Patents by Inventor Koutarou Kashima

Koutarou Kashima 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).

  • Two-part rotatable cover apparatus for tape cassette with lock mechanism
    Patent number: 6052254
    Abstract: A cover apparatus of a cassette tape recorder comprising first and second covers rotatable to be openable and closable with respect to a body of the tape recorder. The first cover has a holder to encasing a tape cassette so that the tape cassette encased in the holder is rotatable in accordance with the rotation of the first cover, a length of the first cover in longitudinal directions being smaller than that of the tape cassette so that a portion of the tape cassette protrudes from the first cover when being encased in the holder. The second cover is arranged to be engaged with the first cover to be rotatable together with the first cover and movable along a surface of the first cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kono, Koutarou Kashima, Masayoshi Yano, Tatsuo Mizukami, Hiroshi Nakamori, Koji Nakahara