Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Hoshiba

Takayoshi Hoshiba 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).

  • Disk drive for removable disk cartridges and receivable into a PCMCIA port of a computer
    Patent number: 6762906
    Abstract: A disk drive device includes a protective case having an upper case and a lower case. The disk drive device has a form such that the disk drive device can be inserted into and removed from a PCMCIA port of a computer. The disk drive device has an output connector located at one end of the protective case so that the input/output connector can connect with a PCMCIA connector of the computer when the disk drive device is inserted in the PCMCIA port. Information from the computer can thus be stored on the disk drive device, or information from the disk drive device can be read into the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignees: Iomega Corporation, Citizen Watch Company
    Inventors: Maki Wakita, Takayoshi Hoshiba