Patents by Inventor Yosiharu Yamasita

Yosiharu Yamasita 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).

  • Cassette loading apparatus having an inner cassette holder supported on an outer cassette holder
    Patent number: 5124854
    Abstract: A slide type cassette loading apparatus includes a loading section for receiving a tape cassette to move the same between an inlet/outlet position and a reference position for loading, and a movable chassis for sliding the cassette, located in the reference position, to a recording/reproducing position while carrying the cassette on the movable chassis. The loading section is of a double structure type which has an outer cassette holder pivotable relative to the movable chassis and an inner cassette holder supported to the outer cassette holder. The inner cassette holder is mounted on the outer cassette holder so as to make a pivotal movement together with the outer cassette holder and be movable in slide directions of the cassette, and is operatively coupled to the movable chassis so as to be movable together with the movable chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Video Engineering, Incorporated
    Inventors: Koji Iyota, Ikuo Nishida, Yosiharu Yamasita, Motonori Ohmori, Hidekazu Takeda, Masao Iwakura, Tetsuo Itou