This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Eastman-Kodak Company. Active years: 1997.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 1997
Title: Joseph Richard Berry, Jr.: Inventor in Magnetic Recording
Introduction
Joseph Richard Berry, Jr. is an inventor associated with Livonia, New York, and Eastman Kodak Company. His patent work concerns reading and recording information on photographic elements with a thin magnetic layer.
Latest Patents
Berry is credited with 1 patent: “Magnetic Head Assembly and Method for Reading and/or Writing Data onto a Photographic Element.” The invention describes a magnetic head assembly designed to read or record information on a photographic element’s thin magnetic layer. Its head has a contact surface with at least one magnetic pole and a protective layer, and uses material with a Vickers hardness of at least 1,000 kg/mm². A spring applies a substantially perpendicular force between the element and the head, with a loading force of about 10 gm/mm² or greater.
Career Highlights
Berry’s listed patent is associated with Eastman Kodak Company and addresses the practical design of a durable magnetic head for use with photographic media. The patent describes both the apparatus and a method for reading or recording data.
Collaborations
Robert O. James and Ronald Myron Wexler are identified as Berry’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or establish them as co-inventors.
Conclusion
Joseph Richard Berry, Jr.’s recorded invention focuses on a hard, protected magnetic head and controlled contact force for reading or writing data on photographic elements.
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