Patents by Inventor Young-woo Back

Young-woo Back 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 drive having a tray with guide supports and main circuit board
    Patent number: 9245574
    Abstract: An optical disk drive including: a housing; a tray installed in the housing; an optical pickup unit mounted in the tray; and a guide shaft mounted in the tray such that the optical pickup unit and the guide shaft are configured such that the optical pickup unit is reciprocally movable along the guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Min-shik Roh, Young-woo Back
  • Disk drive
    Patent number: 8479224
    Abstract: A disk drive that includes (i) a main chassis, (ii) a tray that is configured to have a disk removably mounted thereon and that is installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and that includes a pickup transporting unit configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a radial direction of the disk, and (iii) a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, that is driven by the pickup transporting unit, and that releases a lock of the tray from the main chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • Disk drive having a tray lock releasing unit and a method of releasing a tray lock using the tray lock releasing unit
    Patent number: 8453168
    Abstract: A disk drive including a main chassis; a tray on which a disk is to be removably mounted, the tray being installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and including a pickup transporting unit that is configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a straight line in a radial direction of the disk. The pickup base includes an optical pickup installed thereon, The disk drive also includes a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, is driven by receiving a driving force of the pickup transporting unit, and releases lock of the tray from the main chassis. The disk drive drives a lock releasing unit by using driving force of a pickup transporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventors: Hag-ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • DISK DRIVE
    Publication number: 20120174133
    Abstract: A disk drive that includes (i) a main chassis, (ii) a tray that is configured to have a disk removably mounted thereon and that is installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and that includes a pickup transporting unit configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a radial direction of the disk, and (iii) a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, that is driven by the pickup transporting unit, and that releases a lock of the tray from the main chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hag-Ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee
  • OPTICAL DISC DRIVE
    Publication number: 20120174132
    Abstract: An optical disk drive including: a housing; a tray installed in the housing; an optical pickup unit mounted in the tray; and a guide shaft mounted in the tray such that the optical pickup unit and the guide shaft are configured such that the optical pickup unit is reciprocally movable along the guide shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun-woo Lee, Hag-Ryeol Kim, Min-shik Roh, Young-woo Back
  • DISK DRIVE HAVING A TRAY LOCK RELEASING UNIT AND A METHOD OF RELEASING A TRAY LOCK USING THE TRAY LOCK RELEASING UNIT
    Publication number: 20120174134
    Abstract: A disk drive including a main chassis; a tray on which a disk is to be removably mounted, the tray being installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and including a pickup transporting unit that is configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a straight line in a radial direction of the disk. The pickup base includes an optical pickup installed thereon, The disk drive also includes a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, is driven by receiving a driving force of the pickup transporting unit, and releases lock of the tray from the main chassis. The disk drive drives a lock releasing unit by using driving force of a pickup transporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hag-ryeol Kim, Hyun-woo Lee, Young-woo Back, Sung-hun Lee