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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310806 | Support mechanism and feeding unit including same A supporting mechanism for movably supporting a member to be supported along a supporting shaft, comprises supporting members and a pressing device. The supporting members are provided on the member to be supported. Each of the supporting members comes into contact ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7257826 | Disk changer A disk changer for CD and DVD disks including a rotatable platter with several slots each adapted for receiving a disk generally needs two optical sensors. The first sensor is adapted for detecting the number of a related slot of the platter and for providing a stop... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213749 | Interactive multimedia smart affinity card A multimedia card, including, a multimedia portion, a multimedia card holder portion, and a multimedia cover portion, and wherein the multimedia cover portion and the multimedia card holder portion releasably cover the multimedia card portion in between the multimed... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206264 | Method for regulating the tracking of a scanning device and drive for the same A method is provided for regulating the tracking of a scanning device, for example, a read/write head, of a drive. A drive for storage media having a scanning device is also provided, permitting improved regulation of the positioning of the scanning device. A measur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191455 | Disk-type recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method of judging disc-shaped recording medium of disc-type recording and/or reproducing apparatus There are provided: detection sections 71, 72 for detecting an edge of discs 52, 53 so as to be laterally symmetrical about a center, at a lower edge portion inside a long sideways opening 12 of a front panel 11; and a detection section | 03/13/2007 |
| 6741542 | Disk device A disk device of the present invention includes a switch 132 for mechanically detecting a displacement of an optical pickup 114, provided on a movable body 115, to a disk inner peripheral position and for switching its internal state. The switch... | 05/25/2004 |
| 5761183 | Optical pickup An optical pickup records data on, and reproduces data from, an optical disk contained in a cartridge having a window. The pickup comprises a movable assembly including an objective lens, a support mechanism supporting the movable assembly to allow the mo... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5696753 | Optical pickup feeding apparatus An optical pickup feeding apparatus which eliminates the reference axis and compressed coil spring or the reference axis and parts such as as used heretofore or the reference axis and parts such as fixing parts as used heretofore and moreover has improved... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5617397 | Movable internal platform for a disk drive A movable platform is mounted on opposing guide rails within a disk drive. A head actuator and spindle motor are mounted on the movable platform. The platform moves on the guide rails from a forward position to a rearward position upon insertion of a disk... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5452278 | Disc recognizing method for an optical disc playback apparatus A disc recognizing method prevents a leaf spring of a pickup from being deformed in an optical disc playback apparatus including a pickup transfer for moving a pickup and a plurality of starting point detecting switches for recognizing a type of a seated ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5442605 | Head driving device with carriage assembly centroid position set where servo frequency is not delayed In a head driving device having an optical head for erasing, recording and reproducing information, a carriage adapted to move in a radial direction of a disk as an information recording carrier together with the optical head, and voice coils attached to ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5321684 | Bidirectional sinusoidal scanning system In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to systems and methods for storing digital video information on an optical recording medium comprising the steps of moving the optical recording medium in a first direction, sinusoidally scanning a beam of ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5278820 | Apparatus and method for a radial access mechanism for a disk player/recorder In a disk player/recorder apparatus, a radial access mechanism is disclosed in which a first guide rod is positioned on a mounting plate accurately with respect to the information storage medium. A head assembly engages the first guide rod through bushing... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5193080 | Magneto-optical recording medium and apparatus Guide parts and driving parts are independently provided for an optical head and a magnetic bias field generator, and a relative position control part controls the relative positions of the two so that the both can access recording medium tracks individua... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5189660 | Optical data storage system with unitary ferrous frame A moving coil, linear positioning transducer actuator suitable for optical recording and playback devices is constructed by forming the actuator frame, magnetic pole pieces and the magnetic core of the moving coil from a single piece of ferrous material a... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5119362 | Disc player with a pickup feeding apparatus A pickup feeding apparatus is comprised of a first rack provided on a pickup supporting member supported so as to become movable along a guide shaft, a second rack provided slidably relative to the first rack, a drive force transmitting gear for transmitt... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5036419 | Electro-mechanical transducing element and a moving device using the same The disclosed electro-mechanical transducing element has an elongated shape and is mechanically deformable in response to a supplied electrical signal. One or more electrically conductive portions are formed to run along the direction of elongation to for... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5025371 | Overload protected rack and pinion drive for an optical scanning device A slide (19) is driven by a gear mechanism (21) to position a scanning device (15) in a radial direction relative to the record carrier between an innermost track 3) and an outermost track (4), a stop (38) of the slide (19) abutting against a fixed stop (... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4862441 | Carriage assembly A carriage assembly for use with an optical recording disc for optical recording and reproduction relative to the disc comprises a frame, an optical lens for projecting and receiving a light beam for the optical recording and reproduction, a carriage mova... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4823219 | Carriage recording head sandwiched by electromagnetic coil sections A carriage assembly for a disc operating apparatus comprising a frame, a carriage movably supported in the frame relative to the disc, an optical lens or magnetic head mounted on the carriage for recording and reproducing information on the disc, and a ra... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4807219 | Optical pickup feed unit of optical disk player An optical disk player is provided, which includes a drive chassis provided with: a spindle motor for driving a turntable on which an optical disk is supported; a photopickup with a rack which is movable while being guided in the direction of approaching/... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4512010 | Apparatus for controlling linear tracking arm in record player A control system for a linear tracking arm in a record player. A signal representative of a tracking error angle of the arm is, after A/D conversion, supplied to a microprocessor for producing a control signal which controls an arm drive device so that th... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4504935 | Electrodynamic focus and radial slide drive for an optical disc system An apparatus for recording and/or reading information on an optically readable rotating disc (3) comprises a slide (6)which can be driven in a radial direction in order to move an objective (1) arranged on the slide along the disc. The objective is driven... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4453245 | Apparatus for detecting position of a reproducing transducer in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus An apparatus for detecting position of a reproducing transducer in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus which reproduces an information signal recorded in a rotary recording medium by a reproducing transducer which is transferred towards the ra... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4406002 | Servo system for a videodisc player carriage assembly A servo system for a VideoDisc player stylus carrying carriage assembly is described which precludes the servo system entering a hunt mode due to the signal pickup stylus tracking an eccentric signal track. The player comprises a carriage for housing a tr... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4400807 | Stylus position detecting apparatus A stylus position detecting apparatus in use for a video disc player using a disc of the groove type, detecting plates for detecting leakage components of a high frequency signal supplied from a high frequency signal source and flowing through a flylead, ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4390978 | Carriage translating mechanism for video disc player A pickup carriage drive for a video disc player comprises a selective-activated motor mounted on a pickup carriage. A drive cord is strung between a pair of anchor points disposed in the player, and has a portion wrapped around the output shaft coupled to... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4327434 | Video disc stylus position sensor system A stylus position sensor for a video disc player apparatus. An electrode secured in fixed relation to a movable stylus is disposed between first and second electrodes to form first and second variable capacitors therewith. The capacitance of the variable ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4322840 | Arm driving device in linear tracking pickup apparatus Apparatus for controlling a tone arm in a record playing device of the linear tracking pickup type includes a pair of guide rails; a carriage slidably mounted on the guide rails; a pickup assembly mounted on the carriage and including a support mechanism ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4320493 | Linear tracking arm assembly with electric brake A linear tracking arm assembly for linearly tracking a recording medium in response to manual or automatic lead-in and return indications, which includes a linearly movable conveyer means carrying thereon a pick-up arm. The linearly movable conveyer means... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4313189 | Stylus position sensor for video disc player apparatus In certain video disc systems it is desirable to have a stylus position sensing apparatus. An electrode secured in fixed relation to a movable stylus is disposed between first and second electrodes to form first and second variable capacitors therewith. T... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4268039 | Tangential pick-up device for a gramophone turn-table A tangential pick-up device for a gramophone turn-table comprises a pick-up head on a support connected by a floating articulation to a carriage which is driven along a radially-disposed arm by a servo-control device to hold the support in a reference pos... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4200828 | Pivoted arm control arrangement Apparatus for controlling the movement of a phonograph arm, pivoted for movement in horizontal and vertical planes, so as to maintain a desired stylus pressure. Displacement of the stylus resulting, for example, from passages of heavy modulation is used t... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199149 | Record player In a record player having a tone arm support moved, as by a rotated screw or other feeding device, in a feeding path that is in parallel, spaced relation to a radius of the turntable so that a pickup stylus depending from the tone arm will move linearly a... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4185836 | Disc record player A disc record player including a pick up arm, a linear type electric actuating motor for effecting tangential tracking of the pick up arm and feed back means for providing a motor control feed back signal representative of at least one of velocity and acc... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4171817 | Control device for controlling the movement of pickup arm of record player or the like A control device for controlling the movement of the pickup arm of a record player or the like. This device comprises: a movable member; a motor for driving this movable member; a relative position detecting means for optically detecting the horizontal re... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4139200 | Apparatus for supporting a pickup arm on a disc player A disc player in which a servo-driven carriage supporting a pickup arm assembly via a block mounted thereon is movable along a linear path substantially normal to an imaginary radial line of a disc turntable, the level of the block being adjustable as req... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4138121 | Tone arm assembly A tone arm assembly for record players having a first motor for rotating a tone arm in the vertical direction, a second motor for rotating the tone arm in the horizontal direction with respect to a record disc, respectively, a detector for detecting low f... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4111433 | Tone arm control system The cantilevered stylus is provided with transducers capable of sensing the subsonic spectrum and a constant deflection of the stylus in the horizontal as well as in the vertical plane to provide control voltages for powering a vertical torquer and a hori... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4083565 | Device for correcting offset angle of pickup arm in tracking pickup apparatus In a linear tracking pickup apparatus of a record player, a video disc player and the like wherein a pickup arm is swingably and pivotally supported on a gimbal support mechanism, a device for detecting an offset angle of the pickup arm comprising: a ligh... | 04/11/1978 |
