Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Taguchi

Hirofumi Taguchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20020027874
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
  • Publication number: 20020024927
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka
  • Patent number: 6349087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Kyuichiro Nagai, Hirofumi Taguchi, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Inoue, Nobuo Masuoka