Patents by Inventor Minwook JIN

Minwook JIN 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).

  • Electronic device including slidable body
    Patent number: 10944853
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a slidable body; a driver including: a drive motor, a rotatable drive shaft for the drive motor, and a nut frame including a latch projection, protruding in a direction of the slidable body, and a slide hinge disposed on the slidable body and coupled to the driver, wherein the slide hinge includes: a slide plate coupled to the slidable body, and a locker including a latch groove, into which the latch protrusion is inserted, wherein, when the latch projection is inserted into the latch groove, the slidable body is moved by the driver, and wherein the slide plate defines an escape area configured to receive at least a portion of the nut frame and/or the latch protrusion, when an external impact causes the latch protrusion to separate from the latch groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younghoon Lee, Woonbae Kim, Chulhwan Lee, Sungkyu Hwang, Cheolsoo Kim, Minwook Jin, Howon Lee, Chulho Bae, Junghoon Lee
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SLIDABLE BODY
    Publication number: 20200358887
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a slidable body; a driver including: a drive motor, a rotatable drive shaft for the drive motor, and a nut frame including a latch projection, protruding in a direction of the slidable body, and a slide hinge disposed on the slidable body and coupled to the driver, wherein the slide hinge includes: a slide plate coupled to the slidable body, and a locker including a latch groove, into which the latch protrusion is inserted, wherein, when the latch projection is inserted into the latch groove, the slidable body is moved by the driver, and wherein the slide plate defines an escape area configured to receive at least a portion of the nut frame and/or the latch protrusion, when an external impact causes the latch protrusion to separate from the latch groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Younghoon LEE, Woonbae KIM, Chulhwan LEE, Sungkyu HWANG, Cheolsoo KIM, Minwook JIN, Howon LEE, Chulho BAE, Junghoon LEE