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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085493 | Contactless method for power and communications in a tape library A tape library is provided with a fixed coupling mechanism so that the tape library includes discrete locations via which power and communication are provided to an accessor. The use of such a coupling mechanism in a vertical tape library allows for the use of gravi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8045288 | Tape drive with cartridge thickness detecting sensors The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7885034 | Contactless method for power and communications in a tape library A tape library is provided with a fixed coupling mechanism so that the tape library includes discrete locations via which power and communication are provided to an accessor. The use of such a coupling mechanism in a vertical tape library allows for the use of gravi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7361422 | Leader tape and magnetic tape cartridge using the same A leader tape in which an non-magnetic under layer that contains a powder and a binder and a magnetic upper layer are sequentially laminated on at least one side of a support, a center line average roughness (Ra) of a surface of the support is from 30 to 50 nm, and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7342738 | Positioning head assembly for data storage system with multiple degrees of freedom The Invention Provides a Positioning System for a Linear Data Storage Medium, Such as magnetic tape or other data storage medium in which data is stored on parallel data tracks that extend along a length of the medium. The invention makes use of multiple actuators t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339874 | Tape recording system with coupled paired roller guides A tape recording system is provided for coupling the angular velocities of a pair of roller guides disposed one on either side of a head assembly. In one embodiment, the roller guides each comprise cylindrical first and second surfaces wherein the first surfaces gui... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7295402 | Magnetic tape cartridge and recorder/reproducer a magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge and A magnetic tape cartridge recording/reproducing apparatus, which can prevent a magnetic tape from being charged to avoid damage of a magnetic head while lowering the resistance of the magnetic tape and maintaining optimum electromagneti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291996 | Optical disc drive and brake control method thereof An optical disc drive 1 includes a spindle motor 11 for rotating the optical disc 2 and a spindle driver for driving the spindle motor 11 equipped with a rotation number counter 232 for measuring the rotation number of the spindle ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290737 | Nonsurvivable momentum exchange system A demiseable momentum exchange system includes a base and a flywheel rotatably supported on the base. The flywheel includes a web portion defining a plurality of web openings and a rim portion. The momentum exchange system further includes a motor for driving the fl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280310 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a main chassis on which a rotatable head cylinder is mounted; a sub chassis movable relative to the main chassis; a cassette holder for holding the cassette and mounting the cassette on the sub chassis; a cass... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268971 | Magnetic head apparatus and drive apparatus including magnetic head apparatus A narrow magnetic body 66 in which outward path and inward path recording magnetic head devices 1WF and 1WR, capable of recording at least data on a metal evaporated type magnetic tape 51 running in the outward and inward direction and vi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260884 | Method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with video tape machine A method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with a digital betacam video tape machine is disclosed. The method includes providing a helical scan drum assembly having a stationary upper drum, a stationary lower drum and a plurality of rotating read/write hea... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256958 | Loading gear supporting apparatus of video cassette recorder Disclosed is a loading gear supporting apparatus of a video cassette recorder which can assemble a loading gear supporting member which supports a pole base loading gear, a first loading gear, and a second loading gear to a deck more simply. To this end, a locking p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251093 | Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle A method for adjusting a tape wrap angle is described comprising the steps of operating the tape system to generate or regenerate an electrical signal in the head from the tape, either increasing or reducing the tape wrap angle as appropriate until a signal from the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7227816 | Container for optical disks, tray and magazine type player therefor The invention refers to a container (1) for optical disks (25), a tray (5) for such container (1) and a magazine type player (39) adapted to be used with such container (1). Object of the invention is to provide a container ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7196866 | Interconnect structure having multiple layers of traces for electrical connection to a tape head assembly An apparatus and method for electrically coupling read elements and write elements of a tape head assembly to another component includes an interconnect structure having plural layers of traces, with the traces comprising write traces electrically connected to respe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195189 | Tape system with an isolated load/unload tape path A tape recording system is provided having an improved load/unload path, the system comprising a first pair of guides and a second pair of guides movable from an unloaded position to a loaded position. In the unloaded position, a gap between the first pair of guides... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180699 | Method and apparatus for increasing capacity of magnetic media storage A method and apparatus for increasing the capacity of magnetic media storage is disclosed. More specifically, an improved two-sided magnetic tape is disclosed. In one implementation, in order to mitigate pack winding problems, a trade-off can be made between the bac... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171740 | Tape head module assembly method A tape head module assembly method is disclosed. A first and second module holder are placed in an initial alignment with module holder ends facing each other, the module ends each holding a tape head module. A tape wrap angle between the first and second module is ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7068464 | Double sided magnetic tape Magnetic tape onto which information may be recorded on either side exhibits the risk of having information recorded on one side affect the opposite side when the two sides are adjacent, such as when the tape is wound in a tape pack. The chance that information reco... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054101 | System for high density linear serpentine data recording A recording system comprises a read-write head with a length that is substantially smaller than the width of the tape, the small mass of the head allows high frequency track following. The head contacts only that area of the tape currently being accessed, significan... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6980393 | Low power spindle motor with a fluid dynamic thrust bearing having a reduced outer diameter A spindle motor for use in a disk drive having a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The rotor assembly has a hub and a rotating shaft with an outer diameter, the hub being mounted for rotation on the rotating shaft. The stator assembly has a bearing sleeve with a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6956713 | Magnetic tape apparatus with capstan motor configuration In a magnetic tape apparatus, a cylinder motor and a capstan motor are provided separately. A family processing is realized by fabricating a stator core of the capstan motor by using the same die which is used for fabricating a stator core of the cylinder motor. Eac... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946974 | Web-based systems and methods for internet communication of substantially real-time parking data A parking system includes an internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces. The parking data can be rendered by a display device running a browser application. The Web server tr... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940686 | Magnetic recording and reproducing device A porous impregnation material (14) impregnated with a gaseous-phase lubricant that vaporizes at an atmosphere temperature within an outer case (2) is disposed in the inside of the outer case (2) that incorporates a tape mechanism (1) hav... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937409 | Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle A method for adjusting a tape wrap angle is described comprising the steps of operating the tape system to generate or regenerate an electrical signal in the head from the tape, either increasing or reducing the tape wrap angle as appropriate until a signal from the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6906700 | 3D controller with vibration A hand operated controller or converter structured for allowing hand inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, the controller structured with a plate or platform moveable relative to a base or housing about two mutually perpendicular axes general... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898058 | Composite substrate for use in magnetic recording-and-reproducing device Disclosed is an improved composite substrate for use in a magnetic recording-and-reproducing device. It comprises an “L”-shaped main plate and a separate sub-plate. The “L”-shaped main plate has a major section of relatively large area and a minor section of... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6788492 | Wide tape drive for a wide tape holding frame A wide tape drive for use with a wide tape holder having a frame with an open top and an open bottom non-permanently closed with a top cover and a bottom cover, releasably held together and releasably held to the frame by snap connections respectively disposed at la... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6779080 | Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appending In a data storage subsystem, drive-level processing treats data storage media as WORM by automatically advancing a write append limiter as data is written, and preventing changes to data occurring before the write append limiter. Despite this media's WORM nature, th... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6760177 | Signal-based tape wrap angle setting for flat contour linear tape recording heads In an essentially flat contour linear tape recording head, a nominal tape wrap angle exists at which reading signals from the magnetic tape ceases and/or commences. This nominal tape wrap angle can be easily determined by monitoring a prerecorded signal, such as the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6708237 | Method and apparatus for managing data access and storage of data located on multiple storage devices An apparatus and method for accessing a data item from a storage system having a plurality of data storage devices are disclosed. I/O operation requests are submitted to multiple data storage devices for each data item to be accessed. The I/O operation requests are ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6700733 | Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle A method for adjusting a tape wrap angle is described comprising the steps of operating the tape system to generate or regenerate an electrical signal in the head from the tape, either increasing or reducing the tape wrap angle as appropriate until a sign... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6498699 | Tape transport using a carrier ribbon A tape transport system for positioning magnetic tape moving over a tape head is provided. The tape system includes a carrier ribbon having a width equal to the tape width. Passages through the carrier ribbon permit air, such as might otherwise trapped be... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6330625 | System for initiating multiple read operation requests to multiple copies of a data item and identifying a first one of the requests as having the fastest response time An apparatus and method for accessing a data item from a storage system having a plurality of data storage devices are disclosed. I/O operation requests are submitted to multiple data storage devices for each data item to be accessed. The I/O operation re... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6307274 | Power generator for a digital cassette cartridge A power generator for a Digital Cassette Cartridge, which is put into a cassette player for playing back the digital audio files stored in the Digital Cassette Cartridge. The cassette player contains a reel shaft for driving the power generator of the Dig... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6266677 | System and method for ensuring the integrity of stored data A system and method for determining when data stored in a data storage device is becoming unreliable. A list of trigger events is maintained, either on the media, or on a host processor, and the number of trigger events pertaining to data retrieval errors... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5995319 | Electronic apparatus having a main body and a detachable input /or output block An electronic apparatus such as a tape recorder includes a main body, an input and/or output block, and an attach/detach mechanism. The main body has a first terminal section. The input and/or output block has a second terminal section to be connected to ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5896240 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus having a self-alignment function A pinch roller apparatus is disclosed which fully satisfies the requirements of tape running stability and durability of the bearing. A roller shaft is arranged inclined such that the tip end is close to the capstan. The angle of inclination () of ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5874817 | Motor driving circuit for a three-phase brushless motor A switching signal generator outputs a switching signal which indicates either an accelerating mode or a decelerating mode by comparing a motor control signal and reference voltage. A first activation signal generator and a second activation signal genera... | 02/23/1999 |
