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  3. /G11 · Information storage
  4. /G11B · Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  5. /G11B 15/00 · Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form
  6. /G11B 15/18 · Driving
  7. /G11B 15/40 · Driving record carriers otherwise than by electric motor
  8. /G11B 15/42
G11B 15/42

Manually

Official title: manually

G11B15/42 (Manually) appears on 11 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. GPhysics
  2. G11Information storage
  3. G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  4. G11B 15/00Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form
  5. G11B 15/18Driving
  6. G11B 15/40Driving record carriers otherwise than by electric motor
  7. G11B 15/42Manually
Granted patents
11
Published applications
0
Assignees
3
Inventors
15
Latest grant
28 Jun 1994

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
G11B 15/42: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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197719871994

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Cassettee rewinding apparatus28 Jun 1994US 5,323,983 A
  • Carrier with external interlock for videocassette24 Mar 1992US 5,099,378 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
  • Carrier with thumb wind advance for videocassette23 Jul 1991US 5,034,842 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
  • Spinner tool for cartridge reel9 Jul 1991US 5,029,771 A
  • Video tape cassette winding device19 Feb 1991US 4,993,658 A

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Carrier with external interlock for videocassette24US 5,099,378 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1992
  • Manual tape apparatus with generator for providing electrical power18US 4,001,887 A1977
  • Spinner tool for cartridge reel9US 5,029,771 A1991
  • Rotary head type magnetic tape video recording-reproducing device8US 4,011,588 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1977
  • Winding tool for magnetic tape cassettes7US 4,147,314 A1979

Top assignees

Documents
  • Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company2
  • MEMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.1
  • YWYugen Kaisha Watanabe Kenkyusho1

Often classified with

  • Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5
  • A63HToys1
  • G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them1
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification1

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