Patents by Inventor TOORU SATO

TOORU SATO 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).

  • Publication number: 20250218459
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording cartridge. An average thickness of the magnetic recording medium tT is tT?5.3 ?m, a ratio (A2/A1) of an average creep slope A2 at a temperature of 32° C. and a humidity of 80% RH to an average creep slope A1 at a temperature of 32° C. and a humidity of 20% RH is 1.440 or less, and a ratio (Tan ?2/Tan ?1) of an average Tan ?2 at a temperature of 32° C. and a humidity of 80% RH to an average Tan ?1 at a temperature of 32° C. and a humidity of 20% RH is less than 1.2100. The magnetic recording cartridge includes the magnetic recording medium, a memory and a case that accommodates the magnetic recording medium and the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Tooru SATO
  • Publication number: 20250037740
    Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a magnetic recording medium that has excellent travelling stability even when preserved in a high-temperature environment. The present technology provides a magnetic recording medium, in which an average value A(E?) of loss elastic moduli E? in a temperature range of 60° C. to 65° C. when dynamic mechanical analysis is performed on the magnetic recording medium at a frequency of 10 Hz and a heating rate of 2° C./min is 0.06 GPa or less, and an average height Rpk of protruding peaks measured using a non-contact profilometer using optical interference is 2.4 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Tooru SATO, Takahiro TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11688425
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a magnetic recording medium that enables good reproduction even after long-term preservation and that has a small overall thickness. The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, a ground layer, a base layer, and a back layer, in which an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is equal to or less than 5.3 ?m, and, when the magnetic recording medium is subjected to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a frequency of 10 Hz and a temperature rise rate of 2° C./min, a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a viscosity term E? in a temperature range of 0° C. to 80° C. is equal to or less than 0.18 GPa. In addition, the present technology also provides a tape cartridge including the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Tooru Sato, Kanako Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11631430
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer, wherein an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is tT?5.3 a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 700 ppm/N??w, a thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 2.0 ?m or less, a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more, and the magnetic layer includes a magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi, Tooru Sato, Takashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11581014
    Abstract: The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, an underlayer, a base layer, and a back layer. The magnetic recording medium has an average thickness tT of 5.4 ?m or less, when a thermomechanical analysis is performed on the magnetic recording medium in a temperature range of 40° C. to 150° C. at a temperature rise rate of 1° C./minute, a switching temperature for switching from thermal expansion to thermal contraction is 70° C. or more, and a contraction start temperature is 90° C. or more at which a length in a longitudinal direction is shorter than the length at 40° C., and a Poisson's ratio is 0.40 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Tooru Sato, Kanako Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220270643
    Abstract: It is an object of the present technology to provide a magnetic recording medium having a small total thickness, which can be reproduced satisfactorily after long-term storage. The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, an underlayer, a base layer, and a back layer. The magnetic recording medium has an average thickness tT of 5.4 ?m or less, when a thermomechanical analysis is performed on the magnetic recording medium in a temperature range of 40° C. to 150° C. at a temperature rise rate of 1° C./minute, a switching temperature for switching from thermal expansion to thermal contraction is 70° C. or more, and a contraction start temperature is 90° C. or more at which a length in a longitudinal direction is shorter than the length at 40° C., and a Poisson's ratio is 0.40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Tooru SATO, Kanako HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220254374
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a magnetic recording medium that enables good reproduction even after long-term preservation and that has a small overall thickness. The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, a ground layer, a base layer, and a back layer, in which an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is equal to or less than 5.3 ?m, and, when the magnetic recording medium is subjected to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a frequency of 10 Hz and a temperature rise rate of 2° C./min, a difference between a maximum and a minimum of a viscosity term E? in a temperature range of 0° C. to 80° C. is equal to or less than 0.18 GPa. In addition, the present technology also provides a tape cartridge including the tape-shaped magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Tooru SATO, Kanako HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11183209
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium in a shape of a tape that is long in a longitudinal direction and is short in a width direction is provided, the medium including: a base material; and a magnetic layer, in which the magnetic layer includes a data band long in the longitudinal direction in which a data signal is to be written, and a servo band long in the longitudinal direction in which a servo signal is written, and in the magnetic layer, a degree of vertical orientation is greater than or equal to 65%, a half width of a solitary waveform in a reproduction waveform of the servo signal is less than or equal to 195 nm, a thickness of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 90 nm, and a thickness of the base material is less than or equal to 4.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Tooru Sato, Toshiaki Miura, Takanobu Iwama, Jun Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210249045
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer, wherein an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is tT?5.3 a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 700 ppm/N??w, a thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 2.0 ?m or less, a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more, and the magnetic layer includes a magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Noboru SEKIGUCHI, Tooru SATO, Takashi AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11056143
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer, wherein an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is tT?5.3 ?m, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 700 ppm/N??w, a thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 2.0 ?m or less, a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more, and the magnetic layer includes a magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi, Tooru Sato, Takashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10937457
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic recording medium of which an average thickness tT is tT?5.6 ?m, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 660 ppm/N??w, a squareness ratio in a vertical direction is 65% or more, and a width deformation coefficient b during long-term storage in a case where a long-term storage width change amount Y is defined as Y=blog(t) is ?0.06 ?m?b?0.06 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi, Tooru Sato, Takashi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20200411042
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a technology that is capable of further improving a recording density of data. [Solving Means] A magnetic recording medium according to the present technology is a magnetic recording medium in a shape of a tape that is long in a longitudinal direction and is short in a width direction, the medium including: a base material; and a magnetic layer, in which the magnetic layer includes a data band long in the longitudinal direction in which a data signal is to be written, and a servo band long in the longitudinal direction in which a servo signal is written, and in the magnetic layer, a degree of vertical orientation is greater than or equal to 65%, a half width of a solitary waveform in a reproduction waveform of the servo signal is less than or equal to 195 nm, a thickness of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 90 nm, and a thickness of the base material is less than or equal to 4.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Tooru SATO, Toshiaki MIURA, Takanobu IWAMA, Jun TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200342905
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer, wherein an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is tT?5.3 ?m, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 700 ppm/N??w, a thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 2.0 ?m or less, a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more, and the magnetic layer includes a magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Noboru SEKIGUCHI, Tooru SATO, Takashi AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200342904
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic recording medium of which an average thickness tT is tT?5.6 ?, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 660 ppm/N??w, a squareness ratio in a vertical direction is 65% or more, and a width deformation coefficient b during long-term storage in a case where a long-term storage width change amount Y is defined as Y=blog(t) is ?0.06 ?m?b?0.06 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Minoru YAMAGA, Noboru SEKIGUCHI, Tooru SATO, Takashi AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10338575
    Abstract: A production processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a first robot arm and a plurality of first tilt tables. The first robot arm is capable of conveying a work. On each of the plurality of first tilt tables, the work conveyed by the first robot arm can be mounted. The plurality of first tilt tables are tilted a predetermined angle from a horizontal surface at positions on a circumference of a circle with the first robot arm being a center, and the work is subjected to production processing in a state where the work is mounted on one of the plurality of first tilt tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Sato, Toshiaki Yofu
  • Publication number: 20170351248
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A production processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a first robot arm and a plurality of first tilt tables. The first robot arm is capable of conveying a work. On each of the plurality of first tilt tables, the work conveyed by the first robot arm can be mounted. The plurality of first tilt tables are tilted a predetermined angle from a horizontal surface at positions on a circumference of a circle with the first robot arm being a center, and the work is subjected to production processing in a state where the work is mounted on one of the plurality of first tilt tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: TOORU SATO, TOSHIAKI YOFU