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Robert W. Tapani
Also filed as: TAPANI ROBERT W
16 granted patents·1 pending application·435 citations·filing 1992–2004
95Inventor score
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17 records- 0198US6738259B2Apparatus supporting multiple memory card formatsIMATION CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 18, 2004·128 cites·14 claims
- 0295US5280402ACombined stepper motor and voice coil head positioning apparatusMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 18, 1994·93 cites·19 claims
- 0393US7075793B2Device having a slot capable of receiving at least four types of memory cardsIMATION CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 11, 2006·53 cites·20 claims
- 0486US5558291ADrive for handling multiple size information storage media cartridges and cartridges thereforIMATION CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 24, 1996·31 cites·62 claims
- 0584US6220539B1Drive for handling multiple size information storage media cartridges and cartridges thereforIMATION CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 24, 2001·30 cites·17 claims
- 0679US7151673B2Memory card host connector with retractable shieldless tabIMATION CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 19, 2006·30 cites·20 claims
- 0769US6817562B2Tape drive system with radial alignment featureIMATION CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 16, 2004·8 cites·23 claims
- 0865US7173794B2Accessing both sides of data storage tapeIMATION CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 6, 2007·5 cites·17 claims
- 0963US5786967ATape cartridge including an indication device to distinguish between cartridges having different characteristics but nearly identical physical characteristicsIMATION CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 28, 1998·16 cites·4 claims
- 1062USD363066STape cartridgeMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 10, 1995·11 cites·1 claims
- 1161US5779172ADrive for handling multiple size information storage media cartridges and cartridges thereforIMATION CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 14, 1998·10 cites·9 claims
- 1260US7204445B2Guide arrangements for data storage tape guiding systemsIMATION CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 17, 2007·4 cites·20 claims
- 1355US7204446B2Data storage tape guiding systems using tapered guidesIMATION CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 17, 2007·2 cites·20 claims
- 1445USD366059STape cartridgeMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 9, 1996·5 cites·1 claims
- 1543US6079653ADrive for handling multiple size information storage media cartridges and cartridges thereforIMATION CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 27, 2000·4 cites·31 claims
- 1643US2004181388A1System having tape drive emulator and data tape cartridge housing carrying multiple disk drivesFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 1740US5949611AAlignment and latching mechanism in a drive for magnetic data tape mini-cartridgesHEWLETT PACKARD CO·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 7, 1999·5 cites·4 claims
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