Patents by Inventor Yosuke Sumiya

Yosuke Sumiya 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: 20240055023
    Abstract: A package includes a plurality of accommodation regions where a plurality of holders are accommodated in such a manner that the plurality of holders are able to be put in and out, and a partition structure that divides the plurality of accommodation regions. Each holder holds a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges in such a manner that the plurality of magnetic tape cartridges are able to be put in and out of the holder. In a state in which the holder is accommodated in the accommodation region, a height of the partition structure is higher than a height of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Patent number: 11798592
    Abstract: A tape is prevented from moving in a width direction and the tape is prevented from being damaged in a state in which the tape is wound around a tape reel. There is provided a tape reel including: a cylindrical portion around which a tape is wound; a first flange annularly projecting toward an outer side in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion from the cylindrical portion; and a second flange separated from the first flange in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and annularly projecting toward the outer side in the radial direction from the cylindrical portion, in which a distance between the first flange and the second flange becomes narrower while extending toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a bending elastic modulus of the first flange is smaller than a bending elastic modulus of the second flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20230317113
    Abstract: A tape is prevented from moving in a width direction and the tape is prevented from being damaged in a state in which the tape is wound around a tape reel. There is provided a tape reel including: a cylindrical portion around which a tape is wound; a first flange annularly projecting toward an outer side in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion from the cylindrical portion; and a second flange separated from the first flange in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and annularly projecting toward the outer side in the radial direction from the cylindrical portion, in which a distance between the first flange and the second flange becomes narrower while extending toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a bending elastic modulus of the first flange is smaller than a bending elastic modulus of the second flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230290380
    Abstract: There is provided a mold for molding a tape reel that is made of a resin and that includes a cylindrical portion, a bottom portion formed on a proximal end side of the cylindrical portion, and a plurality of through holes penetrating the bottom portion and arranged in a peripheral direction of the cylindrical portion, the mold including: a bottom surface that is used to form the bottom portion; a tubular surface that is used to form the cylindrical portion; and a plurality of projecting portions that protrude from the bottom surface and are used to form the plurality of through holes, respectively, in which, in the tubular surface, a first portion corresponding to a portion between the projecting portions adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction, among the plurality of projecting portions, has a shape that bulges toward a radially outer side of the bottom surface than a second portion corresponding to the projecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230282238
    Abstract: The tape reel includes the cylindrical portion and a bottom portion having an installation surface on which the cylindrical portion is installed upright. The installation surface has a central surface located on a center side of the bottom portion, and a first inclined surface formed on an outer peripheral portion of the central surface along a peripheral direction of the cylindrical portion and inclined such that a wall thickness of the bottom portion gradually decreases toward an outer peripheral side. A through hole penetrating the bottom portion is formed in the outer peripheral portion, a pair of wall portions are installed upright on the first inclined surface on both sides of the through hole in the peripheral direction, and a second inclined surface having an inclination angle smaller than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface with respect to the central surface is formed on a surface of each of the wall portions, which is connected to the central surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Patent number: 11735224
    Abstract: There is provided a mold for molding a tape reel that is made of a resin and that includes a cylindrical portion, a bottom portion formed on a proximal end side of the cylindrical portion, and a plurality of through holes penetrating the bottom portion and arranged in a peripheral direction of the cylindrical portion, the mold including: a bottom surface that is used to form the bottom portion; a tubular surface that is used to form the cylindrical portion; and a plurality of projecting portions that protrude from the bottom surface and are used to form the plurality of through holes, respectively, in which, in the tubular surface, a first portion corresponding to a portion between the projecting portions adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction, among the plurality of projecting portions, has a shape that bulges toward a radially outer side of the bottom surface than a second portion corresponding to the projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 11694719
    Abstract: A library controller including a storage executes first registration processing of, in a case where registration completion information indicating registration completion in a cartridge management system is not stored in a cartridge memory provided in a cartridge, registering identification information for identifying the cartridge and the registration completion information in the cartridge memory, overwriting prohibition processing of prohibiting overwriting to the identification information and the registration completion information registered in the cartridge memory, second registration processing of registering the identification information in the storage, and execution processing of executing reading and writing of user data from and to the cartridge in a case where the identification information stored in the storage coincides with the identification information stored in the cartridge memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 11626135
    Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case that houses a magnetic tape and has an opening, a door that is provided in the case and closes the opening, and a fixing portion that fixes the door to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20230092721
    Abstract: A cartridge management system that manages a plurality of cartridges, in each of which a magnetic tape is housed, includes a processor, and a memory incorporated in or connected to the processor, in which the processor is configured to execute data rewrite-in processing of rewriting data stored in the magnetic tape, in a specific cartridge among the plurality of cartridges based on an access frequency indicating a frequency of access to the data, and cartridge replacement processing of replacing the data stored in the magnetic tape of the specific cartridge and the data stored in the magnetic tape of another cartridge among the plurality of cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230068719
    Abstract: A library controller including a storage executes first registration processing of, in a case where registration completion information indicating registration completion in a cartridge management system is not stored in a cartridge memory provided in a cartridge, registering identification information for identifying the cartridge and the registration completion information in the cartridge memory, overwriting prohibition processing of prohibiting overwriting to the identification information and the registration completion information registered in the cartridge memory, second registration processing of registering the identification information in the storage, and execution processing of executing reading and writing of user data from and to the cartridge in a case where the identification information stored in the storage coincides with the identification information stored in the cartridge memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Patent number: 11521652
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound and includes a reference surface that serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; noncontact communication mediums on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication mediums being accommodated in the case in a state where at least two noncontact communication mediums overlap each other and having a plate shape; and a supporting portion that is formed in the case and supports the noncontact communication mediums such that the noncontact communication mediums are disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 11495246
    Abstract: The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape that is accommodated in the magnetic tape cartridge while being wound around a reel hub. The magnetic tape has a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, and includes one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide in a portion on the magnetic layer side on the non-magnetic support, and after the magnetic tape cartridge is stored in an environment of an atmosphere temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 80% for 24 hours, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface of the magnetic layer in an inner region during winding of the magnetic tape is 45 at % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Yosuke Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20220310120
    Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case that houses a magnetic tape and has an opening, a door that is provided in the case and closes the opening, and a fixing portion that fixes the door to the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220310130
    Abstract: A storage case includes a support surface that supports side surfaces of a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges, and the support surface has a first surface, and a second surface positioned closer to the side surfaces than the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Patent number: 11335368
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that is configured by causing a peripheral wall of an upper case and a peripheral wall of a lower case to abut against each other and accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a reference surface that is formed on the lower case and serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; a noncontact communication medium on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication medium being accommodated in the lower case and having a plate shape; a supporting portion that is formed on the lower case and supports the noncontact communication medium such that the noncontact communication medium is disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees; a position restricting portion that is formed on the lower case and restricts a position of a lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium; and a retaining p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 11145330
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound and includes a reference surface that serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; a noncontact communication medium on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication medium being accommodated in the case and having a plate shape; a supporting portion that is formed in the case and supports one surface of the noncontact communication medium except for a lower end portion such that the noncontact communication medium is disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees; and a groove portion that is formed in the case and accommodates a portion of the lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium. The one surface of the lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium is not in contact with the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Publication number: 20210304795
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound and includes a reference surface that serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; noncontact communication mediums on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication mediums being accommodated in the case in a state where at least two noncontact communication mediums overlap each other and having a plate shape; and a supporting portion that is formed in the case and supports the noncontact communication mediums such that the noncontact communication mediums are disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210295869
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that is configured by causing a peripheral wall of an upper case and a peripheral wall of a lower case to abut against each other and accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a reference surface that is formed on the lower case and serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; a noncontact communication medium on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication medium being accommodated in the lower case and having a plate shape; a supporting portion that is formed on the lower case and supports the noncontact communication medium such that the noncontact communication medium is disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees; a position restricting portion that is formed on the lower case and restricts a position of a lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium; and a retaining p
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210295870
    Abstract: Provided is a recording tape cartridge including: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound and includes a reference surface that serves as a reference in an axial direction of the reel in a case where the case is loaded into a drive device; a noncontact communication medium on which individual information is recorded, the noncontact communication medium being accommodated in the case and having a plate shape; a supporting portion that is formed in the case and supports one surface of the noncontact communication medium except for a lower end portion such that the noncontact communication medium is disposed while being inclined with respect to the reference surface at an angle of approximately 45 degrees; and a groove portion that is formed in the case and accommodates a portion of the lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium. The one surface of the lower end portion of the noncontact communication medium is not in contact with the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Yosuke SUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210241786
    Abstract: The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape that is accommodated in the magnetic tape cartridge while being wound around a reel hub. The magnetic tape has a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, and includes one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide in a portion on the magnetic layer side on the non-magnetic support, and after the magnetic tape cartridge is stored in an environment of an atmosphere temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 80% for 24 hours, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface of the magnetic layer in an inner region during winding of the magnetic tape is 45 at % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Yosuke Sumiya