Patent · US Expired

Tape cartridge bearing

US5027249A · kind A · utility

34Cited by
5References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 1989
Grant dateJun 25, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/107
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bearing assembly for a tape support reel in a tape cartridge housing has a single ball bearing and a bearing support mounted to the housing to extend along a rotational axis of the reel. The bearing assembly also has a concave bearing surface on an opposed surface of the reel for receiving the ball bearing and a coil spring for urging the bearing support and ball bearing against the concave bearing surface.

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