Abstract: An improvement of a tape cartridge is characterized in that connecting plate parts having recesses, one for each, in the rear inner portions thereof facing the exposed tape portion. The recesses formed in the rear inner portions of the connecting plate parts are preferably bevels tapering rearwardly and outwardly, but they may take the form of steps instead.

Abstract: A method for assembling a magnetic head assembly with a slider and a magnetic head including forming, on a slider supporting member, a terminal connected to a magnetic head terminal. In addition, the method includes fixing a head slider on the slider supporting member so that the head terminal faces the terminal of the slider supporting member and contacting a conductive ball member to both of the head terminal and the terminal of the slider supporting member. Furthermore, the method includes pressing the ball member to bond the head terminal with the terminal of the slider supporting member so that the ball member connects the terminals electrically and mechanically.

Abstract: A disk storage case comprising a main body and a cover body. The main body stores a disk-shaped medium therein and includes a bottom wall having a plurality of hold projections, side walls including extension portions extended therefrom, a front surface wall, and a back surface wall. The cover body includes a top wall, a pair of mutually opposing side walls, and a back surface wall, and the end portions of the pair of side walls of the cover body on the back surface wall side thereof is capable of being pivotally mounted on the extension portions to thereby mount the cover body on the main body in such a manner that the cover body can be opened and closed. The height of the back surface wall of the cover body is set substantially equal to the thickness of the disk storage case when the cover body is closed.

Abstract: A tape cartridge includes a pair of hubs and a casing. The respective hubs include respective drums for winding a tape-shaped medium thereon and respective cylinders with respective driving shaft insertion bores for accepting respective driving shafts of a recording/reproducing device. The hubs are rotatably supported in the a casing having upper and lower halves. The casing has driving shaft insertion holes formed therein so as to accept the respective driving shafts. The cartridge includes a slider for slidably covering the respective driving shaft insertion holes and a hub brake engageable with the respective hubs. The respective hubs have teeth provided on respective upper portions thereof so as to be engageable with the hub brake. Recesses are formed between the respective drums and the respective inner cylinders so as to have respective upper ends thereof opened.

Abstract: A cartridge is capable of, with a recessed portion exposed when a shutter member moves to a closing position, engaging with swellings provided within a storage case when the cartridge is inserted into the storage case, and can be thereby prevented from coming off the storage case. When the shutter member moves to an opening position, the recessed portion is covered with the shutter member. When inserted into a recording/reproducing apparatus for a recording medium, a mechanism of the recording/reproducing apparatus can be therefore prevented from being caught on the recessed portion by the recessed portion being covered with the shutter member.

Abstract: A disc cartridge of a three-piece structure capable of being kept from being caught in an information recording/reproducing apparatus during loading/unloading thereof with respect to the apparatus. The disc cartridge includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a center frame arranged between the upper plate and the lower plate, which are joined to each other to form a casing in which a disc-like medium is received. The upper plate defines the whole upper surface region of the disc cartridge, whereas the lower plate defines the whole lower surface region of the disc cartridge. The disc cartridge also includes an engaged structure in which an engagement structure of the information recording/reproducing apparatus is engagedly fitted. The engaged structure is constituted by only the lower plate.

Abstract: A disc cartridge capable of ensuring smooth sliding of a shutter on a casing while keeping a connection plate of the shutter from being abutted against or in contact with the casing, leading to a safe and increased-in-reliability sliding operation of the shutter. A lower plate of the shutter is provided with a holding pawl and a lower casing member is formed on an outer surface thereof with a slide groove, in which the holding pawl is slidably fitted. A side surface of the lower casing member on which the connection plate of the shutter is slid is outwardly projected beyond a side surface of an upper casing member on which the connection plate is likewise slid. Alternatively, the shutter is so formed that a bending angle between the lower plate and the connection plate is larger than that between an upper plate and the connection plate.

Abstract: A disk storage case comprising a main body and a cover body. The main body is for storing a disk-shaped medium therein and includes a bottom wall. The cover body is mounted on the main body in such a manner that it can be freely opened and closed. The bottom wall of the main body includes hold projections and guide projections. The hold projections are integrally formed in the center portion of the bottom wall of the main body so as to be engageable with a center hole formed in the disk-shaped medium to thereby be able to hold the disk-shaped medium. The hold projections are arranged in an annular manner. The guide projections are respectively provided between the hold projections. Further, the guide projections are integrally formed in the bottom wall of the main body and higher than the hold projections. A slit is formed and surrounding a part of a root portion of each hold projection to thereby allow the hold projection to be deformed elastically.

Abstract: A method for assembling a magnetic head assembly with a slider and a magnetic head including forming, on a slider supporting member, a terminal connected to a magnetic head terminal. In addition, the method includes fixing a head slider on the slider supporting member so that the head terminal faces the terminal of the slider supporting member and contacting a conductive ball member to both of the head terminal and the terminal of the slider supporting member. Furthermore, the method includes pressing the ball member to bond the head terminal with the terminal of the slider supporting member so that the ball member connects the terminals electrically and mechanically.

Abstract: A disc cartridge capable of improving an appearance of a casing and quality thereof and a molding die capable of providing such an improved disc cartridge. A casing is provided at a peripheral portion thereof other than a disc receiving section opposite to a disc-like medium with a two-layer section constructed of a non-transparent resin layer and a transparent resin layer laminated on each other in a direction of thickness of the casing. A molding die including a fixed part and a movable part is so constructed that a slide mold for molding a transparent resin section and the transparent resin layer of the two-layer section is arranged in the fixed part.

Abstract: This invention relates to a magnetic head assembly for information recording and reproduction on and from a magnetic disk using a magnetic head, a method manufacturing the same and a magnetic disk apparatus. A head chip has an insulating layer, a magnetic pole and a coil with a terminal portion. A flexible support body has a lead portion and a terminal portion to be connected to the terminal portion of the head chip. The flexible support body is attached to the arm for supporting the head chip.

Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a suspension element having a pattern of wiring lines and an equipment for the same. The method includes the steps of: preparing a roll of band-shaped sheet used as a substrate of the suspension element; sequentially performing processes to the sheet through a series of processing sections to integrally form the suspension element with the pattern of wiring lines within a predetermined region of the sheet, and transferring the sheet in a wound state like a roll from one of the processing sections to the next processing section.

Abstract: A disc cartridge of a three-piece structure capable of enhancing moldability and rigidity of a center frame. The center frame having a square-like shape is interposedly arranged between an upper plate and a lower plate and has a receiving space defined therein for receiving a disc-like medium. The upper and lower plates are provided on four corners thereof with fixing bosses respectively. The center frame is formed on opposite surfaces thereof with fitting recesses in which the bosses are fitted, respectively. The center frame is formed on each corner thereof with a thin-wall portion having a reduced thickness of 50 to 80% based on a whole thickness of the center frame.

Abstract: A storage case includes a main body and a cover member so supported by rotary spindles as to be rotatable with respect to the main body and rotatable between an opening position and a closing position. The cover member includes cartridge holding members, formed on right and left sides thereof, for holding and integrally rotating a cartridge inserted into between the main body and the cover member when the cover member rotates to the opening position. When the cover member is closed, an opening, which permits an insertion of a mini disk from outside, is formed between the main body and the cover member. The cover member is opened, whereby the mini disk encased in the storage case also rotates, and hence, even when an index card is disposed between, e.g., the mini disk and the main body, the index card can be taken out without pulling out the mini disk.

Abstract: A power amplifier including an amplifier stage including a heterojunction bipolar transistor for signal amplification having a base electrode connected to an RF signal input terminal, and a grounded emitter electrode; and a bias circuit including a silicon bipolar transistor having a base electrode connected to a power supply terminal, and a terminal from which a current amplified in response to a base current is output, which terminal is connected to the base electrode of the heterojunction bipolar transistor stage. In this power amplifier, since the voltage required for operating the bias circuit is reduced, a power amplifier capable of operating at a low voltage is realized.

Abstract: This invention relates to a magnetic head assembly for information recording and reproduction on and from a magnetic disk using a magnetic head, a method of manufacturing the same and a magnetic disk apparatus. To provide a magnetic head at a low cost, a head chip (1) having an insulating layer, a magnetic pole (16), a coil (17) and a terminal portion (11, 13) of the coil, and a flexible support body (2) having a lead portion and a terminal portion (21, 23) to be connected to the terminal portion of the head chip (1), and attached to the arm (3), for supporting the head chip (1) are provided.

Abstract: A cleaning disc cartridge capable of concurrently cleaning both a magnetic head of a magneto-optical disc apparatus and an optical lens thereof without causing any error in reading of a signal. A rotating disc is provided on one surface thereof opposite to a magnetic head of the apparatus with a head cleaning member and on the other surface thereof opposite to an objective lens of the apparatus with lens cleaning members. The rotating disc includes a disc body which is provided with an inventory region defined on an inner peripheral side of a lens cleaning member arrangement region, a reproduction-only region defined on an outer peripheral side of the lens cleaning member arrangement region, and an information recording and reproducing region outside the reproduction-only region.

Abstract: A head assembly having a head for recording and reproducing and a head-supporting part for supporting the head includes a signal-conducting pattern formed on the head-supporting part and connected to the head and a protection member formed at a portion of the head-supporting part so as to protect the signal-conducting pattern, the portion being attached to a head-carrying unit for carrying said head assembly.

Abstract: A head assembly having a head for recording and reproducing and a head-supporting part for supporting the head includes a signal-conducting pattern formed on the head-supporting part and connected to the head and a protection member formed at a portion of the head-supporting part so as to protect the signal-conducting pattern, the portion being attached to a head-carrying unit for carrying said head assembly.

Abstract: An FET having a high breakdown voltage comprises a P type semiconductor substrate (5), a plurality of pairs of source regions (S) and drain regions (D) each comprising N.sup.- impurity layers (3) formed in the substrate, gate electrodes (9) each formed through an insulating film over a region interposed between each of the source regions and each of the drain regions, N.sup.+ impurity diffused layers (4) formed, shifted by a constant dimension in the N.sup.- impurity diffused layers, a source terminal (7a) connecting a plurality of source regions and a drain terminal (7b) connecting a plurality of drain regions in the plurality of pairs such that a dimensional error caused by shifting is compensated for.