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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:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael W Johnson, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
M Lee McFarland, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 242199 ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly for a tape support reel in a tape cartridge housing has a single ball bearing and a bearing support mounted to the housing to extend along a rotational axis of the reel. The bearing assembly also has a concave bearing surface on an opposed surface of the reel for receiving the ball bearing and a coil spring for urging the bearing support and ball bearing against the concave bearing surface.