Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Orikawa

Hiroshi Orikawa 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).

  • Patent number: 4773057
    Abstract: An apparatus for reproducing signals recorded on a selected one of first and second discs of different diameters, such as, a relatively large diameter video disc and a relatively small diameter compact disc, has a disc-transporting tray mounted for substantially horizontal movement between a first or operative position within a housing and a second or disc-inserting and withdrawing position in which the tray projects substantially forwardly from the housing through an opening at the front of the latter, the tray having first and second disc mounting portions dimensioned for receiving and holding the relatively large and small diameter discs, respectively, and the second or relatively small-diameter disc mounting portion being disposed at a front part of the tray and substantially contained within the confines of the first or large-diameter disc mounting portion for minimizing the required size of the tray, and hence the overall size of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Otsuka, Kazuto Naganuma, Keiji Maruta, Akihiro Yamada, Kazuyuki Takizawa, Shigeru Miyazaki, Hideki Okii, Hiroshi Orikawa
  • Patent number: D433407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kobayashi, Mitsutoshi Kanetsuka, Hiroshi Orikawa, Yoshiaki Haba, Yoshiteru Kawakami