Patents by Inventor Il-yeon Choi

Il-yeon Choi 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: 7359159
    Abstract: An actuator of a hard disk drive moving a magnetic head to a predetermined position on a disk to record and read out data on and from the disk, including a suspension supporting a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted, an actuator arm having a pivot hole formed in a middle portion of the actuator arm and installed on a base plate of the hard disk drive to be capable of pivoting, in which the suspension is installed at one end portion of the actuator arm, and a voice coil motor having a coil coupled to the other end portion of the actuator arm by interposing a molding portion therebetween and at least one magnet arranged to be separated a predetermined distance from the coil and to face at least one surface of an upper surface and a bottom surface of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Il-yeon Choi
  • Publication number: 20030179503
    Abstract: An actuator of a hard disk drive moving a magnetic head to a predetermined position on a disk to record and read out data on and from the disk, including a suspension supporting a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted, an actuator arm having a pivot hole formed in a middle portion of the actuator arm and installed on a base plate of the hard disk drive to be capable of pivoting, in which the suspension is installed at one end portion of the actuator arm, and a voice coil motor having a coil coupled to the other end portion of the actuator arm by interposing a molding portion therebetween and at least one magnet arranged to be separated a predetermined distance from the coil and to face at least one surface of an upper surface and a bottom surface of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Il-Yeon Choi