Patents by Inventor Shouji Morioka

Shouji Morioka 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).

  • Separable magazine for accommodating discs and a disc player
    Patent number: 5481512
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a magazine for accommodating a plurality discs and an automatic disc player employing the magazine from which a desired disc to be played by the player is automatically selected and separated from the magazine. The magazine comprises a plurality of stacked wafers for holding the plurality of discs a coupling device for separably coupling the wafers forming the magazine. The wafers include a plurality of trays each of which comprises a disc clamping device for releasably holding each of the discs on a bottom surface of each tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shouji Morioka, Hiroshi Matsugase, Katsutake Togawa, Mitsuru Nakagawa