Patents by Inventor Toru Omosako

Toru Omosako 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).

  • Patent number: 6954939
    Abstract: An inventive recording medium loader includes a connector provided on a chassis for engagement with a front edge of a generally rectangular planar recording medium, and a tray provided on the chassis for transporting the recording medium toward and away from the connector. An engagement piece having a claw to be brought into and out of engagement with a notch formed in the recording medium is provided on the tray, and a cam is provided in an engagement piece movement path on the chassis. Before the forward edge of the recording medium is engaged with the connector, the claw is brought into engagement with the notch of the recording medium by the cam to lock the recording medium on the tray. In this state, the recording medium is brought into engagement with the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Yamagishi, Toru Omosako
  • Publication number: 20040081055
    Abstract: An inventive recording medium loader includes a connector provided on a chassis for engagement with a front edge of a generally rectangular planar recording medium, and a tray provided on the chassis for transporting the recording medium toward and away from the connector. An engagement piece having a claw to be brought into and out of engagement with a notch formed in the recording medium is provided on the tray, and a cam is provided in an engagement piece movement path on the chassis. Before the forward edge of the recording medium is engaged with the connector, the claw is brought into engagement with the notch of the recording medium by the cam to lock the recording medium on the tray. In this state, the recording medium is brought into engagement with the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Yamagishi, Toru Omosako
  • Patent number: 6325264
    Abstract: A video cassette recorder including a drive member 6 rotatingly drivable by a motor, and a slide member 7 reciprocatingly drivable by the rotation of the drive member 6. The slide member 7 is provided with a rib 71 for pushing a side face 55 of a tape drawing-out lever 54 with a movement of the slide member 7 in one direction to rotate the lever 54 toward a tape drawing-out direction. The slide member 7 and a pinch roller mechanism 8 have engaged portions provided with a cam mechanism for driving a pinch roller 19 toward a capstan 18 with a movement of the slide member 7 in the above-mentioned one direction subsequent to the movement thereof in this direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Omosako