Patents by Inventor Seng-chul Shin

Seng-chul Shin 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).

  • Hard disk drive having breather filter
    Patent number: 7486474
    Abstract: A hard disk drive including: a base; a disk pivotally installed in the base to store data; an actuator installed in the base to move a read/write head to a predetermined position of the disk; a cover assembled with the base and having an air hole for making internal/external pressures of the hard disk drive equal to each other; and a breather filter interposed between the cover and the base in order to filter air introduced through the air hole of the cover. An upper portion of the breather filter is tightly coupled to the cover and a lower portion of the breather filter is tightly coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seng-chul Shin, Hong-kwon Lee