Inventor · disambiguated record
Manabu Obata
Also filed as: OBATA MANABU
26 granted patents·4 pending applications·178 citations·filing 1998–2009
96Inventor score
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30 records- 0190US6728199B2Disk cartridgeSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 27, 2004·31 cites·8 claims
- 0289US6700741B2Disk cartridge with a plurality of shutter membersSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 2, 2004·24 cites·12 claims
- 0385US7017170B2Disk cartridge with inner shell supported for rotation in guide groove formed in an upper shellSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 21, 2006·15 cites·6 claims
- 0483US7856641B2Disk drive device and centering members thereforSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 21, 2010·6 cites·14 claims
- 0581US7127732B2Disc cartridge including an inner shell formed by severing a molded portion and a flanged thin-walled sectionSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 24, 2006·3 cites·2 claims
- 0681US7103900B2Disc cartridge with crank-shaped dust intrusion prohibiting unitSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 5, 2006·3 cites·5 claims
- 0778US6839900B2Disk cartridge, a method of manufacturing same, and a recording/reproducing systemSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 4, 2005·13 cites·46 claims
- 0876US7676819B2Disk conveying apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 9, 2010·3 cites·6 claims
- 0976US7103898B2Method for producing inner shell for a disc cartridgeSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 5, 2006·2 cites·1 claims
- 1075US8286200B2Disk drive apparatus and electronic applianceTSUTSUMI HIDEAKI·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 9, 2012·4 cites·6 claims
- 1171US6973660B2Disk driverSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 6, 2005·8 cites·9 claims
- 1269US6944875B2Disc cartridge with shutter overlapping gap having labyrinth shaped portion spaced to have a recessed dust deposition portionSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 13, 2005·7 cites·4 claims
- 1369US6700863B2Disk cartridgeSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 2, 2004·7 cites·7 claims
- 1468US7284254B2Disk cartridge and disk recording medium device having shutter membersSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 16, 2007·7 cites·39 claims
- 1565US6275459B1Disc apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 14, 2001·23 cites·6 claims
- 1664US8112773B2Disk transfer mechanism, and disk drive deviceTSUTSUMI HIDEAKI·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 7, 2012·1 cites·15 claims
- 1763USRE43454EDisc cartridge including an inner shell formed by severing a molded portion and a flanged thin-walled sectionIWAKI YUJI·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·0 cites·3 claims
- 1863US6900965B2Disk cartridgeSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 31, 2005·4 cites·3 claims
- 1961US7057854B2Disk cartridge having a dust-proof shutterSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 6, 2006·4 cites·22 claims
- 2058US7350220B2Disk drive unitSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 25, 2008·4 cites·7 claims
- 2156US7051349B2Disc cartridge, disc recording medium unit and disc recorder and/or reproducerSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 23, 2006·2 cites·26 claims
- 2255US7137129B2Disk drive apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·3 cites·5 claims
- 2355US2006184959A1Disk cartidge, disk recording medium device and disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus technical fieldSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2453US6964056B2Disk type recording and reproducing deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 8, 2005·2 cites·4 claims
- 2549US7222351B2Shutter closing mechanism and disc driving apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 22, 2007·2 cites·10 claims
- 2649US2007162919A1Disc drive and base unitSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2747US8356313B2Reduced thickness disc drive apparatusSONY OPTIARC INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 15, 2013·0 cites·7 claims
- 2840US7237247B2Disc cartridge having deeper concave portion continuous with shutter opener/closer grooveSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 26, 2007·0 cites·4 claims
- 2940US2004022172A1Disk cartridge, disk recording medium device, and disk recording and/or reproducing deviceFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3038US2004120236A1Disc, disc manufacturing method, recording/reproducing system, and semiconductor recording apparatusFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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