Patents by Inventor Mamoru Oosato

Mamoru Oosato 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: 6297931
    Abstract: A disc includes a disc substrate having a major surface operating as a signal recording portion and having a substantially circular center opening in the major surface, and a hub mounted on the disc substrate for closing the center opening in the disc substrate. The hub includes an inner rim portion having a spindle opening at its center and an outer rim portion connected to an outer side of the inner rim portion for extending from the inner rim portion via a step difference towards the side of insertion in the spindle opening. When the hub is set on a disc table, the outer rim portion protruded on the side from which the spindle is inserted into the spindle opening with a step difference approaches a magnet provided on the disc table to increase the force of suction by the magnet so that the magnetic disc is chucked with respect to the disc table solely by the force of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomita, Mamoru Oosato, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20010012180
    Abstract: A disc includes a disc substrate having a major surface operating as a signal recording portion and having a substantially circular center opening in said major surface, and a hub mounted on the disc substrate for closing the center opening in the disc substrate. The hub includes an inner rim portion having the spindle opening at its center and an outer rim portion connected to an outer side of the inner rim portion for extending from the inner rim portion via a step difference towards the side of insertion in the spindle opening. When the hub is set on the disc table, the outer rim portion protruded on the side from which the spindle is inserted into said spindle opening with a step difference approaches to a magnet provided on the disc table to increase the force of suction by the magnet so that the magnetic disc is chucked with respect to the disc table solely by the force of suction by the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: YASUSHI TOMITA, MAMORU OOSATO, HIROYUKI SUZUKI