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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:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Shuichi Kikuchi, Miyagi, JP;
Osamu Yamaura, Miyagi, JP;
Kazuo Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Hitomi Chiba, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Shuichi Kikuchi, Miyagi, JP;
Osamu Yamaura, Miyagi, JP;
Kazuo Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Hitomi Chiba, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape cartridge is configured to include a cartridge case, a hub, around which a magnetic tape is wound around and is housed in the cartridge case rotatably, and a drive apparatus for driving the hub to rotate, the drive apparatus being arranged between a bottom portion of the hub and the cartridge case.