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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669711 | Disk pack balancing station A disk pack balancing station is disclosed for balancing a disk pack assembly, the disk pack assembly comprising a plurality of components including a plurality of disks coupled to a hub of a spindle motor with at least one disk spacer between the disks. The disk pa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7392900 | Package for transporting a fragile article A package for storing a fragile article includes a plurality of panel integrally connected to one another a fold lines. Pairs of two of the panels oppose one another in a spaced relation wherein the panels form a partial enclosure. A first tab connects to about an o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370772 | Large tough case extension case cover latch A storage container includes a first container portion and a second container portion hingedly attached to the first container portion. A latch is slidably disposed on the first container portion. The latch includes a pair of engaging members extending therefrom. Th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334691 | Glass substrate cassette A glass substrate cassette includes a bottom structure, a top structure, and a pair of side supports affixed to space the bottom structure and the top structure for forming an accommodation space in between. A plurality of support plates are horizontally affixed bet... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316309 | Tool container A tool container has a pair of housing members pivotally coupled with one another to provide an opened and closed position. At least one of the members defines a cavity to receive tools. The cavity is defined by a base and a wall extending from the base. A tool reta... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291409 | Magnetic recording medium using magnetic powder having a core portion and an outer layer portion including a rare earth element and magnetic recording cassette A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support, at least one primer layer formed on one surface of the non-magnetic support, comprising a non-magnetic powder and a binder resin, at least one magnetic layer formed on the primer layer, comprising a magn... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290659 | Pad package structure for nailer A pad package structure for a nailer includes at least one package box having a top formed with a plurality of removable catch plates, a plurality of pads mounted in the package box, and a pull bar mounted on the package box and extended through each of the pads to ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267896 | Magnetic tape and magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support; at least one lower magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a binder resin, which is formed on one side of the non-magnetic support with or without a non-magnetic primer layer interposed between the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258520 | Methods and apparatus for using substrate carrier movement to actuate substrate carrier door opening/closing A system for opening a substrate carrier includes a substrate carrier having an openable portion. The substrate carrier also has an opening mechanism coupled to the openable portion. A substrate transfer location has a support adapted to support a substrate carrier.... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249681 | Media shelving A media shelving unit comprising a base for supporting a media storage case; a plurality of dividers extending upwardly from the base, the plurality of dividers defining at least two channels; wherein the channels are at different orientations with respect to each o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238053 | Non-welding MICRO SD card A MICRO SD card includes a casing composed of a base and a top cover, an insertion slot is defined in an end of the casing and a plurality of first recesses are defined in an inner surface of the base. A recessed area is defined in the inner surface of the base so a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238439 | Magnetic recording medium containing particles with a core containing a FeNphase A magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer formed on the support and containing a magnetic powder and a binder, wherein said magnetic powder comprises substantially spherical or ellipsoidal particles and at least one element se... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213749 | Interactive multimedia smart affinity card A multimedia card, including, a multimedia portion, a multimedia card holder portion, and a multimedia cover portion, and wherein the multimedia cover portion and the multimedia card holder portion releasably cover the multimedia card portion in between the multimed... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178885 | Hand-held compact disc storage, single-hand deployment and retrieval device A hand-held disc storage, deployment and retrieval device includes a housing defining an interior cavity adapted to store a media disc therein. A manually-actuated slider is disposed within the interior cavity and movable along guide tracks formed in the housing bet... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178667 | Packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material An elongated packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as, for example, a recording media disc such as a CD, a CD-ROM or a DVD, together with other materials relating to such disc or otherwise in a stacked relationship. The packag... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178669 | Tire storage system A tire storage system is disclosed, for securely storing one or more tires. The tire storage system consists of two identical tire caps and a connecting spacer. One of the tire caps is placed horizontally on a flat surface. The used tire is placed upon one of the ti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175927 | Magnetic recording medium utilizing specified non-magnetic particles in the magnetic layer A magnetic recording medium having a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer formed thereon, wherein the magnetic layer comprises a ferromagnetic powder, a binder and a non-magnetic inorganic powder, and wherein at least 95% of the non-magnetic powder particles co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165685 | System, method, and apparatus for improved packaging of data tape cartridges A plastic cartridge holder for restraining and protecting data tape cartridges during shipping has individual cartridge slots with corrugated padding between adjacent slots and on the sides of the slots to decouple the cartridges from virtually any shock event. The ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167096 | Security collar for media discs A security collar for placement around the base of a display package to prevent removal of a cover from the base to protect merchandise contained therein. An EAS security tag is contained in the collar. A magnetically actuated lock mechanism is formed on the collar ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163152 | Protective container for readable cards A protective container is provided for a magnetic card, such as a gift card or credit card, which shields the enclosed card from potentially damaging magnetic fields, thereby greatly reducing the possibility that information stored on the card will be erased. A pref... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7131536 | Overcap packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material A packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. The packaging device includes a first member for the storage of disc-shaped media in a chamber or cavity, which container may be attached to storage devices of vari... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123312 | Apparatus having a rewritable display portion A videocassette has a display portion for displaying recorded contents. The display portion is formed with a display device. The display portion is formed with a display device. The display device has a conductive layer, a PDLC (polymer-dispersed liquid crystal) fil... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119791 | Mouse In a mouse connected to a personal computer, a casing body is provided with a space for housing a data storage medium therein. A data processor communicates data between the personal computer and the data storage medium housed in the casing body. A door member cover... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100180 | CD business card with container and/or adapter A CD Card for packaging card like information and digital information in the basic dimensions (length and width) of a business, credit or collectors card. The CD Card is made up of one, two, or three major components. The first component is a small compact disc with... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092320 | Medium handler and organizer A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time. As such, a second disc can be gripped while a first disc is being pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077596 | Notebook with two-way pocket A two-way pocket assembly for use with a notebook (100). The pocket assembly is constructed over a window (208) formed in a subsurface material of the notebook (100). The pocket assembly includes exterior and interior pockets (104), each ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068501 | Removable hard disk module A removable hard disk module is described. The removable hard disk module has a module sidewall, a first slide rail, and a second slide rail. The first slide rail and the second slide rail are fixed on the module sidewall and the second slide rail is disposed above ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051874 | Security storage container A storage container includes a lid having a lid panel and an arm extending from the lid panel, the arm including a detent having a first surface parallel to the lid panel and a second surface having a taper extending at least a portion between the first surface and ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050292 | Case for portable equipment A case of a portable equipment for communication to an external system comprises a body portion and an operation portion acting as a function member. At least a portion of the case is provided with a decorative film having a resin film having transparency and a prin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000762 | Illuminated CD jewel box A compact disc (CD) jewel box is described in which a multifunction light is positioned within the cavity space defined by the CD storage compartment and the CD support tray. The CD jewel box is illuminated with light from one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) po... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997311 | Storage container for disc-shaped items of recorded media A storage container for a disc-shaped item of recorded media includes a base and a lid that is hingedly connected to the base and moveable between open and closed positions. The lid does not cover the entire surface area of the base when the lid is closed. The areas... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994214 | Accessories display box An accessories display box is constructed to include a box body, a cover, and fastening devices adapted to fixedly secure the cover to the box body in the closed status, each fastening device having a male fastening member provided at the cover and a female fastenin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6955068 | Media disc package with retail security lock Media disk packages having a retail security lock feature. The lock feature comprises a locking dagger having a head portion and a dagger section, which is engageable with an inner disk tray that overlays the media disk within the package. The package may house mult... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942413 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938832 | Scent strip A scent strip for use with digital entertainment media contains a volatile mixture of a detectable scent and an imperceptible pheromone which is adhesively attached to a digital entertainment medium package, e.g., a CD/DVD case or VHS cassette, or to a print medium,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923442 | Die capable of being opened, manufacturing method thereof, and mold In a die which has a regular polyhedron form and which can be opened into a continuous polygonal form on a plane, boundary areas (Rb) between planes (11 through 16) on the inner side of the regular polyhedron have inclination angles determined accordin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6831837 | External controller of burning record for compact disks An external controller of burning record for compact disks comprises a control box and a circuit board. The control box has the front panel thereof extending two pivotal connectors to join two docking boxes containing a data record loader and a compact disk burning ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813144 | Apparatus where media having different configurations are installed An apparatus where media are installed, that is detachably installed in a library apparatus, wherein a first medium and a second medium having a different configuration from the first medium are installed together, includes an installation error detecting mechanism ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805238 | Apparatus for holding a media storage disk An apparatus for releasably holding a media storage disk that may include a front and base cover connected in a hinged relationship. A base panel of the base cover may include a centrally located hub disposed on a pair of support arms that may be moved between a rel... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6769540 | Hard disk storage device for industrial computers A hard disk storage device for industrial computers, comprising a casing, a fixed storage rack, a movable storage rack, a fixed rack, a frame lid, an elastic plate and a support rack; the elastic plate is utilized such that the movable storage rack is lifted as the ... | 08/03/2004 |