Patents by Inventor Seong-Taek Kang

Seong-Taek Kang 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).

  • Optical disc cartridge and apparatus having a disc fixing/releasing mechanism for recording or reproducing data
    Patent number: 7360229
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disc cartridge comprising: a casing having a disc inserting/opening part for inserting and taking out a disc at an upper surface thereof and having an access hole to which an optical pickup accesses at a lower surface thereof; a pair of shutters mounted in the casing, for opening and closing the access hole and contact-supporting a disc at two points or at one point; a rotation wheel rotatably coupled to the shutters, for moving the shutters and placing an optical disc thereon; a wheel fixing/releasing means mounted at an inner side of the casing, for fixing or releasing the rotation wheel; and a disc fixing/releasing means movably mounted at the casing, for controlling a size of the disc inserting/opening part and thereby limiting an insertion/takeout of an optical disc into/from the disc inputting opening, and an apparatus of recording or reproducing data on or from an optical disc, comprising: a driving unit rotating an optical disc inserted in the optical disc cartridge; and a reco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Taek Kang, Seung-Hon Yoo, Wae-Yeul Kim
  • Optical disc cartridge and apparatus for recording or reproducing data therein/therefrom
    Publication number: 20050060737
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical disc cartridge comprising: a casing having a disc inserting/opening part for inserting and taking out a disc at an upper surface thereof and having an access hole to which an optical pickup accesses at a lower surface thereof; a pair of shutters mounted in the casing, for opening and closing the access hole and contact-supporting a disc at two points or at one point; a rotation wheel rotatably coupled to the shutters, for moving the shutters and placing an optical disc thereon; a wheel fixing/releasing means mounted at an inner side of the casing, for fixing or releasing the rotation wheel; and a disc fixing/releasing means movably mounted at the casing, for controlling a size of the disc inserting/opening part and thereby limiting an insertion/takeout of an optical disc into/from the disc inputting opening, and an apparatus of recording or reproducing data on or from an optical disc, comprising: a driving unit rotating an optical disc inserted in the optical disc cartridge; and a reco
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Seong-Taek Kang, Seung-Hon Yoo, Wae-Yeul Kim