Patents by Inventor Hyo Young Kim

Hyo Young 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).

  • Lens protecting apparatus for cellular phone camera
    Publication number: 20070212059
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lens protecting apparatus for a cellular phone camera. The lens protecting apparatus of the present invention includes a base, which has an opening, through which a lens of the camera is exposed, a coil, which is mounted to the base and is supplied with current, a lens cover, which is rotatably mounted to the base to open or close the opening, and a magnet, which is mounted to the lens cover to form a magnetic field around the coil. The magnet is moved by force generated by the current and the magnetic field, and the lens cover opens or closes the opening using the magnet, to thus move it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Young Kim, Seung Bum Kim, Dae Young Kim, Seog Jin Ma