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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. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Atsushi Nishio, Tama, JP;
Takashi Kawasaki, Tama, JP;
Satoru Karahashi, Tama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recording medium apparatus capable of loading a plurality of types of recording media is disclosed. The recording medium apparatus is operable for loading a recording medium having a terminal at a front edge side thereof with respect to an insertion direction and a common dimension part configured to have a predefined dimension at a side opposite to the insertion direction. The recording medium apparatus mechanically and electrically loads and unloads the recording medium based on the common dimension part regardless of different insertion directional lengths of the various recording media.