Patents by Inventor Norihito KASADA

Norihito KASADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240013807
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape apparatus in which the magnetic tape is run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction, a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, the magnetic tape after being run in a state where the tension is applied is wound around the cartridge reel with a tension of 0.30 N or less applied in the longitudinal direction, and the number of recesses existing on a surface of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape and having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.10 ?m or more and less than 0.20 ?m is 100 or more and 2000 or less per an area of 40 ?m×40 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Norihito KASADA
  • Patent number: 11869557
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 ?m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11869552
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a tape thickness of the magnetic tape is 5.2 ?m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, a frictional force F45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head tilt angle of 45° is 4 gf to 15 gf, and a standard deviation of a frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at each of head tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11869558
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a tape thickness of the magnetic tape is 5.2 ?m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11869555
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a vertical switching field distribution SFD of the magnetic tape is 1.5 or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11869553
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope is 2.0 nm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11869551
    Abstract: A magnetic tape device. The angle ? formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. In a case where predetermined storage is defined as one cycle, a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before performing the storage and a servo band spacing obtained after the storage of N cycles is defined as A, and N is set to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, a medium life calculated by a linear function of A and a logarithm loge T of T, that are derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of total storage time T of the storage of N cycles is 5 years or longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11862214
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which an edge portion Ra which is an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at an edge portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is 1.50 nm or less, a central portion Ra which is an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at a central portion of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.30 nm to 1.30 nm, and a Ra ratio (central portion Ra/edge portion Ra) is 0.75 to 0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yujin Shibata, Norihito Kasada, Takuto Kurokawa, So Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20230419993
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, and a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. The number of recesses existing on a surface of the magnetic layer and having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.15 ?m or more and 0.25 ?m or less is 100 or more and 2500 or less per an area of 40 ?m×40 ?m. Standard deviation ? of the number of the recesses in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 100 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nagisa YAMASAKI, Norihito KASADA, Yuto MURATA
  • Patent number: 11854586
    Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak surface area ratio in C1s spectra obtained by XPS performed on a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 atom % to 65 atom %, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of given tilt angles of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11842752
    Abstract: The magnetic tape container includes a core around which a magnetic tape is wound. The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder, and the roundness of the trajectory of one rotation drawn by the magnetic tape in a case where the wound magnetic tape is pulled out from the core is 100 ?m or less as the arithmetic mean of the measured values at three points in the width direction of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Kamimura, Yuto Murata, Tomohide Ueyama, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11823711
    Abstract: Regarding 100 reels of magnetic tape cartridges in the magnetic tape cartridge group, in a case where a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after storage in the predetermined environment for storage time T is defined as A, an arithmetic mean of a medium lives calculated by a linear function derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of T is 4 years or longer and 3? is 1 year or shorter. The medium life is T in a case where A satisfies Equation 1=1.5?B, and the B is a value calculated by multiplying a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the servo band spacings obtained in each of the five predetermined environments by ½.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Yusuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11810603
    Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case that accommodates a magnetic tape on which a plurality of servo bands and a plurality of data bands are formed, servo patterns being recorded in the servo bands, and a memory provided in the case. The memory stores servo pattern interval-related information related to a servo pattern interval determined for each of the plurality of data bands included in the magnetic tape. The servo pattern interval is commonly used for a plurality of division areas obtained by dividing the data band in a width direction of the magnetic tape, and is a representative interval between a first servo pattern and a second servo pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nakamigawa, Yasushi Komori, Yusuke Kaneko, Tadashi Kira, Norihito Kasada, Toru Nakao
  • Publication number: 20230352045
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a non-linear component of a signal phase difference generated by storage for 10 days in an environment of a temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 20% is 17.5 nm or less. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto MURATA, Norihito Kasada, Nagisa Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20230335160
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a non-linear component of tape width deformation generated by storage for 10 days in an environment of a temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 20% is 100 nm or less. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto MURATA, Norihito KASADA, Nagisa YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230335159
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, and a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. In a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 5 kV, the number of bright regions having an equivalent circle diameter of 60 nm or more and less than 120 nm is 8000 or more and 30000 or less. Standard deviation ? of the number of the bright regions in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 2000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Yuto MURATA, Nagisa YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230290379
    Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case in which a magnetic tape is housed, and an NVM of a cartridge memory provided in the case. The NVM stores cartridge information including an identification ID regarding an allowable range of temperature/humidity in using the magnetic tape, an upper limit of a preservation period of the magnetic tape, and an upper limit of a use frequency of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke KANEKO, Toru NAKAO, Atsushi MUSHA, Norihito KASADA
  • Patent number: 11756584
    Abstract: The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape, and a cartridge reel, in which, in the magnetic tape, a minimum winding deviation occurrence load measured after the magnetic tape is rewound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.20 N in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is 200 N or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11735219
    Abstract: The magnetic tape container includes a core around which a magnetic tape is wound. The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A maximum value of a deviation of a center position of an average minimum region reference circle of a trajectory of one rotation drawn by the magnetic tape, in a case where the wound magnetic tape is drawn out from the core core is 100 ?m or less for three points of the magnetic tape in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Kamimura, Yuto Murata, Tomohide Ueyama, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 11735218
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A dimension change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a tension change in a longitudinal direction is 400 ppm/N to 900 ppm/N, the magnetic layer includes a plurality of servo bands, and a coefficient of variation CV calculated by Equation A: CV=(?G/?w)×100 is 10% or less. The ?G is a standard deviation of servo band intervals measured in a region of the magnetic tape over 100 m in the longitudinal direction with a tension of 0.6 N in the longitudinal direction. A magnetic tape container containing the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Yuto Murata