Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ono
Hiroaki Ono 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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Publication number: 20020034157Abstract: A disc cartridge for receiving a disc-like recording medium therewithin, including a disc insertion and removal port provided in the disc cartridge and being capable of inserting and removing the recording medium, the disc cartridge having an insertion and removal port opening and closing member. A disc insertion and removal port being closed by the insertion and removal port opening and closing member when the recording medium is within said disc cartridge. The recording medium being capable of being taken out from the cartridge together with the insertion and removal port opening and closing member when the recording medium is taken out and the disc cartridge having an insertion and removal history recognizing portion of said recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2000Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Atsushi Inoue, Hiroaki Ono
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Publication number: 20020027872Abstract: A disk cartridge main body configured to fit into a disk holder of a disk cartridge having another disk cartridge main body for incorporating a disk-shaped recording medium. The another disk cartridge main body has an opening portion for enabling a recording and/or reproducing operation by a recording and/or reproducing device. The disk holder is detachably mountable to the another disk cartridge main body. The opening portion is provided in the another disk cartridge main body and the opening portion is closed by a shutter arranged at the another disk cartridge main body such that the disk-shaped recording medium is shielded from outside by the shutter when the disk cartridge is outside of the recording and/or reproducing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20020027871Abstract: A disk cartridge incorporating a disk-shaped recording medium and having an opening portion for enabling a recording and/or reproducing operation by a recording and/or reproducing device having a disk cartridge main body, a disk holder detachably mountable to the disk cartridge main body, and a reverse insertion preventing structure for preventing the disk holder having a surface and a rear face from being inserted turning inside out into the disk cartridge main body when the disk holder is mounted to the disk cartridge main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20020027873Abstract: A disk is moved between disk cartridges without being in touch with the disk. Therefore, movement of the disk between the disk cartridges is carried out via a disk holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20020027874Abstract: A disk cartridge incorporating a disk-shaped recording medium and having an opening portion for enabling a recording and/or reproducing operation by a recording and/or reproducing device includes a disk cartridge main body and a disk holder which is detachably mountable to the disk cartridge main body. The disk holder is mountable to the disk cartridge main body along with the disk-shaped recording medium, the disk holder is constituted by a structure which is detachable to outside of the disk cartridge main body along with the disk-shaped recording medium, and the disk holder includes a pair of resilient and deformable disk holding members for holding an outer periphery of the disk-shaped recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Publication number: 20020024927Abstract: A disk is moved between disk cartridges without being in touch with the disk. Therefore, movement of the disk between the disk cartridges is carried out via a disk holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Patent number: 6349087Abstract: A disk is moved between disk cartridges without being in touch with the disk. Therefore, movement of the disk between the disk cartridges is carried out via a disk holder. Further, when the disk is moved between the disk cartridges, disk information of the cartridge is also moved simultaneously. Accordingly, the disk information held by the disk cartridge is provided at a disk holder portion and the disk information can be read by other disk device. Further, the disk holder is provided with a region representing information of the disk. When it is made to be a label region, in moving the disk between the disk cartridges, also the disk information held by the disk holder can simultaneously be moved. Further, even when the disk cartridge incorporates the disk, the content of the disk can easily be recognized via the disk holder. Further, a user can arbitrarily write or erase content of the disk to or from the label region, the disk is recognized easily and easiness of use is considerably promoted.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
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Patent number: 6331118Abstract: An electrode spacing conversion adaptor is formed of a plurality of sheet elements having top and bottom electrodes arrayed at different intervals along upper and lower ends of each sheet element, respectively, wherein the top electrodes are individually connected to their corresponding bottom electrodes by intermediate conductors. The individual sheet elements are angled such that the upper portions of the sheet elements carrying the top electrodes are stacked at intervals different from intervals at which the lower portions carrying the bottom electrodes are stacked. The individual sheet elements may be stacked to form laminated pieces in such a way that the bottom electrodes are concentrated in a small area while the top electrodes are distributed over a larger area at greater intervals in two horizontal directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Linear CircuitInventors: Hiroaki Ono, Masanori Hirano
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Publication number: 20010033545Abstract: A disc cartridge for receiving a disc-shaped recording medium therewithin which is capable of being inserted and removed from the disc cartridge. The disc cartridge has an insertion and removal port opening and closing member which is moved from the disc cartridge when taking out the recording medium. The insertion and removal port opening and closing member holds the disc-shaped recording medium and can take out the disc together with the insertion and removal port opening and closing member from a disc cartridge main body when taking out the insertion and removal port opening and closing member from the disc cartridge. The disc cartridge has a locking member and a locking cancellation preventing member which prevents said locking member from moving for canceling the locking and which serves as a portion for recognizing a history of insertion and removal of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Atsushi Inoue, Hiroaki Ono
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Publication number: 20010015953Abstract: A disc cartridge for receiving a disc-like recording medium therewithin which recording medium is capable of being inserted and removed from the disc cartridge. The disc cartridge includes an insertion and removal port opening and closing member which disc insertion and removal port opening and closing member is moved from the disc cartridge when taking out the recording medium. The disc cartridge has a locking member for locking the insertion and removal port opening and closing member. At least a part of a locking cancellation preventing member which prevents the locking member from moving for canceling the locking is arranged on a moving path of the locking member so as to cancel the locking.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2001Publication date: August 23, 2001Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Atsushi Inoue, Hiroaki Ono
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Publication number: 20010015952Abstract: A disc cartridge for receiving a disc-like recording medium therewithin which recording medium is capable of being inserted and removed from the disc cartridge. The disc cartridge includes an insertion and removal port opening and closing member, and the disc insertion and removal port opening and closing member is moved from the disc cartridge when taking out the recording medium. The disc cartridge has a locking member for locking the insertion and removal port opening and closing member. At least a part of a locking cancellation preventing member which prevents the locking member from moving for canceling the locking is arranged on a moving path of the locking member so as to cancel the locking. Further, the locking cancellation preventing member is a portion for recognizing a history of insertion and removal of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2001Publication date: August 23, 2001Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Atsushi Inoue, Hiroaki Ono
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Patent number: 6246545Abstract: To provide a head slider capable of enhancing the electromagnetic transductional characteristic of a magnetic head and a magnetic disk unit provided with the head slider, the head slider provided with a rail on each side and floated over a magnetic disk by air flow, the head slider for reading or recording information from/in the magnetic disk mounted on the rail on one side of the head slider, and the rails formed asymmetrically so that the floated quantity of the rail on the side on which the head slider is mounted is lower than the floated quantity of the rail on the side on which the head slider is not mounted.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1998Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ono, Norio Saito, Yutaka Soda
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Patent number: 6229777Abstract: An information recording and control method and apparatus for a recording medium disc having information previously recorded thereon. New information is overwritten at least a portion of the previously recorded information in a recording area of the recording medium disc. Information on the new information is cataloged as control information on the recording medium disc. Residual information which is part of the previously recorded information which is not overwritten by the new information is treated as new information and information on the residual information which is treated as new information is cataloged as control information on the recording medium disc.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Ishitobi, Hiroaki Ono, Tamotsu Ito, Shigemitsu Higuchi
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Patent number: 6204985Abstract: The present invention relates to an information providing system. More particularly, this invention relates to an information management apparatus capable of reliable management of distributed information and an information providing system employing the same information management apparatus. The information management apparatus comprises a main information reproducing means for reproducing main information recorded in a given recording medium; and a reproduction management means for managing the main information reproducing means for reproducing the main information. The present invention provides a receiving means provided with a means for recording distributed information and control information limiting the number of main information reproducing cycles on a recording medium, and a main information reproducing means provided with a reproduction disabling means for limiting the reproduction of main information.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Ono, Kiyoshi Kano, Hideo Nishijima, Takao Arai, Takaharu Noguchi, Nobutaka Amada, Hiroo Okamoto, Hitoaki Owashi, Keizo Nishimura, Nobuyuki Kaku, Shinya Fujimori
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Patent number: 6089657Abstract: A seat cushion pad for automobiles, wherein at least a part of the seat surface portion comprises a high-resilience foam. The foam is selected such that a load ratio (3%ISR) between a load at which the thickness is 25% compressed when pressed with a pressure plate having a diameter of 60 mm (25%-strain load) and a load at which the thickness is 3% compressed when pressed with the same pressure plate (3%-strain load) is at least about 6. Alternatively, another ratio (5%ISR) between the load at which the thickness is 25% compressed when pressed with the above dimensioned pressure plate (25%-strain load) and a load at which the thickness is 5% compressed when pressed with the pressure plate (5%-strain load) is selected to be at least about 4. Such design provides comfortable seating and resistance against fatigue even during periods of extended driving, and can be prepared at a low cost with a large degree of design freedom.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Banno, Tsutomu Nakajima, Hiroaki Ono, Junji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6031677Abstract: The present invention relates to an information providing system. More particularly, this invention relates to an information management apparatus capable of reliable management of distributed information and an information providing system employing the same information management apparatus. The information management apparatus comprises a main information reproducing means for reproducing main information recorded in a given recording medium; and a reproduction management means for managing the main information reproducing means for reproducing the main information. The present invention provides a receiving means provided with a means for recording distributed information and control information limiting the number of main information reproducing cycles on a recording medium, and a main information reproducing means provided with a reproduction disabling means for limiting the reproduction of main information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1998Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Ono, Kiyoshi Kano, Hideo Nishijima, Takao Arai, Takaharu Noguchi, Nobutaka Amada, Hiroo Okamoto, Hitoaki Owashi, Keizo Nishimura, Nobuyuki Kaku, Shinya Fujimori
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Patent number: 5930274Abstract: An information recording and reproduction apparatus for recording and reproducing the information supplied through the transmission line is capable of protecting the copyright by limiting the reproduction of the recorded information. A main information signal supplied through the transmission line and a deadline signal attached to the main information signal and representing the reproduction deadline of the main information signal are recorded and reproduced by a recording device and a reproduction device respectively. A temporal information signal representing the date and time is acquired. The deadline signal reproduced is compared with the temporal information signal acquired. The reproduction output of the main information signal is cut off in accordance with the comparison signal produced by the comparison. In the case where the temporal information has passed the deadline, the reproduction output of the main information signal is cut off.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Kaniwa, Hideo Nishijima, Nobutaka Amada, Hiroo Okamoto, Takaharu Noguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Hitoaki Owashi, Takao Arai, Hiroya Abe, Kouji Minabe
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Patent number: 5912969Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transmission system for transmitting an information signal, and a reception system including an information receiving unit for receiving the information signal, and an information recording/reproducing unit for recording/reproducing the received information signal on/from a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Sasamoto, Nobutaka Amada, Takao Arai, Takaharu Noguchi, Hitoaki Owashi, Hideo Nishijima, Hiroaki Ono, Hiroo Okamoto
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Patent number: 5875279Abstract: An input terminal (240) for assigning at least one information to be requested and a control circuit (100) for controlling a recording operation, a tape stopping operation and a detecting operation of a head of recorded information of a recording and reproducing apparatus (80) are provided on the side of a subscriber terminal (FIG. 1) having the recording and reproducing apparatus and, after all of information (A, B, C) assigned by the input terminal and received from an information transmitting station (FIG. 2) are recorded, a head of the first recorded information is detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, LtdInventors: Hitoaki Owashi, Hideo Nishijima, Hiroaki Ono, Takaharu Noguchi, Hiroo Okamoto, Nobutaka Amada, Kyoichi Hosokawa, Takao Arai
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Patent number: D412500Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1998Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsutoshi Sato, Koji Suso, Hiroaki Ono