Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Kimula

Katsuhiko Kimula 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).

  • Tape cassette loading apparatus which can smoothly operate and remove static electricity on a tape cassette
    Patent number: 5229897
    Abstract: A tape cassette loading apparatus includes a holder which can move between a cassette insert/eject position at which a tape cassette is inserted therein and/or ejected therefrom and a cassette loading position at which the tape cassette is loaded in the cassette loading apparatus, and a cassette pushing member which pushes so as to fix the tape cassette to be inserted. Since a single forcing member functions to force the holder from the cassette loading position to the cassette insert/eject position and the cassette pushing member which pushes and fixes the tape cassette inserted in the holder, the number of elements of the apparatus of the present invention is fewer than the conventional apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kimula, Hiroyuki Miyamoto