Patents by Inventor Akinobu Koba

Akinobu Koba 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).

  • Cylinder motor apparatus
    Patent number: 5815339
    Abstract: A cylinder motor apparatus includes a chassis, a shaft, a circuit board, a supporting member for supporting the shaft on the chassis in a freely rotatable state, a rotor fixed to the shaft, which has a stator housing having a circular, concave shape facing in a direction away from the supporting member and a magnet provided in the stator housing, a stator housed in the stator housing and fixed to the circuit board, and an electric circuit provided on the circuit board for controlling the rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Michio Inui, Shuuji Ohmura, Akinobu Koba
  • Cassette loading device for stably loading a cassette
    Patent number: 5267103
    Abstract: A tray assembly (59) on which a cassette can be mounted can be reciprocated in a horizontal direction by a carriage system (4, 80, 76). When the tray assembly (59) is positioned above a tape drive section in a cabinet, it can be reciprocated in a vertical direction by a lifter system (2, 14, 30), holding the cassette in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kohara, Yuji Kondo, Akinobu Koba, Kenichi Suda, Takeshi Satomi