Single Coil Cartridge (e.g., Film Magazine) Patents (Class 242/348)
  • Patent number: 12152877
    Abstract: A rotation angle detection apparatus includes an incremental rotary scale and a detector. The rotary scale includes both a detection region having a scale formed therein for detecting a rotation angle of an object and a non-detection region having no scale formed therein. The detector generates, based on an input signal indicating change in the position of the scale of the detection region which changes according to change in the rotation angle of the object, an electrical signal that periodically changes according to the change in the position of the scale of the detection region. Further, the detector detects the rotation angle of the object based on the electrical signal. Furthermore, the detector detects a reference angle for the rotation angle of the object by counting the number of positional changes from an end of the scale of the detection region; the positional changes are indicated by the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiaki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12087327
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 12071732
    Abstract: A railroad sleeper for fixation of at least one pair of rails of a railroad network, the railroad sleeper may include a contact surface, wherein each rail of the pair of rails is fixed thereto spaced apart from each other; anchorage walls extending downward from the contact surface, and having a support point at a bottom surface thereof, the anchorage walls having at least one aperture formed therein; and a void delimited by the contact surface and anchorage walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Marconi Wessen Machado, Jesus Waldemar Golçalves da Silva, Renato Teixeira Vargas, Walter Vidon Junior
  • Patent number: 12014756
    Abstract: A tape reel includes a hub that has a cylindrical shape and around which a tape is wound, and a reinforcing member provided on an inner peripheral side of the hub, in which the reinforcing member includes a shaft member having a longitudinal direction along a central axis direction of the hub, and a plurality of ribs that are provided along the longitudinal direction and have an annular shape that extends from an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member toward an inner peripheral surface of the hub, and the plurality of ribs include a first rib provided in a central region in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ren Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11747124
    Abstract: A guide assembly for a tape measuring device may include an inner guide portion facing a reel assembly of the tape measuring device, and an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly. The guide assembly may be configured to enable the tape to be paid out from an aperture of the tape measuring device in both lateral directions relative to the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Cecil McKinley Wilson, Nicholas Ryan Imsand
  • Patent number: 11562197
    Abstract: A non-contact communication medium according to an embodiment of the present technology is a non-contact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge, including: a circuit component; a support substrate; and an antenna coil. The circuit component has a memory unit capable of storing management information relating to the recording medium cartridge therein. The support substrate supports the circuit component. The antenna coil includes a coil unit that is electrically connected to the circuit component and formed on the support substrate, an inductance value of the coil unit being 0.3 ?H or more and 2.0 ?H or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Eiji Nakashio, Kazuo Anno, Takanobu Iwama, Shinya Tochikubo, Naohiro Adachi, Masayoshi Abe, Uichiro Omae
  • Patent number: 10699173
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge includes a case configured by first and second halves being joined to each other first and second peripheral walls are butted against each other and stores a reel, a label surface formed of a first half label surface of the first peripheral wall and a second half label surface of the second peripheral wall on a side opposite to a loading direction of the case to a drive device and that allows a barcode label with a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode to be attached thereto, and a reference surface formed on a bottom plate and is used for positioning the case in a thickness direction in a case of being loaded into the drive device. The first or second half label surface is inclined at one degree or more with respect to a vertical plane perpendicular to the reference surface in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Kagawa
  • Patent number: 9821574
    Abstract: A medium holding device includes a large tray having a medium mounting surface; an intermediate tray having a medium mounting surface smaller than that of the large tray; a tray mounting section on which the large tray and the intermediate tray are selectively mounted; a frame body that holds a recording medium with the large tray if the large tray and the intermediate tray have separate configuration and the large tray is mounted on the tray mounting section; and a first attachment that is mounted on an inside of the frame body and holds the recording medium with the intermediate tray if the intermediate tray is mounted on the tray mounting section, and is separated from the frame body if the large tray is mounted on the tray mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Fujimori
  • Patent number: 9685191
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge includes a release member, a sliding protrusion portion, a metallic plate and a reference portion. The release member is provided in a reel hub to be rotatable integrally with the reel. The release member moves a locking member from a locking position to an allowing position when a pushing surface of the release member is pushed from an outer side of a case. The sliding protrusion portion protrudes from the locking member toward the side thereof at which the release member is disposed. The metallic plate is provided in the release member. A distal end of the sliding protrusion portion touches the metallic plate. The reference portion is provided at the release member. The reference portion positions a position of the metallic plate relative to the pushing surface in the axial direction of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 9352931
    Abstract: A reel includes: a hub in which plural through holes are formed at a connecting portion that interconnects a cylinder portion and an axial center portion; a first flange that is disposed on one end portion of the hub and equipped with a first inner peripheral portion, which contacts a first reference surface formed on the connecting portion and ensures that a first flange surface does not touch the cylinder portion, and first insertion portions, which are inserted into the through holes; and a second flange that is disposed on the other end portion of the hub and equipped with a second inner peripheral portion, which contacts a second reference surface formed on the connecting portion and ensures that a second flange surface does not touch the cylinder portion, and second insertion portions, which are inserted into the through holes and are joined together with the first insertion portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20140374525
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge of the present invention includes: a reel formed with an engagement portion on a bottom portion of a reel hub; a resin brake member moving toward and away from the bottom portion of the reel hub, and selectively adopting a rotation locked position and a rotation permitted position; a resin release member being capable of movement in a reel axial direction and rotating as a unit with the reel; and a projection portion that projects out in the reel axial direction from an axial center portion of either the brake member or the release member, that is formed with a housing portion housing a spherical member that contacts the other out of the brake member or the release member, and that is formed with a lip portion jutting out from an opening end portion of the housing portion toward a reel radial direction inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuo HIRAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8714471
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a core, a cartridge housing defining a cavity that receives the core, a shaft extending from the cartridge housing into the cavity and at least part way into the core, and a torsion spring. The torsion spring is helically wound to define a coiled outer surface that is received in the core and also includes at least one end that engages the shaft. When the core is rotated in a first direction about the shaft, a circumference of the coiled outer surface of the torsion spring increases thereby restricting a rotation of the core in the first direction. When the core is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the coiled outer surface provides a controlled amount of drag to resist a rotation of the core in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Suva
  • Patent number: 8672567
    Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 includes a detecting unit, which detects that a core part at a center portion of a recording medium 202, in a rolled state, has reached a predetermined position accompanying the consumption of the recording medium 202 in a recording medium accommodating unit 301 accommodating the recording medium 202, when the printer apparatus 100 is in an installed state; and further includes a moving mechanism that moves the detecting unit to a position whereby the detecting function of the detecting unit is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsugaru, Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Gen Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20130284842
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a substantially cylindrical tape winding surface and first and second flanges co-formed with the winding surface to form a unitary hub structure. The tape winding surface extends along an axis from a first end to a second end, and the first and second flanges extend radially from the first and second ends of the tape winding surface, respectively. The tape winding surface and the first and second flanges are co-formed of a unitary hub material having a Young's modulus of at least about one million psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Imation Corp.
    Inventor: Jason E. Moses
  • Patent number: 8561931
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge in which an ability to assemble a security tag into a case is excellent is provided. A recording tape cartridge includes: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a security tag having a substantially pillar shape, that is provided within the case, and that is adapted to transmit to and receive from an exterior; and a holding portion formed in the case, that holds the security tag by having the security tag fitted with the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Sumiya, Shozo Onmori
  • Patent number: 8550393
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge has: a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a UHF band RFID tag structured to include a tag antenna formed such that radiating portions are disposed at both sides of a power feed portion; and a case in which the reel is housed. Radiating portion spaces, in which are housed regions of the UHF band RFID tag at which the radiating portions are set, and a power feed portion space, in which is housed at least a portion of a region at which the power feed portion is set, are formed within the case at an outer side of a reel space. Regions at which the radiating portions are formed do not contact a reel area rib and a rear upper wall that surround the radiating portion spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20130248631
    Abstract: An integrated reel hub and motor shaft assembly for a tape drive that limits axial and radial run-out of tape (e.g., magnetic, optical) relative to a read/write head assembly and the various errors (e.g., loading, tension, reading, writing, and the like) associated therewith. In one arrangement, a reel hub of a reel assembly is directly molded (e.g., via an injection molding process) onto and around an end of a drive or motor shaft of a drive assembly. As a result, a more consistent head to tape interface, greater tape tracking performance, increased track density, and the like may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: William Vanderheyden
  • Patent number: 8534586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge in which an ability to assemble a security tag into a case is excellent. A recording tape cartridge has: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a security tag having a substantially pillar shape, that is provided within the case, and that is adapted to transmit to and receive from an exterior; a holding member that is provided within the case, and that holds the security tag at a first end side of the holding member; and a portion to be fit that is formed within the case, and which is held by being fitted with a second end side of the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Sumiya, Shozo Onmori
  • Patent number: 8529050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cassette for a recording medium, comprising an upper casing and a lower casing, a spool for holding a roll of recording medium and disposed the upper and lower casings, and a side casing for enclosing the spool and joining the upper and lower casings, wherein the side casing is fitted to at least one of the upper and lower casings by means of press fit or snap-fit connections. Various embodiments of cassettes and printers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventor: Kris Vandermeulen
  • Patent number: 8523163
    Abstract: An insert for a carrier board of a test handler is disclosed. The insert pocket having hooks is detachably coupled to the insert body. The insert body can be reused. The latch apparatus is installed to the insert pocket, so that the damaged latch apparatus can be easily replaced. The insert has a plurality of holes in the bottom of the loading part thereof, to expose the leads of the semiconductor devices through the holes in the lower direction. Thus, the insert can load semiconductor devices regardless of the sizes of the semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: TechWing., Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Sung Na, Dong-Han Kim, Young-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8485463
    Abstract: A reel is provided with a tubular hub, a first flange, a second flange, and positioning portions. A projection portion that projects in a radial direction is formed at an inner periphery face of the hub. The first flange includes a first extension portion which is extended in the axial direction of the hub from a first flange portion and is joined to the projection portion. The second flange includes a second extension portion which is extended in the axial direction of the hub from a second flange portion and is joined to the projection portion. The positioning portions regulate, in the radial direction, positions of distal end portions of the first extension portion and the second extension portion relative to the hub. Gaps are formed between the inner periphery face of the hub and outer periphery faces of the first extension portion and the second extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Mori
  • Patent number: 8488266
    Abstract: One embodiment is tape drive that includes a take-tip reel onto which tape is wound. A height adjustment assembly adjusts a height of the take-up reel while the tape is being unwound from the take-up reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. McAllister, Robert Nemeth
  • Publication number: 20130175380
    Abstract: A cartridge tape includes: a casing including a magnetic tape; and a reel hub disposed inside the casing; the reel hub includes: a cylindrical portion around which the magnetic tape is wound; and an annular multipolar magnet to rotate the reel hub when a rotating magnetic field is applied outside a wall of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: FUJITSU LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130001343
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge capable of lessening limitations to the length of a security tag to be installed in a case is obtained. A recording tape cartridge includes a reel on which a magnetic tape T is wound, a case housing the reel between a top plate and a bottom plate that face each other along a reel axial direction, and at the inside of peripheral walls, a reel area rib covering the outer periphery of the reel at least at a corner portion of the case, and a security tag that is disposed in a space with a substantially right-angled triangle shape in plan view surrounded by a front wall, a left side wall and the reel area rib inner wall at the corner portion of the peripheral walls, such that a length direction of the security tag runs along the reel area rib in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Sumiya, Kazuo Hiraguchi
  • Publication number: 20130001344
    Abstract: A tape cartridge includes: a first flange member including a first hub portion and a first flange portion; a second flange member including a second hub portion slidably fitting to the first hub portion and a second flange portion, and forming a reel winding a tape in a combination with the first flange member; an engagement portion in which a first through-hole is opened and that is located on a back side of a surface of the second flange portion facing the first flange portion so as to engage with a drive unit included in an external tape driving device; a first protrusion provided to the first hub portion so as to be exposed from the first through-hole and push up the first flange member and space the first flange portion and the second flange portion apart from each other by contacting the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazunori ISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120305692
    Abstract: A winding-up method for winding up a magnetic tape, includes: winding up the magnetic tape around a takeup reel by laying turns one on top of another while causing the magnetic tape to run; and performing a tension control of maintaining tension exerted on a wound-up magnetic tape for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki SUZUKI, Tomohisa OHBA, Yasushi HATANO, Masatoshi KOUHARA
  • Patent number: 8322262
    Abstract: A cartridge for an edible film dispenser protects a mounted edible film having a roll form, enables easy mounting of the edible film in the edible film container, and simplifies the structure of the edible film dispenser. The cartridge includes an edible film tape, which has a cylindrical main bobbin and a cylindrical take-up bobbin, a cartridge body, which includes a main shaft, a draw shaft, a take-up shaft, and an edge perpendicular wall, which are spaced apart from each other, and a plate-like cartridge cover, which has a size and profile equal to those of the cartridge body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: Gi-Je Ryu
  • Patent number: 8177158
    Abstract: At a reel, an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical tube portion of a reel hub is a tape winding surface around which a magnetic tape is wound. In a free state, the tape winding surface forms a substantial taper shape in which an outer diameter is greater at an upper end portion side where a radial direction rigidity is relatively low, than at a lower end portion side where the rigidity is high. In a state in which a magnetic tape is wound, the tape winding surface can form a shape that is substantially symmetrical with respect to a transverse direction of the magnetic tape. As a result, the reel and a recording tape cartridge are obtained in which the outer peripheral surface of the hub forms a proper shape in a state in which a recording tape is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ren Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8157198
    Abstract: There are provided a tape reel, a recording tape cartridge, a take-up reel, and a drive device at which, when a recording tape is wound on a hub, fluctuations in an axial direction of the hub can be suppressed and occurrence of tape edge damage can be prevented. At a tape reel having a hub on which a recording tape T is wound and flanges which are provided at both end portions of the hub, a large diameter portion, whose diameter is larger than diameters of both end portion sides of the hub, is formed at the hub. The large diameter portion is offset, from a widthwise direction central portion of the hub, toward the one flange side or the other flange side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Shiga
  • Patent number: 8123158
    Abstract: A reel includes a hub formed in a cylindrical-tube-shape with a base portion, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc-shape or an annular-plate-shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular-plate-shape or an annular-plate-shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and a groove wall that is formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and forms a groove portion which is continuous around the entire periphery between the groove wall and an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ren Ishikawa, Yosuke Sumiya, Shigeru Nishiyama, Kazuo Hiraguchi
  • Publication number: 20110259989
    Abstract: There is provided a recording tape cartridge including: a reel having a substantially circular tubular hub, on an outer periphery surface of which a recording tape is wound, and flanges provided at two end portions of the hub; a case accommodating the reel; an urging portion that urges the reel toward a floor plate side of the case; a position regulating portion that is formed at an inner surface of a roof plate of the case and that is inserted into the hub; and a protective protruding portion that is formed at the inner surface of the roof plate of the case, wherein the protective protruding portion is formed such that a radial direction outer side end surface thereof is at substantially the same position in the radial direction as the outer periphery surface of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MORI, Kenji TAKENOSHITA
  • Patent number: 8006930
    Abstract: A reel is provided that may raise the rigidity of the hub, and suppress flange deformation that is caused by winding tension of recording tape. The reel is provided with: a cylindrical hub on which recording tape may be wound; a top flange extending integrally to the hub from a peripheral edge at one end portion of the hub; a bottom flange, including a bottom wall that has had a reel plate fixed thereto, the bottom flange being welded to a portion of the hub at the opposite end of the hub to the end of the top flange, the welding site being within the region where the reel plate is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Mori, Teruo Ashikawa
  • Patent number: 7997524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reel having an engaging portion that can engage accurately with a braking member. A reel 30 has: a hub 32, an extending portion 36 being formed at a peripheral edge of a lower end portion of the hub 32; an upper flange 38 provided integrally at a peripheral edge of an upper end portion of the hub 32 so as to extend outward; and a lower flange 40 having a floor wall 42 to which a reel plate 46 is fixed, the lower flange 40 being welded to the extending portion 36 of the hub 32. In this reel 30, an engaging portion 48 is formed at the lower flange 40, the engaging portion 48 engaging with a braking member 60 that is held so as to be unable to rotate at the case 12 at times of non-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20110192929
    Abstract: A reel hub, that is made of resin, of a reel has a cylindrical tube portion around whose outer peripheral surface a recording tape is wound, a floor portion that juts-out inwardly in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical tube portion, and a reel plate that is made of metal and is fixed to the floor portion coaxially. A thin-walled portion, whose thickness is thinner than a radial direction thickness of the cylindrical tube portion, is formed continuously or intermittently over an entire periphery between an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical tube portion and an outer peripheral surface of the reel plate in a radial direction of the floor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuo HIRAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110186674
    Abstract: A reel is provided with a hub, at an inner periphery face of which a projection portion that projects in a radial direction is formed, a first flange including a first extension portion that is extended in an axial direction of the hub, and a second flange including a second extension portion that is extended in the axial direction of the hub. A fabrication method of the reel includes: supporting a gear of the first flange at a reference portion of a pedestal, abutting the projection portion against the first extension portion, applying an ultrasonic horn to the projection portion and welding the projection portion to the first extension portion; and then abutting the second extension portion against the projection portion, applying the horn to the second extension portion or the second flange portion and welding the second extension portion to the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuo HIRAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110163193
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge has: a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a UHF band RFID tag structured to include a tag antenna formed such that radiating portions are disposed at both sides of a power feed portion; and a case in which the reel is housed. Radiating portion spaces, in which are housed regions of the UHF band RFID tag at which the radiating portions are set, and a power feed portion space, in which is housed at least a portion of a region at which the power feed portion is set, are formed within the case at an outer side of a reel space. Regions at which the radiating portions are formed do not contact a reel area rib and a rear upper wall that surround the radiating portion spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki TADA
  • Patent number: 7965469
    Abstract: There are provided a tape cartridge which can reliably remove contamination adhering to the surface of a head and a tape loading system using the same. A tape such as recording tapes and leader tapes is unreeled from a case body housing the tape and is taken up to the take up reel of a tape drive through a loading path of the tape drive. A brush which can bend elastically is placed on a leading end side of the tape in a protruding manner. The brush moves in the state of being in contact with a head placed along the loading path of the tape drive upon unreeling of the tape, so that the head of the tape drive is cleaned by the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Inugai, Hideyuki Tanaka, Masashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7954750
    Abstract: A reel comprising a hub formed in the shape of a cylindrical tube with a base, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc shape or an annular plate shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular plate shape or an annular plate shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and plate retention portions that are formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and touch an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate at at least four locations, which are at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ren Ishikawa, Yosuke Sumiya, Shigeru Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 7918412
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge that can secure the attached region of an RFID in a case is provided including: a case that has an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a restricting wall that is formed at least in the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a housing portion that is formed between the restricting wall and the corner of the case; and a planar RFID that is provided in the housing portion such that the rotational axis direction of the reel is a normal line direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takenoshita, Shozo Onmori, Yosuke Sumiya
  • Patent number: 7913946
    Abstract: A reinforcement ring is insert-molded as an insert body on a reel hub of a reel around which recording tape is wound. The reinforcement ring includes a metal ring at least whose inner peripheral surface is covered by a resin layer. The clearance between the reinforcement ring and a mold during reel molding can be reduced, and the amount of eccentricity of the insert body with respect to the reel hub can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Hiraguchi, Ren Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Mori
  • Patent number: 7881013
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge houses a reel including a hub around which recording tape is wound and at least part of which is formed by a resin. The rigidity (modulus of elasticity) y in the radial direction of the hub and the creep deformation ratio x of the recording tape satisfy the conditions of y?87.3 exp(21.6x) and x>0.1. By setting the rigidity of the reel hub to match the creep deformation ratio of the recording tape so as to satisfy this relationship, creep deformation of the recording tape can be controlled at the smallest cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Ren Ishikawa, Minoru Sueki
  • Patent number: 7861961
    Abstract: A system for utilizing a tape leader in a tape drive system. The tape drive system receives a first tape leader and buckles the first tape leader to a drive reel leader. Then the tape drive system threads the first tape leader and a second tape leader connected to the first tape leader through a tape path within the tape drive system using the drive reel leader. After threading the first tape leader through the tape path, the tape drive system retracts head protect pins while the second tape leader is still in the tape path. Subsequent to retracting the head protect pins, the tape drive system performs read/write operations on a data storage media, which is coupled to the first tape leader via the second tape leader inserted between the first tape leader and the data storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Vanderheyden, Fred Winslow Livermore
  • Patent number: 7861965
    Abstract: The reel includes a reel hub that is made of a resin material and is formed into a cylindrical shape, an upper flange that is made of a resin material and is extended integrally outward in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the reel hub, and a reinforcement ring that is integrally disposed radially inside a tape take-up surface of the reel hub by insert molding and reinforces the reel hub in the radial direction. A position of an upper end of the reinforcement ring coincides with a position of an upper end of the tape take-up surface in the axial direction of the reel hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Mori
  • Patent number: 7857250
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge includes a reel, a case where the reel is accommodated, an engagement gear that is provided in the reel, and a brake gear which is provided in the case side brake member and in which a mesh state with the engagement gear or a mesh release state with the engagement gear is switched by relative displacement of an axis line direction of the brake member with respect to the reel. In a piece taper tooth of the engagement gear, a mesh surface that is oriented in a winding rotation direction is approximately parallel to a reel axis line direction and an opposite mesh surface is inclined with respect to the reel axis line. A piece taper tooth of the brake gear is a taper tooth that is opposite to the piece taper tooth of the engagement gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takenoshita, Teruo Ashikawa
  • Patent number: 7841554
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge can prevent release of rotation locking of a reel with respect to a case accompanying dropping of the recording tape cartridge. The tape recording cartridge is configured to rotatably accommodate within a case a reel that has magnetic tape wound on a reel hub. Within the reel hub, external teeth of a brake gear, of a brake member that is supported so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the case, mesh with an engaged gear having internal teeth, preventing rotation of the reel with respect to the case. Lock portions of lock members are inserted between the reel positioned biased to a bottom panel side by a compression coil spring, and a top panel, thereby preventing movement of the reel with respect to the case in the reel axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takenoshita, Kazuo Hiraguchi
  • Patent number: 7832683
    Abstract: A reel includes: a circular cylinder-shaped hub that includes an inner peripheral surface on which a protruding portion that protrudes in a radial direction is formed and an outer peripheral surface around which recording tape is wound; a first flange that is disposed on one end portion of the hub and includes a first extension portion that is welded to the protruding portion; and a second flange that is disposed on the other end portion of the hub and includes a second extension portion that is welded to the protruding portion. The rigidity of the hub can be improved, and the welding strength of the flanges with respect to the hub can also be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Teruo Ashikawa
  • Patent number: 7832674
    Abstract: A tape cartridge has a tape housing, first and second reel member cooperate with each other to constitute a reel around which a tape is wound, a connecting and biasing member connecting between the first and second, and first and second engaging means. The first engaging means is provided on an inner surface of the lower wall. The second engaging means is provided on a lower surface of the second reel member. This arrangement allows that the second engaging means can engage with the first engaging means due to a biasing force caused by the connecting and biasing member to prevent a rotation of the second reel member and can disengage from the first engaging means when the drive shaft accesses the second reel member through the opening and forces the second reel member toward the first reel member against the biasing force of the connecting and biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Inugai, Keiji Ban
  • Patent number: 7815140
    Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge containing a tape reel to which a magnetic tape with a leader pin attached to a leading end is wound is equipped with a leader pin retaining structure for safe and secure retention of the leader pin immediately behind a tape egress/ingress opening. The leader pin retaining structure comprises a retainer member having resilient arms and a leader pin support for supporting the retainer member so as to place tail end portions of the resilient arms across end collars of the leader pin received in sockets provided adjacent to the tape egress/ingress opening, wherein the leader pin support resiliently urges and bends the resilient arms so as to retain the end collars of the leader pin by the tail end portions of the resilient arms, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takenoshita, Shozo Onmori
  • Patent number: 7780106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge with a retention structure capable of stabilizing and retaining a memory board without deformation of the memory board. A recording tape cartridge includes a case for accommodating a reel on which recording tape is wound, the case formed by an upper case and a lower case and a non-contact memory board, on which various information is stored and which is disposed at a specific angle within the case. The lower case is formed with a position control member of substantially a C-shape in plan view for controlling the position of the memory board, and a support member for supporting the bottom face of the memory board at substantially the central portion thereof. The upper case is formed with retaining members that face portions of the top face of the memory board at both ends in the memory board length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Sumiya, Yasushi Hatano
  • Patent number: 7780107
    Abstract: A recording tape cartridge includes a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound. A regulating wall that defines an area in which the reel is housed is formed on the upper case and on the lower case. An attachment member is held between the regulating wall of the upper case and the regulating wall of the lower case so as to be disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the regulating wall. The attachment member holds an RFID. There is provided a recording tape cartridge that can ensure an attachment region for an RFID inside a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Onmori, Yosuke Sumiya, Kenji Takenoshita