G11B 15/67544
With movement of the cassette parallel to its main side and subsequent
Official title: {with movement of the cassette parallel to its main side and subsequent movement perpendicular thereto, i.e. front loading}
G11B15/67544 (With movement of the cassette parallel to its main side and subsequent) appears on 366 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cartridge loading devices14 Feb 2012US 8,116,028 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Cartridge locking mechanism and tray locking mechanism for cartridge drive apparatus2 Nov 2010US 7,827,570 B2NEC Corporation
- Cartridge holder apparatus and magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus including same17 Aug 2010US 7,777,984 B2Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Tape cassette recording/reproducing apparatus21 Apr 2009US 7,522,374 B2Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Cartridge loading devices21 Oct 2008US 7,440,226 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Recording and/or reproducing apparatus13 Sep 2007US 2007/0211374 A1Sony Corporation
- Cartridge holder apparatus26 Apr 2007US 2007/0091502 A1Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Recording and/or reproducing device having an ejection amount adjustment mechanism capable of changing ejection amount in a software fashion26 Oct 2006US 2006/0238910 A1Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Tape cassette recording/reproducing apparatus7 Sep 2006US 2006/0198043 A1Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Locking device for tape cassette housing of tape recorder17 Aug 2006US 2006/0181802 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Recording medium device for use with a tape cartridge having an auxiliary memory viewable through a cartridge discrimination opening88US 6,160,679 ASony Corporation · 2000
- Tape cassette loading system compatible with two different sized cassettes64US 5,032,939 AVictor Company of Japan, Ltd. · 1991
- Compact apparatus having bidirectional motion for loading/unloading an information recording medium52US 5,546,370 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Transport apparatus for a single reel tape cartridge34US 5,155,639 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1992
- Loading and unloading system for recording and/or playback apparatus32US 4,546,396 AStaar S. A. · 1985