US Patent Issued to Sony Group on June 3 for "Tape reel with reel hub having expanding outer peripheral regions, tape cartridge, and apparatus for producing tape reel" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,415, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Tape reel with reel hub having expanding outer peripheral regions, tape cartridge, and apparatus for producing tape reel" was invented by Takeshi Saito (Tokyo) and Tatsuo Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape reel includes: a first flange; a second flange; and a reel hub. The reel hub includes a first end portion formed integrally with the first flange, a second end portion to which the second flange is bonded, and an outer peripheral surface on which a magnetic tape is wound. The outer peripheral surface of the reel hub has a first outer peripheral region...