Patents by Inventor Masakazu Kanatani

Masakazu Kanatani 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: 6324147
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk or the like includes an apparatus body and a lid body. An apparatus body has an opening portion used for insertion and/or ejection of a recording medium. The apparatus body having a recording and/or reproducing unit for recording or reproducing a recording medium inserted through the opening portion. The lid body opens and closes the opening portion. The lid body is rotatably provided on the apparatus body. The lid body has on its side surface an inclined portion used for rotating the lid body in a direction in which the recording medium opens the opening portion when the storage medium is inserted into the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Tadami Nakamura, Kazuhito Kurita
  • Publication number: 20010026521
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk or the like includes an apparatus body and a lid body. An apparatus body has an opening portion used for insertion and/or ejection of a recording medium. The apparatus body having a recording and/or reproducing unit for recording or reproducing a recording medium inserted through the opening portion. The lid body opens and closes the opening portion. The lid body is rotatably provided on the apparatus body. The lid body has on its side surface an inclined portion used for rotating the lid body in a direction in which the recording medium opens the opening portion when the storage medium is inserted into the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: MASAKAZU KANATANI, TADAMI NAKAMURA, KAZUHITO KURITA
  • Patent number: D438518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Takao Nakayama
  • Patent number: D510918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Kubota, Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D510919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Kubota, Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D460745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D471914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D472533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Shiki Inoue
  • Patent number: D474452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D474453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D487433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani
  • Patent number: D493458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D493459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D493460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D493461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D494171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D494586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D494587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D495330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kanatani, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D617296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Masakazu Kanatani