US Patent Issued to Sony Group on July 1 for "Cartridge including magnetic tape including magnetic layer including protrusions on surface thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,457, issued on July 1, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge including magnetic tape including magnetic layer including protrusions on surface thereof" was invented by Minoru Yamaga (Tokyo) and Yuji Iwahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cartridge capable of curbing charging of a magnetic tape even in a case where a drive gear is configured of an insulating resin.The cartridge includes a reel that has conductivity and includes a bottom wall, a magnetic tape that is wound around the reel, and a conductive member that is in contact with the reel, the conductive member having a reel gear on a lower su...