Inventor

Gerhard Rotter

Inventor

Mission Viejo, CA, US

Overview

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Patents

1976–2013

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 26 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer53%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television17%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests6%

B60KArrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles3%

F02BInternal-combustion piston engines3%

F02NStarting of combustion engines3%

F16FSprings3%

H01QAntennas, i.e. radio aerials3%

H03BGeneration of oscillations, directly or by frequency-changing, by circuits employing active elements which operate in a non-switching manner3%

H03GControl of amplification3%

PatentTitleYear

8,542,150'Planar broadband antenna'2013 5,695,142'Tape cartridge drive belt having a low ratio of static to dynamic friction over extended use'1997 5,314,140'Tape cartridge drive belt having a low ratio of static to dynamic friction'1994 5,203,519'Tape cartridge drive belt having a low ratio of static to dynamic friction'1993 5,188,310'Unidirectional tape tension element and method of use thereof'1993 5,177,838'Fastener for magnetic tape cartridge and method of use thereof'1993 4,478,326'Clutch plate'1984 4,465,248'Tape drive mechanism'1984 4,405,031'Method and device for operating a motor vehicle with an internal-combustion engine'1983 4,228,460'Method and apparatus for compensation of time base errors'1980 4,187,521'DC erase head'1980 4,184,178'Drop-out compensator for sound reproducing apparatus during tape reversal'1980 4,163,263'Method and apparatus for tape recording time-spaced segments of video information from a video camera'1979 RE029976'Tape cartridge which is normally closed but is pivoted to open position when taken into use, and transport apparatus for such a cartridge'1979 4,133,009'Color video tape recording/playback system'1979 4,123,791'Magnetic transducer device with outrigger bars'1978 4,123,773'Servo arrangement for the recording tape drive in broadband signal reproducing systems'1978 4,110,800'Turnaround system'1978 4,082,237'Safety picker for magnetic tape leader'1978 4,023,748'Cassette loading and tape tensioning system'1977 4,022,400'Tape threading apparatus'1977 4,014,042'Tape recorder and magnetic tape cassette'1977 3,987,489'Tape cartridge which is normally closed but is pivoted to open position when taken into use, and transport apparatus for such a cartridge'1976 3,959,815'Arrangements for time base error compensation'1976 3,958,272'Turn around method and circuit'1976 3,952,326'Dropout compensator for a trisequential color video playback system'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–1980Patents assigned to BASF AG (16)· patent assignee history

1976–1997Based in Mission Viejo, CA, US· patent location history

1976–1979Based in Ludwigshafen, DE· patent location history

1983–1984Patents assigned to LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU (2)· patent assignee history

1983–1984Based in Obersasbach, DE· patent location history

1984Patents assigned to ROSSO CORP (1)· patent assignee history

1993–1994Patents assigned to ATHANA INC (4)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to ROETTER GERHARD (1)· patent assignee history

2013Based in Veitsbronn, DE· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
BASF AG	16	1976–1980
ATHANA INC	4	1993–1994
LUK LAMELLEN & KUPPLUNGSBAU	2	1983–1984
ROETTER GERHARD	1	2013
ROSSO CORP	1	1984

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Mission Viejo, California, US	19	1976–1997
Ludwigshafen, DE	4	1976–1979
Obersasbach, DE	2	1983–1984
Veitsbronn, DE	1	2013