FujiFilm Assigned Patent

FujiFilm Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (9,685,191) developed by Sumiya, Yosuke, Kanagawa, Japan, for a “recording tape cartridge.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A recording tape cartridge includes a release member, a sliding protrusion portion, a metallic plate and a reference portion. The release member is provided in a reel hub to be rotatable integrally with the reel. The release member moves a locking member from a locking position to an allowing position when a pushing surface of the release member is pushed from an outer side of a case. The sliding protrusion portion protrudes from the locking member toward the side thereof at which the release member is disposed. The metallic plate is provided in the release member. A distal end of the sliding protrusion portion touches the metallic plate. The reference portion is provided at the release member. The reference portion positions a position of the metallic plate relative to the pushing surface in the axial direction of the reel.“

The patent application was filed on August 24, 2015 (14/833,152).