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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107189 | Device and structure for reducing tape motion and static friction A tape mounting apparatus for a magnetic tape data storage device which includes a movable structure movably attached to a base. The movable structure moves partially within the base and is powered by a motor unit. The moveable structure has at least a load position... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8059363 | Magazine holding structure and library device having the same The magazine includes a rail installed on its bottom surface approximately parallel to an insertion/extraction direction, the rail including a plurality of stepped portions formed at a side surface thereof. A device body includes: a lock lever installed rotatably wi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7733598 | Tape cartridge and tape drive system with internal and external tape guides A data storage tape cartridge and tape drive is disclosed in which drive mounted guides are received in a cutout of a data storage cartridge. A read/write head is moved through an access opening into engagement with a data storage tape between the drive mounted guid... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7466512 | Electric power supply device of a tape-end detecting sensor for a tape recorder A power supply device of a tape-end detecting sensor for a tape recorder. The power supply device comprises a reel cover disposed on a sub-chassis, with a tape-end detecting sensor being seated on the reel cover for detecting the passing of a terminal end of a magne... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7375919 | Recording and reproducing apparatus The dimension in the height direction of a reel braking mechanism to be disposed on the side of an S-side reel table in a video tape recorder is made small while making it difficult to disassemble an assembled state. The dimension in an axis line direction of a pin ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360586 | Wrap around heat sink apparatus and method A mounting plate that is secured between a substrate and a component is used to mount a heat sink. The plate includes holes to accommodate the leads of the component and mounting flanges that partially surround the component and are used to mount the heat sink. In t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7327534 | Ultra fast backup (UFB) tape cartridge and method for loading same A cartridge for operatively housing a recording/playback medium comprising a first spool and a second spool located at offset positions inside a cartridge shell body; a recording/playback medium of a fixed width and length wound around the first and second spools; a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325410 | IT equipment cooling A system for cooling gas heated by passing the gas over heat-producing equipment to cool the equipment comprises a heat exchanger including a first heat transfer mechanism configured to transfer heat from the heated gas to a first coolant, and a first condensing mod... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7259963 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227716 | Two tape, four reel cartridge and drive for wide magnetic recording tape A cartridge for a magnetic recording tape has a first pair of reels rotatably mounted therein which carry a first wide magnetic recording tape, and a second pair of reels disposed therein which carry a second wide magnetic recording tape. The reels are disposed in t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7140193 | Rack-mounted equipment cooling A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communicati... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121492 | Reel cover of magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, and a method of manufacturing thereof A reel cover of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus having an improved assembly construction with respect to a chassis and a method of manufacturing thereof provide a reel cover assembled with the chassis in a manner where a plurality of protrusions of a reel... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7099109 | Hard disk drive having air flow accelerating device A hard disk drive having an air flow accelerator for improving taking-off and landing of a slider on a surface of a disk. The hard disk drive includes a spindle motor and a disk for storing data which is rotated by the spindle motor. The slider includes a magnetic h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7038879 | Electric power supply device of a tape-end detecting sensor for a tape recorder A power supply device of a tape-end detecting sensor for a tape recorder. The power supply device comprises a reel cover disposed on a sub-chassis, with a tape-end detecting sensor being seated on the reel cover for detecting the passing of a terminal end of a magne... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6941180 | Audio cassette emulator A device of the same general physical size and shape as a standard audio cassette tape, but which accepts digital information from any of a variety of sources—including for example: Internet transmission, a digital computer, or memory cards (especially digital mem... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6853515 | Tape drive with fan on take-up hub A tape drive has a motor-driven take-up reel therein with a fan assembly mounted to a bottom flange of the take-up reel for co-rotation with the take-up reel. The take-up reel with the fan assembly is mounted in the tape drive so that the fan assembly draws air into... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6542323 | Tape-thickness measuring method, and tape-running control method using the tape-thickness measuring method A tape running control method in which a tape runs between a supply reel and a take-up reel, and a rotation speed of said take-up reel is controlled by using rotation periods of said supply reel and said take-up reel, whereby a running speed of said tape ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6351377 | Fixing apparatus of data storing device A fixing apparatus of a data storing device comprises a lower case an upper case, and two combining elastic pieces. The left and right sides of this lower case each has a combining portion having a combining elastic piece thereon. The upper case is instal... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6310744 | Magnetic tape apparatus A magnetic tape apparatus for reading data from and writing data to a magnetic tape has a magnetic head for reading or writing the data, and first and second tape guides. The first tape guide has a first guide surface to guide the magnetic tape, and the f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6283396 | Tape transport using a carrier ribbon with edges A tape transport system for positioning magnetic tape over a tape head includes a carrier ribbon with edges defining a channel for carrying the tape. Ribbon guides bring the carrier ribbon into contact with the tape as the tape moves near the tape head. A... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6215612 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having a rotary head cylinder and a mechanism for passing a magnetic tape around the rotary head cylinder for a predetermined arc A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of the present invention, which records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by passing the tape around a rotary head cylinder having a rotary head for a predetermined arc, includes: a capstan shaft; a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6198595 | Logic deck mechanism for portable audio A portable audio logic deck mechanism includes a main base; a driving source installed on the main base; a power transmitting unit including a pair of capstan wheels isolated from each other at a predetermined interval on the main base, a pulley installed... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6147833 | Recording and/or reproducing device for magnetic tape A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a magnetic tape includes a supply side reel gear, a takeup side reel gear, a tape guide drum about which the magnetic tape pulled out from a tape cassette is wound, a tape loading mechanism for pulling out the ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6137659 | Actuator assembly for servo-controlled tape A magnetic tape drive comprising a magnetic head for reading and/or writing a magnetic tape passing thereover. The magnetic head is positioned for tracking a select track or series of tracks on the tape. The head is generally fixed to a frame or can be re... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137649 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus in which one of a reel base pair is rotated to wind a magnetic tape by a predetermined amount when an abnormality is detected The magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of this invention records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by drawing out the magnetic tape from a tape cassette and allowing the magnetic tape to pass around a rotary head cylinder having a rota... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6043953 | Gear train capstan drive assembly for a tape drive A tape drive having a novel capstan motor assembly for advancing and rewinding a data tape. The capstan motor assembly according to the present invention includes a motor, a gear assembly and an idler. The gear assembly has a driver gear and a driven gear... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5982576 | Multiple tape cartridge and drive for concurrent recording with the tapes disposed in the cartridge Access time to data recorded on a tape in a tape cartridge is improved in a multi-tape cartridge and a drive for the multi-tape cartridge wherein a number of tapes having data recorded thereon are wound around hubs in the cartridge, and the tapes are sepa... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5963395 | Multi-tape cartridge and multi-head drive for concurrent data transfer to/from multiple tapes A multi-tape cartridge has a housing containing a central hub on which a number of magnetic tapes are wound in overlapping fashion, and a like number of peripheral hubs in the housing to which the tapes are respectively connected. The tapes proceed from t... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5923496 | Heat diffuser for magnetic tape drive A magnetic tape drive for reading and writing data on magnetic tape in a cartridge of the type in which a driven roller in the cartridge moves tape past a read/write head in the drive and has a tape drive motor with a fan blade assembly which draws coolin... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5883753 | Pinch roller switching mechanism of an auto reverse car audio device for safely fixing a selected pinch roller A mechanism for switching pinch rollers of an autoreverse car audio device has a mode changing lever actuated by a driving motor. The mode changing lever causes a rotation of a switching lever movably installed at a rear face of a deck frame. One end of t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5862009 | Magnetic tape drive having direct drive motor and extended head travel A magnetic tape drive having a motor with a magnetically shielded cavity or hole in one cover of the motor providing additional room for movement of a magnetic head. The cavity eliminates a mechanical interference problem, enabling direct drive of a rolle... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5729402 | Logic controlled cassette tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus A power transmission and mode change mechanism for a logic controlled cassette tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus employs a single motor as a power source for high and low speed tape winding and mode changing and a single solenoid for control of ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5712745 | Magnetic tape drive having direct drive motor and extended head travel A magnetic tape drive having a motor with a magnetically shielded cavity or hole in one cover of the motor providing additional room for movement of a magnetic head. The cavity eliminates a mechanical interference problem, enabling direct drive of a rolle... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5689385 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having tape travel direction control arrangement which prevents tape slippage and slack generation A system for providing stable tape-travel in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a tape travel-direction switching mechanism and a tape tension regulating mechanism. The tape travel-direction switching mechanism forces a pendulum gear to eng... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5663848 | Clip for attaching tape drive motor to chassis A magnetic tape drive for reading/writing data on magnetic tape in a cartridge of the type in which a driven roller in the cartridge moves tape past a read/write head in the drive has a spring clip which holds the motor plate of the tape drive motor on th... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5659441 | Mechanical device enclosure for high performance tape drive A tape drive is fabricated with a chassis and a bridge. The bridge acts to support the read/write head actuator and to also define the datum surfaces for locating a mating magnetic tape cartridge. The bridge is manufactured of materials which are highly r... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5519551 | Apparatus and method for preventing and correcting tape loosening when the tape feeding direction is changed A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a pulling unit for pulling an idler gear to switch the idler gear between tape reels and thereby transmit rotation power to one of the tape reels and a winding unit for taking-up loose magnetic tape by r... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5511737 | Brake device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A brake device for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a slide loading type camera recorder. The supply reel brake unit includes a supply reel brake having an operating pin, and a mode switch gear having an operating protrusion pushing... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5490019 | Magnetic tape driving system having rotating member with increased angle of rotation The invention is concerned with a magnetic recording/playback apparatus in which a magnetic tape is pulled out from a tape cassette and wound around a cylindrical rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head built therein, over a predetermined angle to reco... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5475547 | Flywheel for a magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus A flywheel in a magnetic tape apparatus includes preferably identical, flat discs (3a, 3b) which are joined to one another and each have a bevelled portion (11a, 11b) at their circumferences (9a, 9b). The bevelled portions (11a, 11b) define a circumferent... | 12/12/1995 |
