Patents by Inventor Mikio Oka

Mikio Oka 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).

  • Patent number: 6233112
    Abstract: In the conventionl magnetic recording/regenerating apparatus,loading/unloading of a cartridge has been manually carried out, thus requiring a large force (about 1.5 to 3 kgf) for these operations by a spring force of a leaf spring, and making it difficult to ensure loading of the cartridge in the magnetic recording/regenerating apparatus. In the magnetic recording/regenerating apparatus of the invention, the portion between one end side and the other side of the linking member is rotatably supported on the bottom plate of the enclosure, and the supporting point as a fulcrum, the distance between the fulcrum and an end connecting the second sliding member is made smaller than the distance between the fulcrum and the other end connecting the first sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ohkita, Mikio Oka, Katsunari Sonoda
  • Patent number: 6188541
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic recording-reproducing device in which an engagement portion of a cartridge is locked by a locking portion of a first slide member; therefore as first and second slide members and slide, the cartridge also slides to be loaded and unloaded. The loading and unloading of the cartridge, therefore, can easily be accomplished with extremely little force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ohkita, Mikio Oka, Katsunari Sonoda
  • Patent number: 6156834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition improved, when molded, in environmental stress cracking resistance and in the physical properties of the weld portion. Environmental stress cracking resistance and physical properties of the weld portion before a heat aging resistance test can be improved by adding, to 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin, 0.001 to 1.0 part by weight of a difatty acid alkaline earth metal salt produced using two or more kinds of fatty acid and an alkaline earth metal. Also, the physical properties of the weld portion after a heat aging resistance test can be improved by further adding particular fatty acid ester compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiharu Seyama, Mikio Oka, Makoto Doki
  • Patent number: 6128158
    Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including a detecting member which is operated to rotate a drive source disposed in a housing, and a slidable operating member for operating the detecting member. By simply pressing an indicator portion of the operating member with a small force from the front face side of the housing, the cartridge 4 is easily ejected by electrical power as a result of rotation of the drive source. In conventional magnetic recording/reproducing apparatuses, when the cartridge, loaded in the apparatus, is ejected therefrom, the back end of the cartridge must be firmly gripped to pull it out. Therefore, more force is required to pull out the cartridge than is required to insert it, making it very difficult to pull out the cartridge. The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus of the invention overcomes this problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Saito, Mikio Oka
  • Patent number: 6051660
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin molded article excellent in thermal aging resistance and surface appearance of molded article in which an amino-substituted triazine compound is dispersed in the form of particles having an average particle size of not more than 1 .mu.m in a polyacetal resin, which molded article is obtained by melt-kneading a polyacetal resin having a formaldehyde content of 1,000 to 3,000 with an amino-substituted triazine compound for a time of 250 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Asahikasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Oka
  • Patent number: 5948844
    Abstract: At least one aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt is added to a terminally-stabilized polyacetal resin, said salt having occluded therein at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydroxide and a metal chloride, and optionally having attached to a surface thereof at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydroxide and a metal chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mikio Oka, Tadashige Hata