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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, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Obata, Kobe, JP;
Makoto Miyamoto, Sanda, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Takatsuki, JP;
Yoshinobu Ono, Hirakata, JP;
Shinji Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hisashi Takahashi, Kagawa, JP;
Kenji Kawamata, Saijo, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/561 ; G11B 5/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/561 ; G11B 5/52 ;
Abstract
A rotary head in which the tape running load is decreased by setting the tape path cylindrical surface of an upper drum ( ) in a range of winding of a tape ( ) at an inner side relative to the tape path cylindrical surface of a lower drum ( ). Alternatively, the tape path cylindrical surface of an inner drum ( ) in a range of winding of the tape ( ) is positioned at an outer side relative to the tape path cylindrical surface of the upper or lower drum.