Patents by Inventor Yonkyu Byun

Yonkyu Byun 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).

  • Disk drive shock absorption mechanism
    Patent number: 6778352
    Abstract: The present invention is a shock absorption mechanism for reducing the damage experienced by disk drives, including damage caused by a magnetic head contacting the surface of a magnetic disk, as a result of impact or shock forces experienced by the disk drive. In general, the invention is a means for partially isolating a disk assembly and a related actuator assembly from other parts of the disk drive. In the preferred embodiment the shock absorption mechanism isolates the disk assembly and the actuator assembly from the outer frame of a housing containing the disk assembly and the actuator assembly by establishing a shock energy dissipation and absorption region between a pair of isolation plates holding the disk assembly and the actuation assembly, and other parts of the disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonkyu Byun, Sangeun Baek, Haesung Kwon, Pyongwon Yim
  • Disk drive shock absorption mechanism
    Publication number: 20020085309
    Abstract: The present invention is a shock absorption mechanism for reducing the damage experienced by disk drives, including damage caused by a magnetic head contacting the surface of a magnetic disk, as a result of impact or shock forces experienced by the disk drive. In general, the invention is a means for partially isolating a disk assembly and a related actuator assembly from other parts of the disk drive. In the preferred embodiment the shock absorption mechanism isolates the disk assembly and the actuator assembly from the outer frame of a housing containing the disk assembly and the actuator assembly by establishing a shock energy dissipation and absorption region between a pair of isolation plates holding the disk assembly and the actuation assembly, and other parts of the disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Yonkyu Byun, Sangeun Baek, Haesung Kwon, Pyongwon Yim