William S Kim

US Patent:

6392836, May 21, 2002

Filed:

May 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/314970

Inventors:

William B. Kim - La Habra CA

Assignee:

Seagate Removable Storage Solutions LLC - Scotts Valley CA

International Classification:

G11B 15675

US Classification:

360 965

Abstract:

A tape cartridge loader includes a moveable shuttle, for receiving the tape cartridge, and unique elements for actuating the shuttle during loading and unloading operations. The actuating elements occupy minimal space within the loader. Also, these elements provide forces intended to assist in separating the cartridge from the tape drive gear during unloading, so as to require minimal torque from the loader motor during initial operation for unloading a tape cartridge. In the preferred embodiment, the loader includes a substantially flat, rotatable actuator arm. The arm includes a groove, the edges of which serve as cam profiles. These profiles drive a bearing attached to a conveyor to move the conveyor along a linear path during loading and unloading operations. The groove edges are contoured to maintain substantially 90Â contact with a circumference of the bearing. This actuator also preferably includes an impact buffer spring.

US Patent:

6392837, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Sep 1, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/387554

Inventors:

William B. Kim - La Habra CA

Assignee:

Seagate Removable Storage Solutions LLC - Scotts Valley CA

International Classification:

G11B 15675

US Classification:

360 965

Abstract:

An automatic tape cartridge loader includes a moveable shuttle, for receiving the tape cartridge, and elements for automatically actuating the shuttle during loading and unloading operations. The shuttle includes a door-opening feature, preferably formed as an integral element of one wall of the shuttle. The door-opening feature engages a sliding tape access door on one side of a tape cartridge, as the cartridge is inserted into the shuttle. The preferred embodiment of the shuttle also includes one or more extruded features formed on an opposite wall of the shuttle to justify the cartridge within the shuttle and thereby ensure engagement of the door-opening feature with the access door during cartridge insertion. These features are passive elements, in that they require no mechanical or electrical actuation or any parts that are moveable relative to the shuttle. Instead, these elements rely entirely on the movement of the cartridge into the shuttle to open the access door.

US Patent:

6473262, Oct 29, 2002

Filed:

May 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/314974

Inventors:

William B. Kim - La Habra CA

Assignee:

Seagate Removable Storage Solutions LLC - Scotts Valley CA

International Classification:

G11B 15675

US Classification:

360 965

Abstract:

In an automatic tape cartridge loader, separating the tape from the drive motor during unloading often imposes a high torque requirement on the loader motor, for example to overcome magnetic forces strengthening engagement of the cartridge to the motor. The inventive loader utilizes one or more techniques to assist in separation of the cartridge from the motor gear. One technique involves two compression springs on the base, which apply a force opposing movement of the cartridge shuttle to its cartridge-loaded position and assist in movement of the shuttle from that position during unloading. Another technique utilizes a special cam and follower arrangement to apply different lifting forces on opposite sides of the shuttle, at least during initial movement to unload the cartridge.

US Patent:

6515823, Feb 4, 2003

Filed:

May 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/143765

Inventors:

William B. Kim - La Habra CA

Assignee:

Seagate Removable Storage Solutions LLC - Scotts Valley CA

International Classification:

G11B 1568

US Classification:

360 965

Abstract:

An automatic tape cartridge loader includes a moveable shuttle, for receiving the tape cartridge, and elements for automatically actuating the shuttle during loading and unloading operations. The shuttle includes a door-opening feature, preferably formed as an integral element of one wall of the shuttle. The door-opening feature engages a sliding tape access door on one side of a tape cartridge, as the cartridge is inserted into the shuttle. The preferred embodiment of the shuttle also includes one or more extruded features formed on an opposite wall of the shuttle to justify the cartridge within the shuttle and thereby ensure engagement of the door-opening feature with the access door during cartridge insertion. These features are passive elements, in that they require no mechanical or electrical actuation or any parts that are moveable relative to the shuttle. Instead, these elements rely entirely on the movement of the cartridge into the shuttle to open the access door.

US Patent:

6647601, Nov 18, 2003

Filed:

Mar 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/095761

Inventors:

William B. Kim - Los Angeles CA 90023

International Classification:

D06C 702

US Classification:

28159, 28143, 156 72

Abstract:

A method for making a blanket is provided. The blanket is made from a fabric that has a ground having wefts and warps, and piles inserted in spaces between the wefts and warps of the ground. The method comprises the steps of weaving the fabric from the wefts, the warps, and the piles, coloring the fabric with a predetermined pattern, heating the fabric to bind the piles firmly, cutting the fabric to a predetermined size for the blanket, and surrounding the edges of the cut fabric with a cloth. The wefts and warps are made of a ground yarn, and the piles are made of an acrylic yarn. The weight percentage of the acrylic yarn in the fabric is in the range between approximately 80 and 95, and the weight percentage of the ground yarn in the fabric is the remainder.

US Patent:

6837278, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

May 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/138121

Inventors:

William B. Kim - Los Angeles CA, US
Charles S. Kim - Huntington Park CA, US

International Classification:

D03D 2700

US Classification:

139391, 139399, 139407, 156 72, 28159, 28143

Abstract:

A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and the pile threads are inserted alternately between the ground threads of one fabric and between those of the other fabric. Also, each pile thread is wound around one of the ground threads by one or more turns. The method further comprises cutting the pile threads between the fabrics, and heat setting the fabrics to bind the pile threads to the ground firmly. The pile threads are made of acrylic yarn, and the weight percentage of the pile threads in the fabric is between 80 and ninety-five 95, and the weight percentage of the ground threads in the fabric is the remainder.

US Patent:

6926044, Aug 9, 2005

Filed:

Nov 1, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/979020

Inventors:

William B. Kim - Los Angeles CA, US
Charles S. Kim - Huntington Park CA, US

International Classification:

D03D027/12

US Classification:

139394, 139407, 139401, 139402, 139403, 139391, 28143, 28159, 156 72

Abstract:

A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and the pile threads are inserted alternately between the ground threads of one fabric and between those of the other fabric. Also, each pile thread is wound around one of the ground threads by one or more turns. The method further comprises cutting the pile threads between the fabrics, and heat setting the fabrics to bind the pile threads to the ground firmly. The pile threads are made of acrylic yarn, and the weight percentage of the pile threads in the fabric is between 80 and ninety-five 95, and the weight percentage of the ground threads in the fabric is the remainder.

US Patent:

49368532, Jun 26, 1990

Filed:

Jan 11, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/295845

Inventors:

Dennis F. Fabian - Short Hills NJ
William C. Kim - Los Angeles CA
Rick W. Basset - Los Fresnos TX
Michael A. Jacobs - Baltimore MD

Assignee:

Kirschner Medical Corporation - Timonium MD

International Classification:

A61F 238

US Classification:

623 20

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an implantable knee joint prosthesis which is designed to replace the engaging surfaces of the femur and tibia of a dysfunctional human knee joint. In its most general form, the invention comprises an implantable knee joint prosthesis having a tibial stem portion, a tibial tray portion, an interchangeable modular articulating surface member which is removably attached to the tibial tray portion, and a femoral portion adapted to cooperatively bear upon the articulating surface. The invention also features a dual locking mechanism which attaches the articulating surface to the tibial tray portion by means of a locking lip and flange arrangement together with a locking screw which fits into the tibial stem portion.