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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360137 ; 360 746 ; 360 60 ;
Abstract
A light-emitting element and light-receiving elements are embedded upright in a single printed wiring board for cooperating with one another in detecting the leader tape portion of a magnetic tape. Such a printed wiring board is fixed to a chassis by means of which a magnetic tape cassette is held in position. This arrangement enables a reduction in the number of leads and connectors, and hence greatly decreases the number of connections to the body of a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, thereby improving its adaptability with respect to automated assembly.