Patents by Inventor Seong-ki Jin

Seong-ki 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).

  • Patent number: 7586054
    Abstract: A switch assembly comprises first and second tact switches located on a printed circuit board (PCB) at a predetermined interval, a shuttle body having a pair of tension ribs, including a first tension rib and a second tension rib located in parallel with each other, to turn on/off the first and the second tact switches, and a knob holding shaft provided between the first and the second tension ribs, a manipulation knob connected to the knob holding shaft of the shuttle body, rotating between a position where the manipulation knob presses one of the first and the second tension ribs to operate the corresponding tact switch and a position where the manipulation knob releases the tension rib, and a spring member connected with the knob holding shaft of the shuttle body elastically pressing the manipulation knob to the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-ki Jin
  • Patent number: 7487519
    Abstract: A door interlock unit to be used with a disk recording/reproducing apparatus having a disk tray and a door through which the disk tray moves in and out of the disk recording/reproducing apparatus, the door interlock unit including a restricting member to restrict the door from being opened in response to the disk tray being positioned inside the disk recording/reproducing apparatus, wherein the restricting member is engaged by the disk tray entering the disk recording/reproducing apparatus; and/or a restricting member to restrict the disk tray from moving toward a disk loading position in the disk recording/reproducing apparatus in response to the door being in an open position; wherein the restricting member is coupled to the door so as to be engaged and disengaged by the door opening and closing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-ki Jin
  • Publication number: 20060020955
    Abstract: A door interlock unit to be used with a disk recording/reproducing apparatus having a disk tray and a door through which the disk tray moves in and out of the disk recording/reproducing apparatus, the door interlock unit including a restricting member to restrict the door from being opened in response to the disk tray being positioned inside the disk recording/reproducing apparatus, wherein the restricting member is engaged by the disk tray entering the disk recording/reproducing apparatus; and/or a restricting member to restrict the disk tray from moving toward a disk loading position in the disk recording/reproducing apparatus in response to the door being in an open position; wherein the restricting member is coupled to the door so as to be engaged and disengaged by the door opening and closing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-ki Jin
  • Publication number: 20050023121
    Abstract: A switch assembly comprises first and second tact switches located on a printed circuit board (PCB) at a predetermined interval, a shuttle body having a pair of tension ribs, including a first tension rib and a second tension rib located in parallel with each other, to turn on/off the first and the second tact switches, and a knob holding shaft provided between the first and the second tension ribs, a manipulation knob connected to the knob holding shaft of the shuttle body, rotating between a position where the manipulation knob presses one of the first and the second tension ribs to operate the corresponding tact switch and a position where the manipulation knob releases the tension rib, and a spring member connected with the knob holding shaft of the shuttle body elastically pressing the manipulation knob to the releasing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventor: Seong-ki Jin