Hitachi-LG Data Storage Assigned Patent

Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Seoul, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,707,701) developed by Lee, Sangjae, Seoul, Korea, for an “optical disk drive for wireless power transmission.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Disclosed is an optical disk drive for wireless power transmission. The optical disk drive in an embodiment of the present invention comprises a tray on which a optical disk is to be seated, a driving unit for rotating the optical disk to be seated on the tray and reading or writing the optical disk, a wireless power transmitting module to be seated on the tray and comprising a primary coil and a transmitting circuit unit, a power supply unit for supplying power, and a controller for controlling the power supply unit to supply power to the wireless power transmitting module when determining that the wireless power transmitting module is seated on the tray.”

The patent application was filed on May 31, 2018 (15/994,463).