Patents by Inventor Nobuo Okada

Nobuo Okada 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).

  • Video tape recorder with guide drum on side of cartridge
    Patent number: 4727441
    Abstract: A video tape recorder of a type wherein a portion of the video tape exposed to the outside of a video cartridge through a cutout in the cartridge is drawn out of the cartridge and in a direction laterally of the cartridge towards a guide cylinder assembly for turning it therearound through a predetermined angle. The recorder comprises a pair of tape guides which are situated within the cutout in the cartridge when and so long as the tape is not loaded and which, when the tape is loaded, is operable to draw that portion of the video tape in said direction laterally of the cartridge and turn it around the guide cylinder assembly through the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Tsuchida, Nobuo Okada, Toyozo Urakami
  • Video tape recorder having tape guides supported by a linearly movable carriage
    Patent number: 4723183
    Abstract: A video tape recorder of a type wherein a portion of the video tape exposed to the outside of a video cartridge through a cutout in the cartridge is drawn out of the cartridge and in a direction laterally of the cartridge towards a guide cylinder assembly for turning it therearound through a predetermined angle. The recorder comprises a pair of tape guides which are situated within the cutout in the cartridge when and so long as the tape is not loaded and which, when the tape is loaded, is operable to draw that portion of the video tape in said direction laterally of the cartridge and turn it around the guide cylinder assembly through the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Tsuchida, Nobuo Okada, Toyozo Urakami
  • Video tape recorder
    Patent number: 4583136
    Abstract: A video tape recorder of a type wherein a portion of the video tape exposed to the outside of a video cartridge through a cutout in the cartridge is drawn out of the cartridge and in a direction laterally of the cartridge towards a guide cylinder assembly for turning it therearound through a predetermined angle. The recorder comprises a pair of tape guides which are situated within the cutout in the cartridge when and so long as the tape is not loaded and which, when the tape is loaded, is operable to draw that portion of the video tape in said direction laterally of the cartridge and turn it around the guide cylinder assembly through the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Tsuchida, Nobuo Okada, Toyozo Urakami