FujiFilm Assigned Patent

FujiFilm Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,910,893), developed by Hiraguchi Kazuo, Odawara, Japan, for a “drive device”.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “There is provided a drive device including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound; a pair of flanges that are provided at both axial direction sides of the hub so as to be able to rotate relative to the hub, and that restrict a position, in a transverse direction, of the recording tape; a connecting member that connects outer peripheral portions of the pair of flanges together at least at a portion other than a traveling path of the recording tape; and a casing having, at an interior, a space in which the hub and the pair of flanges are accommodated and in which the recording tape travels, a fixing portion, that is provided at at least one of the pair of flanges or at the connecting member, being fixed to the casing.“

The patent application was filed on March 27, 2013 (13/851,102).