Patents by Inventor Toshiro Nishiwaki
Toshiro Nishiwaki 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).
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Patent number: 8045288Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading frame 28 for receiving and supporting each tape cartridge 40A, 40B being different in case thicknesses and a holder 29 for holding the tape cartridge 40A, 40B by pressing the cartridge. The side wall 31 of the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensors 34, 35 for identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holder 29 is displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridge 40A, 40B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors 34, 35.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Ota, Keiji Ban, Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Yasuo Inukai, Akihiro Yasui
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Patent number: 7568648Abstract: To provide a tape cartridge capable of preventing an area near the posterior rim a tape winding layer from colliding with a casing wall to cause the tape edge to be damaged upon reception of dropping impact in the state where the upper and lower sides of the tape cartridge are reversed, so that the magnetic tape can constantly be maintained in an appropriate state. A pair of right and left hubs for taking up the magnetic tape, a hub locking structure are provided inside a main casing. The hub locking structure is placed on the anterior side of the inner surface of an upper casing in the main casing. A regulating body for regulating inclination of the tape winding layer is formed so as to bulge on the rear side of the inner surface of the upper casing. The regulating body is formed in an oblong rib shape having a bulge size almost identical to a thickness size of the hub locking structure in the inner surface of the upper casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Ban, Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Patent number: 7431233Abstract: There is provided a tape cartridge capable of reliably preventing tight adhesion of a magnetic tape to the back side of a front plate portion of a front cover. A regulation body for preventing adhesion of the tape to the back side of the front plate portion of the front cover is integrally provided in a protruding manner in the region including a tape loading pocket on the front face of a main case. The regulation body includes a plurality of kinds of ribs different in protruding size from the back side. The top end of each rib is convex-curved to have a circular arc cross section. A plurality of kinds of the ribs are disposed in horizontal direction at intervals.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Publication number: 20080204932Abstract: A tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges with different widths is provided. The tape cartridge comprises a pair of right and left hubs for winding a tape which is winded off from one hub and is wound around the other hub via tape guides. A passage for light injection and a passage for light ejecting of the tape end detection light are opened respectively on a side wall of a case of a main body facing a tape traveling path between the tape guide and the hub, and an optical path inverted body facing a pair of passages across the tape traveling path is arranged in the case of the main body. One of the passages for light injection and the passages for light ejecting in the large and small tape cartridges is formed at a prescribed distance from the reference surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Kosuke AMANO, Toshiro NISHIWAKI, Kenji OTA, Akihiro YASUI
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Publication number: 20080149753Abstract: A tape cartridge has a housing having upper and lower walls defining an interior therebetween, a pair of tape winding elements provided on left and right sides of the interior of the housing, the tape winding elements being supported for rotation by the upper and lower walls of the housing, a tape wound around the tape winding elements, a restriction sheet provided between the upper wall of the housing and windings of the tape, and a restriction means made of a lower bouncing material. The restriction means is provided in a region on a rear side of a line connecting centers of the tape winding elements and opposing the windings of the tape and also between the upper wall of the housing and the restriction sheet so that, when the restriction sheet is forced toward the upper wall by an edge of laterally moving tape, the restriction means receives the forced restriction sheet and then resiliently returns the restriction sheet toward the tape winding to prevent a misaligned winding of the tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiro Nishiwaki, Keiji Ban
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Publication number: 20080121747Abstract: To provide a tape cartridge capable of preventing an area near the posterior rim a tape winding layer from colliding with a casing wall to cause the tape edge to be damaged upon reception of dropping impact in the state where the upper and lower sides of the tape cartridge are reversed, so that the magnetic tape can constantly be maintained in an appropriate state. A pair of right and left hubs for taking up the magnetic tape, a hub locking structure are provided inside a main casing. The hub locking structure is placed on the anterior side of the inner surface of an upper casing in the main casing. A regulating body for regulating inclination of the tape winding layer is formed so as to bulge on the rear side of the inner surface of the upper casing. The regulating body is formed in an oblong rib shape having a bulge size almost identical to a thickness size of the hub locking structure in the inner surface of the upper casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Keiji Ban, Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Patent number: 7377460Abstract: A tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges with different widths is provided. The tape cartridge comprises a pair of right and left hubs for winding a tape which is winded off from one hub and is wound around the other hub via tape guides. A passage for light injection and a passage for light ejecting of the tape end detection light are opened respectively on a side wall of a case of a main body facing a tape traveling path between the tape guide and the hub, and an optical path inverted body facing a pair of passages across the tape traveling path is arranged in the case of the main body. One of the passages for light injection and the passages for light ejecting in the large and small tape cartridges is formed at a prescribed distance from the reference surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Kenji Ota, Akihiro Yasui
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Publication number: 20070274001Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading frame 28 for receiving and supporting each tape cartridge 40A, 40B being different in case thicknesses and a holder 29 for holding the tape cartridge 40A, 40B by pressing the cartridge. The side wall 31 of the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensors 34, 35 for identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holder 29 is displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridge 40A, 40B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors 34, 35.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2004Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: Hitachi Maxell, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Ota, Keiji Ban, Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Yasuo Inukai, Akihiro Yasui
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Patent number: 7287714Abstract: A tape supply-side hub, a tape take-up-side hub and a magnetic tape wound onto the tape supply-side hub are included inside a mainframe case. A leader tape fixed onto the tape take-up-side hub and one end of the magnetic tape are connected via a splicing tape. The other end of the magnetic tape is wound onto the tape supply-side hub, and the magnetic tape and the tape supply-side hub are directly connected with adhesive agents. A wound tape layer wounded onto the tape supply-side hub in the fully wound state is composed of a non-recording layer on the winding leader side composed of a specified amount of the wound tape layer and a recording layer continuing to the non-recording layer. The feeding limit position of the magnetic tape in the tape supply-side hub is set to be in the vicinity of a boundary between the non-recording layer and the recording layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Patent number: 7200922Abstract: A first mounting unit and a second mounting unit capable of performing component holding, component recognition, and component placement for two boards independently of each other are provided. A first conveyance path for loading and unloading the first board, and a second conveyance path for loading and unloading the second board, are independently arranged.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Naoto Mimura, Noriaki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Misawa, Takeyuki Kawase, Tetsutarou Hachimura, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Taira Ishii, Mitsuo Kawate, Hideaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20060226272Abstract: There is provided a tape cartridge capable of reliably preventing tight adhesion of a magnetic tape to the back side of a front plate portion of a front cover. A regulation body for preventing adhesion of the tape to the back side of the front plate portion of the front cover is integrally provided in a protruding manner in the region including a tape loading pocket on the front face of a main case. The regulation body includes a plurality of kinds of ribs different in protruding size from the back side. The top end of each rib is convex-curved to have a circular arc cross section. A plurality of kinds of the ribs are disposed in horizontal direction at intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventor: Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Publication number: 20060163405Abstract: A tape supply-side hub, a tape take-up-side hub and a magnetic tape wound onto the tape supply-side hub are included inside a mainframe case. A leader tape fixed onto the tape take-up-side hub and one end of the magnetic tape are connected via a splicing tape. The other end of the magnetic tape is wound onto the tape supply-side hub, and the magnetic tape and the tape supply-side hub are directly connected with adhesive agents. A wound tape layer wounded onto the tape supply-side hub in the fully wound state is composed of a non-recording layer on the winding leader side composed of a specified amount of the wound tape layer and a recording layer continuing to the non-recording layer. The feeding limit position of the magnetic tape in the tape supply-side hub is set to be in the vicinity of a boundary between the non-recording layer and the recording layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Toshiro Nishiwaki
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Patent number: 7036213Abstract: A first mounting unit and a second mounting unit capable of performing component holding, component recognition, and component placement for two boards independently of each other are provided. A first conveyance path for loading and unloading the first board, and a second conveyance path for loading and unloading the second board, are independently arranged.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Naoto Mimura, Noriaki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Misawa, Takeyuki Kawase, Tetsutarou Hachimura, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Taira Ishii, Mitsuo Kawate, Hideaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20060000085Abstract: A first mounting unit and a second mounting unit capable of performing component holding, component recognition, and component placement for two boards independently of each other are provided. A first conveyance path for loading and unloading the first board, and a second conveyance path for loading and unloading the second board, are independently arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Naoto Mimura, Noriaki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Misawa, Takeyuki Kawase, Tetsutarou Hachimura, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Taira Ishii, Mitsuo Kawate, Hideaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20050174690Abstract: A compatible type tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges C1 and C2 with different widths in common with the same tape driver, which comprise a pair of right and left hubs 3 for winding a tape 2 which is winded off from one hub 3 and is winded around the other hub 3 via tape guides 4. A passage for light injection 15 and a passage for light ejecting 16 of the tape end detection light are opened respectively on a side wall 14 of a case of a main body 1 facing a tape traveling path between the tape guide 4 and the hub 3, and an optical path inverted body 17 facing a pair of passages 15 and 16 across the tape traveling path is arranged in the case of the main body 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Kenji Ota, Akihiro Yasui
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Publication number: 20040033128Abstract: A first mounting unit (101) and a second mounting unit (102) capable of performing component holding, component recognition, and component placement for two boards (2a, 2b) independently of each other are provided. A first conveyance path for loading and unloading the first board (2a) and a second conveyance path for loading and unloading the second board (2b) are independently arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Naoto Mimura, Noriaki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Misawa, Takeyuki Kawase, Tetsutarou Hachimura, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Taira Ishii, Mitsuo Kawate, Hideaki Watanabe