Patents by Inventor Jae-kab Seo
Jae-kab Seo 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).
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Patent number: 10911866Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Liam Kelly, Jae-Kab Seo, Ho-seok Wey
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Patent number: 10869121Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Liam Kelly, Jae-Kab Seo, Ho-seok Wey
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Publication number: 20200252717Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Liam KELLY, Jae-Kab Seo, Ho-Seok Wey
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Patent number: 10667043Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Liam Kelly, Jae-kab Seo, Ho-seok Wey
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Publication number: 20190166421Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Liam KELLY, Jae-kab SEO, Ho-seok WEY
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Patent number: 9697967Abstract: A rotary knob assembly capable of up-and-down motion is provided. The rotary knob assembly includes a lower case with an oil damper; a rotary sleeve rotatably disposed in the lower case with a connecting hole; a slide cam that moves linearly with respect to the lower case with a pair of cam grooves and a sleeve hole; an elastic member disposed between the slide cam and the lower case; an up-and-down moving sleeve that moves up and down with respect to the rotary sleeve with a pair of up-and-down cams inserted in the pair of cam grooves of the slide cam; a rotary knob that is rotatably connected to the up-and-down moving sleeve; and an upper case connected to the lower case to limit vertical movement of the rotary knob, wherein a moving speed of the slide cam is controlled by the oil damper.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-kab Seo, Heyun-moon Bang, Jae-Yong Eum, Ho-sun Lee
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Publication number: 20150303009Abstract: A rotary knob assembly capable of up-and-down motion is provided. The rotary knob assembly includes a lower case with an oil damper; a rotary sleeve rotatably disposed in the lower case with a connecting hole; a slide cam that moves linearly with respect to the lower case with a pair of cam grooves and a sleeve hole; an elastic member disposed between the slide cam and the lower case; an up-and-down moving sleeve that moves up and down with respect to the rotary sleeve with a pair of up-and-down cams inserted in the pair of cam grooves of the slide cam; a rotary knob that is rotatably connected to the up-and-down moving sleeve; and an upper case connected to the lower case to limit vertical movement of the rotary knob, wherein a moving speed of the slide cam is controlled by the oil damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-kab SEO, Heyun-moon BANG, Jae-Yong EUM, Ho-sun LEE
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Patent number: 8856811Abstract: A disk drive apparatus is provided. The disk drive apparatus includes: a frame which includes a slot to insert a disk therethrough; a spindle motor assembly which includes a turntable including a disk seating part and a chucking member, and a spindle motor to rotate the turntable; a traverse assembly which mounts the spindle motor thereon and is movable in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the disk; a conveyance roller which is movable between a contact position and a non-contact position with the disk and conveys the disk using a friction force; and a roller driving unit which moves the conveyance roller from the non-contact position to the contact position after an unchucking operation of the disk is completed, when the disk is unloaded.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-kab Seo, Won-youl Bae, Jae-hoon Sim, Byeng-bae Park, Ho-sun Lee
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Patent number: 8499314Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc loading device applied to small-sized and slim type disc players. The disc loading device may include a first guide lever, a second guide lever, a trigger lever, a chucking unit, a slider, and a connecting unit. The connecting unit may be selectively operatively connected to the second guide lever, upon loading a first disc or a second disc, to change a timing at which a rotational force of the trigger lever may be transmitted to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Kab Seo, Won Youl Bae, Heyun Moon Bang, Byeng Bae Park
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Publication number: 20120174131Abstract: A disk drive apparatus is provided. The disk drive apparatus includes: a frame which includes a slot to insert a disk therethrough; a spindle motor assembly which includes a turntable including a disk seating part and a chucking member, and a spindle motor to rotate the turntable; a traverse assembly which mounts the spindle motor thereon and is movable in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the disk; a conveyance roller which is movable between a contact position and a non-contact position with the disk and conveys the disk using a friction force; and a roller driving unit which moves the conveyance roller from the non-contact position to the contact position after an unchucking operation of the disk is completed, when the disk is unloaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-kab SEO, Won-youl BAE, Jae-hoon SIM, Byeng-bae PARK, Ho-sun LEE
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Patent number: 8196156Abstract: An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes a body installed at a wall or other mounting apparatus, and an optical disc drive protruding from the body such that an optical disc is inserted into the optical disc drive. The optical disc drive is rotatably installed to the body to protrude forward from the body, so that the optical disc reproducing apparatus is installed regardless of positions of a wall-mount television installed above the optical disc reproducing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Kab Seo, Won Youl Bae, Byeng Bae Park, Heyun Moon Bang
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Publication number: 20100169902Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc loading device applied to small-sized and slim type disc players. The disc loading device may include a first guide lever, a second guide lever, a trigger lever, a chucking unit, a slider, and a connecting unit. The connecting unit may be selectively operatively connected to the second guide lever, upon loading a first disc or a second disc, to change a timing at which a rotational force of the trigger lever may be transmitted to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jae Kab SEO, Won Youl Bae, Heyun Moon Bang, Byeng Bae Park
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Publication number: 20100064302Abstract: An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes a body installed at a wall or other mounting apparatus, and an optical disc drive protruding from the body such that an optical disc is inserted into the optical disc drive. The optical disc drive is rotatably installed to the body to protrude forward from the body, so that the optical disc reproducing apparatus is installed regardless of positions of a wall-mount television installed above the optical disc reproducing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Kab SEO, Won Youl Bae, Byeng Bae Park, Heyun Moon Bang
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Patent number: 7466512Abstract: A power supply device of a tape-end detecting sensor for a tape recorder. The power supply device comprises a reel cover disposed on a sub-chassis, with a tape-end detecting sensor being seated on the reel cover for detecting the passing of a terminal end of a magnetic portion of a magnetic tape, a first power transmitting member mounted in the reel cover to be connected to the detecting sensor and having a first contacting portion, and a second power transmitting member disposed on the sub-chassis and having a second contacting portion that comes into contact with the first contacting portion when the reel cover is mounted on the sub-chassis. The power supply device further comprises a resilient pressing member integrally formed with the sub-chassis, for resiliently pressing the second contacting portion toward the first contacting portion to improve a contacting force between the first and the second contacting portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong-joo Kim, Do-young Choi, Jae-kab Seo
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Patent number: 7436624Abstract: A pole base loading apparatus and a main chassis for a magnetic recording/reading device having an improved structure. The pole base loading apparatus includes a pair of pole base units for guiding a tape so that the tape is wound around a head drum as it reciprocates on a main chassis, a pair of loading gears respectively linked to the pole base units and gear-engaged with each other, and a loading unit for rotating the loading gears. At least one of the pair of loading gears has a hook installed therein so that the loading gear is coupled to the main chassis.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-hyeob Oh, Chung-hum Baik, Young-ho Cho, Myoung-joon Kim, Bong-joo Kim, Jun-young Kim, Jae-kab Seo
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Patent number: 7428121Abstract: A locking device for a tape cassette housing of a tape recorder comprises a locking recess and a locking protrusion respectively provided in sides of a tape cassette housing and a deck chassis and corresponding to each other, thereby fastening a tape cassette housing to the deck chassis, the tape cassette housing resiliently coming into contact with the deck chassis as a tape cassette is loaded. In here, around external circumference of the locking protrusion is formed at least one edge, and an end of the edge comes into contact with a corner of the locking recess right before the locking protrusion is inserted into the locking recess. Accordingly, the locking protrusion comes into linear contact with the corner of the locking recess in loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette so that the stopping of the ascending and descending movements of the tape cassette housing is prevented during the loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong-Joo Kim, Hyeong-Seok Choi, Jae-Kab Seo
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Patent number: 7405900Abstract: Provided are a magnetic recording and/or reading apparatus and a method of manufacturing a power transmitting gear. The magnetic recording and/or reading apparatus includes a power transmitting gear. The power transmitting gear has one end coupled to a loading motor and the other end coupled to a plurality of link gears to transmit power from a loading motor to drive components during loading and unloading of a magnetic tape. The power transmitting gear includes a first gear engaged with a motor gear coupled to a shaft of the loading motor. The power transmitting gear also includes a second gear engaged with one of the plurality of link gears and a shaft member coupling the first and second gears. A space is formed inside the shaft member to prevent the shaft member from deforming during manufacture of the shaft member.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Young Kim, Bong-Joo Kim, Young-Ho Cho, Chung-Hum Baik, Myoung-Joon Kim, Jae-Kab Seo
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Publication number: 20080141289Abstract: A disk loading apparatus, such as is disposed on a mobile electronic device to load a disk in a position to record information to or reproduce information from the disk, includes a main chassis, a loader assembly disposed on the main chassis to raise and lower the disk, and having a chucking unit, conveying rollers disposed to the main chassis to move the disk, a guide unit to guide ascending and descending movements of the loader assembly, so that the chucking unit compresses and chucks the disk, and a power transmitting unit to transmit power to the conveying rollers and the guide unit. With this, the mobile electronic device, such as a camcorder or the like, can implement a conveyance of the disk while satisfying such characteristics as a quality in appearance thereof, and a miniaturization in size thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-young KIM, Young-ho Cho, Chung-hum Baik, Jae-kab Seo, Jung-hyeon Kim
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Patent number: 7385782Abstract: A cassette housing assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a cassette housing adapted to receive a cassette tape and having a locking lever. An X-lever supports vertical movement of the cassette housing with respect to a deck chassis. A locking member fixes the locking lever to retain the cassette housing is in a down position. The locking member is made of substantially the same material as the X-lever, such that abrasion of the locking member and the locking lever is substantially prevented. The locking member may be integrally formed with the X-lever, such as a drawing boss or a burring boss.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-kab Seo, Jun-young Kim, Jeong-hyeob Oh
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Patent number: 7385783Abstract: A lever fixing apparatus of a cassette housing has at least one lever for connecting a cassette holder to a chassis and at least one snap fixing unit for connecting the lever to at least one of the cassette holder and the chassis in a snap manner to hingedly fix the lever thereto. The lever fixing apparatus can fix the lever to the chassis without using additional coupling parts. Accordingly, the number of processes for assembling the cassette holder to the housing bracket can be reduced and the working time is saved, thereby the productivity being increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Kab Seo, Jun-Young Kim, Bong-Joo Kim, Young-Ho Cho, Chung-hum Baik, Myoung-Joon Kim