Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Sagara

Shigetoshi Sagara 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).

  • Disc reproducing apparatus
    Patent number: 4507769
    Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus comprises a turntable rotatably supporting a disc and a cartridge movable between a reproduction start position and a reproduction end position. The cartridge is urged by the spring toward the reproduction start position and moved from the reproduction start position to the reproduction end position by a driving mechanism. The driving force of the driving mechanism is transmitted to the cartridge in a reproducing condition by a clutch assembly and is not transmitted in a nonreproducing condition. The cartridge is held in the reproduction start position by the spring in the nonreproducing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Fukumitsu, Shigetoshi Sagara