeol Choi, Ho Jun Yoo, Kyung Seob Shin
  • Publication number: 20090262449
    Abstract: A disk drive for driving a disk is disclosed, which includes: a driving unit configured to provide a driving force onto the disk, a main circuit pattern electrically connected with the driving unit, a sensor unit configured to sense a rotation speed of the disk, a first board supporting the sensor unit, a second board supporting the first board, and a base plate supporting the second board and the driving unit. One of the first board and the second board can be a flexible board electrically connecting the sensor unit with the main circuit pattern, and the other of the first board and the second board can be a rigid board. This disk drive can be utilized to ensure the distance between the sensor unit and the disk required for a rotation sensor to measure the rotation speed of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Jun Yoo, Kyung-Seob Shin, Sang-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20090125931
    Abstract: A turntable device and a disk driving device having the same are disclosed. A turntable device for securing a disk includes: a cone part, which receives the disk in a detachable manner; a base, on which the disk may be mounted, and on which a boss is formed; and a yoke, which is coupled to the boss, and which supports the cone part in a manner such that the cone part is separated from the boss and is capable of sliding. This turntable device can improve alignment between the rotation centers of the motor and the disk, even in high-speed rotations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Viatcheslav Smirnov, Young-Sun Yoo, Ho-Jun Yoo, Kyung-Seob Shin