Patents by Inventor Soo-Ik Jung
Soo-Ik Jung 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).
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Patent number: 8666463Abstract: A portable communication apparatus in which an LCD can slide and stand at a desired angle is provided. To this end, the portable communication apparatus includes a first housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a second housing that slides substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction and rotates while facing the first housing to stand at a desired angle. A guide member guides the sliding and rotational movement of the second housing, and a rotational moving member is included between the first housing and the second housing to make the second housing stand at the desired angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoo-Seok Yoon, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 8352000Abstract: A dual connection member allowing a liquid crystal display unit and a keypad of a mobile phone to rotate and a hinge device thereof are provided. The dual connection member may be used in a mobile phone wherein the mobile phone includes a first housing, a second housing and a dual connection member for interconnecting the first housing and the second housing in such a manner that the second housing is rotatable about a first hinge axis toward or away from the first housing, wherein the first and second housings are connected to the dual connection member in such a manner as to be rotatable about third and second hinge axes, respectively, which extend perpendicular to the front and rear faces of the first and second housings, respectively, the third and second hinge axes being eccentrically positioned in relation to the centers of the first and second housings, respectively, and allowed to be slid as the first and second housings are rotated.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., JMC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Yang Kim, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Soo-Ik Jung, Seung-Hee Hyun, Kyeong-Won Lim
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Patent number: 8204556Abstract: A hinge device for a portable terminal that includes a first housing and a second housing is provided. The first and second housings are connected by a hinge device at one end of the first housing, and they rotate so that the front and back faces may be reversed. The hinge device includes a first hinge base combined with one side of an end portion of the first housing, a second hinge base combined with one side of an end portion of the second housing and rotating in opposition to the first hinge base, and an elastic member providing an elastic force in a direction that the first hinge base and the second hinge base are adhered closely to each other. The hinge device facilitates a user's viewing of video, such as DMB video, and contributes to the diversification of the design of the portable terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Bae Park, Myoung-Hoon Park, Yong-Woo Jeon, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 8195255Abstract: A sliding-type portable terminal is provided. The sliding-type portable terminal includes a first housing and a second housing. The second housing faces the first housing and can slide relative to the first housing. The sliding-type portable terminal also includes a pair of link members coupled with the first housing and the second housing. The link members rotate relative to one of the first and second housings. Also provided is a first guide opening formed on the other housing wherein one end of the link members is engaged with the first guide opening so as to move along the first guide opening as the second housing slides. In the sliding-type portable terminal, a pair of housings can be rotatably coupled with each other by means of the link members so as to sufficiently secure a greater range of sliding, and thus a space for mounting an input device, such as a keypad, or the like, is increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Sung-Chul Cho, Soo-Ik Jung, Myoung-Hoon Park
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Patent number: 8086290Abstract: A sliding cradle in a mobile terminal has a body housing, and a sliding and pivotable housing adapted to rest in a slanting position on the body housing after being slid on the body housing. The sliding cradle comprises a first member fastened to the body housing, a second member fastened to the sliding and pivotable housing, and a sliding guide part arranged between the first and second members to guide the sliding movement of the sliding and pivotable housing. The sliding guide part has a pivot for pivoting the second member apart from the first member. A fixture member is fastened to the first member to face the sliding guide part. A pivot control device is connected to the first and second members to substantially prevent the sliding and pivotable housing from pivoting during the sliding movement and to enable the sliding and pivotable housing to pivot upon completion of the sliding movement.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoo-Seok Yoon, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 8014840Abstract: A portable terminal, including first and second housings, and a sliding module interposed therebetween to connect them. The second housing is slidable with respect to the first housing to upper and lower sides of the first housing along a first axis and to left and right sides of the first housing along a second axis. The sliding module includes a guide member disposed on a surface of the first housing, a first sliding member slidably engaged with the guide member, and a second sliding member on the second housing. The second sliding member slidably engages the first sliding member. The first sliding member moves the second housing to the upper side and the lower side of the first housing along the first axis and the second sliding member moves the second housing to the left and right sides of the first housing along the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myoung-Hoon Park, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7925317Abstract: A keypad for a portable terminal is disclosed. The portable terminal includes a first housing and a second housing coupled with the first housing so as to be able to slide in a first direction or in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The keypad includes a first keypad on the first housing which is exposed or covered as the second housing slides in the first direction, and a second keypad on the first housing which is exposed or covered as the second housing slides in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yang-Jic Lee, Myoung-Hoon Park, Byung-Chan Lee, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7885693Abstract: A dual sliding-type portable communication apparatus having a housing configured to slide in a twofold manner is provided. The apparatus includes a main housing, a sliding housing which is configured to slide on the main housing to expose/hide the main housing, a slider, and a dual sliding guide slidably coupled to the slider to enable the sliding housing to slide towards or away from the main housing in the longitudinal or perpendicular directions.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myoung-Hoon Park, Byung-Chan Lee, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7813775Abstract: A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes first, second and third housings. The second housing is rotatably engaged with one portion of the first housing. The third housing has one end engaged to linearly move closely beneath the rear surface of the second housing and the other end rotatably engaged with the other portion of the first housing. The third housing is folded onto the first housing, interposed between the first housing and the second housing, and when the second housing and the third housing rotate away from the first housing, the first, second and third housings form a triangular prism.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung-Hee Hyun, Myoung-Hoon Park, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7801580Abstract: A portable electronic device having a sliding housing and adapted to slide in multiple directions so that it can be used as a key input device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a main housing, a sliding housing coupled to the main housing while being able to slide in upward, downward, leftward, and rightward directions on the main housing and at least one motion sensor for sensing a movement of the sliding housing in each direction, for creating a corresponding signal, and for applying the signal to a controller inside the main housing. The sliding housing provides a user input so that additional keys are not required and the overall size of the device can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Chul Cho, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7747298Abstract: A sliding device for a portable terminal includes a sliding module capable of sliding a sliding housing in multiple steps. The portable terminal has a body housing, a sliding housing that slides on the body housing while facing the body housing, and a sliding device for enabling the sliding housing to slide on the body housing. The sliding device includes a base member provided with a sliding movement member, a sliding member assembled with the base member so as to slide along a length of the base member semi-automatically, a pair of guide members provided to the sliding member and assembled with the sliding movement member so as to guide the sliding movement of the sliding movement member, and a multiple step movement member formed on the guide members and detachably assembled with the sliding movement member for sliding the sliding member in multiple steps.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Yang Kim, Soo-Ik Jung
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Patent number: 7657027Abstract: A portable terminal with a hinge apparatus is provided. The portable terminal includes a hinge apparatus which pivotally couples a pair of housings together. The hinge apparatus provides a first hinge axis and a second hinge axis which are perpendicular to each other. The hinge apparatus includes a first hinge shaft coupled to the first housing along the first hinge axis, a second hinge shaft coupled to the second hinge housing along the second hinge axis and rotating about the first hinge axis and the second hinge axis, a stopper slot formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first hinge shaft along the first hinge axis, a stopper groove formed on the second hinge shaft along a circumference thereof and encompassing a part of the outer circumferential surface of the first hinge shaft, and a stopper rib formed within the stopper groove and selectively engaging with the stopper slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., JMC Co., LtdInventors: Jong-Yang Kim, Myoung-Hoon Park, Soo-Ik Jung, Kyeong-Won Lim
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Publication number: 20090027837Abstract: A portable electronic device having a sliding housing and adapted to slide in multiple directions so that it can be used as a key input device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a main housing, a sliding housing coupled to the main housing while being able to slide in upward, downward, leftward, and rightward directions on the main housing and at least one motion sensor for sensing a movement of the sliding housing in each direction, for creating a corresponding signal, and for applying the signal to a controller inside the main housing. The sliding housing provides a user input so that additional keys are not required and the overall size of the device can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.Inventors: Sung-Chul CHO, Soo-Ik JUNG
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Publication number: 20080274776Abstract: A sliding-type portable terminal is provided. The sliding-type portable terminal includes a first housing and a second housing. The second housing faces the first housing and can slide relative to the first housing. The sliding-type portable terminal also includes a pair of link members coupled with the first housing and the second housing. The link members rotate relative to one of the first and second housings. Also provided is a first guide opening formed on the other housing wherein one end of the link members is engaged with the first guide opening so as to move along the first guide opening as the second housing slides. In the sliding-type portable terminal, a pair of housings can be rotatably coupled with each other by means of the link members so as to sufficiently secure a greater range of sliding, and thus a space for mounting an input device, such as a keypad, or the like, is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.Inventors: Sung-Chul CHO, Soo-Ik JUNG, Myoung-Hoon PARK
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Publication number: 20080199002Abstract: A portable terminal with a hinge apparatus is provided. The portable terminal includes a hinge apparatus which pivotally couples a pair of housings together. The hinge apparatus provides a first hinge axis and a second hinge axis which are perpendicular to each other. The hinge apparatus includes a first hinge shaft coupled to the first housing along the first hinge axis, a second hinge shaft coupled to the second hinge housing along the second hinge axis and rotating about the first hinge axis and the second hinge axis, a stopper slot formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first hinge shaft along the first hinge axis, a stopper groove formed on the second hinge shaft along a circumference thereof and encompassing a part of the outer circumferential surface of the first hinge shaft, and a stopper rib formed within the stopper groove and selectively engaging with the stopper slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., JMC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Yang KIM, Myoung-Hoon PARK, Soo-Ik JUNG, Kyeong-Won LIM
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Publication number: 20080051162Abstract: A dual connection member allowing a liquid crystal display unit and a keypad of a mobile phone to rotate and a hinge device thereof are provided. The dual connection member may be used in a mobile phone wherein the mobile phone includes a first housing, a second housing and a dual connection member for interconnecting the first housing and the second housing in such a manner that the second housing is rotatable about a first hinge axis toward or away from the first housing, wherein the first and second housings are connected to the dual connection member in such a manner as to be rotatable about third and second hinge axes, respectively, which extend perpendicular to the front and rear faces of the first and second housings, respectively, the third and second hinge axes being eccentrically positioned in relation to the centers of the first and second housings, respectively, and allowed to be slid as the first and second housings are rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD., JMC CO., LTDInventors: Jong-Yang KIM, Yoo-Seok YOON, Soo-Ik JUNG, Seung-Hee HYUN, Kyeong-Won LIM
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Publication number: 20080009330Abstract: Provided is a dual axis rotation type portable communication terminal including a main housing having at least one key and a rotatable housing having at least one display device, the rotatable housing being connected to the main housing so as to rotate about a first hinge axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the main housing so that the rotatable housing is cradled on the main housing at an angle, the rotatable housing being adapted to rotate about a second hinge axis extending parallel to the first hinge axis so that the rotatable housing is cradled on the main housing at an angle in at least two different positions relative to the main housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventors: Soo-Ik Jung, Seung-Hee Hyun, Jong-Yang Kim, Yong-Woo Jeon, Byung-Yeol Ko, Dong-Wook Kwon
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Publication number: 20070293286Abstract: A sliding module for a mobile phone including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being slidably connected with the first housing, is disclosed. The sliding module allows the second housing to be slid in multiple directions. The sliding module includes a first member fixed to the first housing, a second member fixed to the second housing, and a sliding member provided between the first and second members, so that the second housing is slidable up and down in a first direction and left and right in a second direction in relation to the first housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Myoung-Hoon Park, Soo-Ik Jung
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Publication number: 20070240879Abstract: A hinge device for a portable terminal that includes a first housing and a second housing is provided. The first and second housings are connected by a hinge device at one end of the first housing, and they rotate so that the front and back faces may be reversed. The hinge device includes a first hinge base combined with one side of an end portion of the first housing, a second hinge base combined with one side of an end portion of the second housing and rotating in opposition to the first hinge base, and an elastic member providing an elastic force in a direction that the first hinge base and the second hinge base are adhered closely to each other. The hinge device facilitates a user's viewing of video, such as DMB video, and contributes to the diversification of the design of the portable terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Jung-Bae Park, Myoung-Hoon Park, Yong-Woo Jeon, Soo-Ik Jung
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Publication number: 20070171195Abstract: A sliding/swing-type portable terminal with a liquid crystal display unit is provided. The sliding/swing-type portable terminal can guide the swing movement of the liquid crystal display unit to the center portion of the terminal when the terminal swings. The sliding/swing-type portable terminal includes a body housing, a sliding housing provided with a liquid crystal display unit, and sliding and swinging on the body housing to be opened and closed, and a sliding/swing hinge device for allowing the sliding housing to slide and swing on the body housing. The sliding/swing hinge device includes a guide bar provided on the sliding housing and a guide member provided to the body housing for guiding the sliding and swinging movement of the guide bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Jong-Yang Kim, Soo-Ik Jung, Byung-Chan Lee