Patents by Inventor Shigeru Tateno

Shigeru Tateno 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).

  • Tape reel for magnetic tape cassette
    Patent number: 5101308
    Abstract: A tape reel for a magnetic tape cassette can accurately hold upper and lower reel flanges parallel to each other. The tape reel for a magnetic tape cassette comprises a reel hub assembly including a first reel flange and a cylindrical reel hub integral with the first reel flange and extending from the center of the first flange. The cylindrical reel hub has a support surface at the end remote from the first reel flange onto which to mount a second reel flange. A fastener and a second reel support projection are formed on the support surface of the reel hub. The fastener fastens the second reel flange on the support surface. The second reel support projection is formed on the support surface. The second reel flange support projection has a plane opposing the second reel flange accurately parallel to the first reel flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Urayama, Shigeru Tateno
  • Cassette reel having an indicator for tape volume with an upper flange
    Patent number: 4846419
    Abstract: A cassette reel for use with a video cassette having an upper flange formed of a transparent plate and a plurality of indicators for a tape volume, each of the indicators being formed of a plurality of crimped portions provided on the outer surface of the upper flange in the diametrical direction thereof, wherein the innermost crimped portions of the plurality of indicators are made higher than other crimped portions, so that when the cassette reels are stacked up and transported for the assembly, the transparent portion of the cassette reel can be protected from being damaged and the commercial value of the cassette reel can be increased without being designed awkwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Tateno, Kazuo Ozawa
  • Method for the preparation of a laminate
    Patent number: 4637851
    Abstract: A method is proposed for the preparation of a laminate with improved mechanical strength such as the cloth-to-cloth adhesive bonding strength using a prepreg based on a fabric sheet of aromatic polyamide fibers and an adhesive preferably selected from polyimide-based and epoxy resin-based adhesives, in which the fabric sheet is pretreated by exposure to low-temperature plasma of preferably a gas mixture composed of oxygen and nitrogen under a reduced pressure of 0.5 to 20 Torr. The improvement is derived presumably from the increase in the wettability and affinity of the fibers to the adhesive as is suggested by the remarkable increase of adhesive pick-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Ueno, Kouiti Kuroda, Hirokazu Nomura, Shigeru Tateno