Patents by Inventor Tad D. Shupe

Tad D. Shupe 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).

  • Leader pin seat for tape cartridges
    Patent number: 6874721
    Abstract: A retention spring for a tape cartridge that both secures a leader pin and operates as a wide angle guide for directing the leader pin into the access port of the cartridge as the tape is being rewound onto the supply reel. The retention spring includes pairs of opposing guides, retention grooves, and binding elements. The guides define an entry for receiving a portion of the leader pin while the retention grooves define a retention slot for at least partially surrounding a portion of the leader pin. The binding elements each define a transition between one guide and one retention groove while providing resistance as the leader pin is urged between the entry and the retention slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Aaron, Stephen V. Deckers, Tad D. Shupe
  • Leader pin seat for tape cartridges
    Patent number: 6695242
    Abstract: A retention spring for a tape cartridge that both secures a leader pin and operates as a wide angle guide for directing the leader pin into the access port of the cartridge as the tape is being rewound onto the supply reel. The retention spring includes pairs of opposing guides, retention grooves, and binding elements. The guides define an entry for receiving a portion of the leader pin while the retention grooves define a retention slot for at least partially surrounding a portion of the leader pin. The binding elements each define a transition between one guide and one retention groove while providing resistance as the leader pin is urged between the entry and the retention slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Aaron, Stephen V. Deckers, Tad D. Shupe
  • Leader pin seat for tape cartridges
    Publication number: 20030189120
    Abstract: A retention spring for a tape cartridge that both secures a leader pin and operates as a wide angle guide for directing the leader pin into the access port of the cartridge as the tape is being rewound onto the supply reel. The retention spring includes pairs of opposing guides, retention grooves, and binding elements. The guides define an entry for receiving a portion of the leader pin while the retention grooves define a retention slot for at least partially surrounding a portion of the leader pin. The binding elements each define a transition between one guide and one retention groove while providing resistance as the leader pin is urged between the entry and the retention slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Robert C. Aaron, Stephen V. Deckers, Tad D. Shupe