Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Inokuchi

Tsuyoshi Inokuchi 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).

  • Accessor hand mechanism having grooves for opening and closing fingers
    Patent number: 6141178
    Abstract: A stopper for stopping an ejected cartridge at a predetermined point before the cartridge leaves a drive unit. The stopper permits an accessor to insert the cartridge into the drive unit. In addition, in ejecting the cartridge from the drive unit, the stopper stops the cartridge before the cartridge obstructs movement of the accessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Inokuchi
  • Optical disk library apparatus with automatic head cleaning function
    Patent number: 5684766
    Abstract: An optical disk library apparatus equipped with a function of automatically cleaning an optical head in a drive unit. This optical disk library apparatus comprises a cartridge entry/eject mechanism for entering an optical disk cartridge into the library apparatus and ejecting the optical disk cartridge from the library apparatus. Also included is a cell unit having a plurality of cells each for holding the optical disk cartridge therein, a drive unit having an optical head to record data on and/or to reproduce the same from the optical disk cartridge, and outputting a head cleaning request signal on the basis of information relative to soil of the optical head, and an accessor for carrying the optical disk cartridge among the cartridge entry/eject mechanism, the cell unit and the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Inoue, Kenji Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Inokuchi