Patents by Inventor Kwanghyun David Choi

Kwanghyun David 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).

  • SNAP-ON KEYPAD FOR A WIRELESS HANDSET
    Publication number: 20110216009
    Abstract: A wireless handset having a top housing with integrated keypad and method for navigating a wireless handset interface using the keypad is described. The wireless handset comprises a top housing having a plurality of tabs which mate with slots of a mating housing such that the break line between the top housing and the mating housing occurs on the sidewall of the wireless handset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Kwanghyun David Choi, Susan McKinney
  • Methods and arrangement for protecting against electrostatic discharge
    Patent number: 7911759
    Abstract: An electronic device having ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protection for a plurality of sides and including an external cover having at least one aperture and a plurality of slots disposed sufficiently close to a periphery of the at least one aperture. The electronic device further includes an ESD shield configured for providing ESD protection for a second side of an electronic device and also for the first side, the second side being opposite the first side. The ESD shield includes an ESD-shielding surface configured to provide the ESD protection for at least a portion of the second side, and a plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs, individual ones of the plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs configured to fit within respective ones of the plurality of slots when the ESD shield is mated with the external cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory L. Williams, Kwanghyun David Choi
  • METHODS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE
    Publication number: 20100033886
    Abstract: An electronic device having ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protection for a plurality of sides and including an external cover having at least one aperture and a plurality of slots disposed sufficiently close to a periphery of the at least one aperture. The electronic device further includes an ESD shield configured for providing ESD protection for a second side of an electronic device and also for the first side, the second side being opposite the first side. The ESD shield includes an ESD-shielding surface configured to provide the ESD protection for at least a portion of the second side, and a plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs, individual ones of the plurality of orthogonally protruding ESD shielding tabs configured to fit within respective ones of the plurality of slots when the ESD shield is mated with the external cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory L. Williams, Kwanghyun David Choi
  • Qwerty keypad for a wireless communications device
    Patent number: D558202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun David Choi, Thomas Alan Arnold, Brett Kayzar