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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8060893 | Data storage cartridge with optical waveguide According to the invention, an electronic data storage cartridge for removable coupling to a computing system is disclosed. The electronic data storage cartridge includes a cartridge body, a connector, an optical waveguide, a hard disk drive, and a mechanical write-... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7954116 | Combination compact disk player and jewelry box A combination compact disk player and jewelry box is disclosed having a housing, a compact disk (CD) player internally mounted in the housing with built-in compact disk storage. Mechanism for playing the CDs is provided and at least one slide out drawer is provided ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7882511 | Disk apparatus with a recess on a disk-accommodating portion A disk apparatus is provided that includes an apparatus body including a driving section for rotating a disk, an information reading/writing section, and a control section for controlling the driving section and the information reading/writing section. The disk appa... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882512 | Automatic balancing apparatus, rotating apparatus, disc drive apparatus, balancer, and housing An automatic balancing apparatus is disclosed. The automatic balancing apparatus includes a housing, magnetic fluid, and a plurality of balancers. The housing is rotatable. The magnetic fluid is contained in the housing. Each of the plurality of balancers is movable... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7810109 | Compact disc picker A picker for compact discs is provided on a picker head and includes a finger which pivots relative to the picker head and will move from a retracted position within a guide that enters the opening in a compact disc to an outward extended position. When the finger i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7624406 | Disk-feeding apparatus for information storage disks A disk-feeding apparatus for information storage disks includes a body and a disk-feeding mechanism. The body has a disk-feeding hole. The disk-feeding mechanism is mounted in the body and includes a driving assembly, a transmission member and multiple disk-feeding ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7594239 | Magnetic actuator A magnetic actuator. The magnetic actuator comprises a first magnet, a second magnet, a first yoke, and a first coil. The second magnet is arranged axially with respect to the first magnet with repulsion therebetween. The first yoke is disposed between the first mag... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7587726 | Display with disc player A display has a housing with a front side having a display panel, and an opposing rear side including a recess. A disc player is received in the recess. Hooks and cooperating lips, together with fasteners, connect the disc player to the display. A sector-shaped wind... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584481 | Disc device Without increasing the volume of information device main body, it is possible to arrange two disc devices superimposed in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction in a standardized half-height drive bay, thereby enabling simultaneous drive of a plurality of op... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7540000 | Optical disk presence detection method and apparatus An apparatus, method, and system for an optical disk drive integrating a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader is disclosed herein. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533390 | Electronic apparatus and optical pickup head tilting angle adjusting mechanism thereof An electronic apparatus includes a base, a first adjusting member, a first guide rod, a second guide rod, and an optical pickup head. The first adjusting member has a first supporting part, and a first rotating axis. The first rotating axis is passed through the fir... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7451461 | Laterally expandable modular data storage system A modular data storage system for handling and storing data cartridges comprises a cartridge access device and at least two laterally adjacent modular units. Each of the modular units may comprise a plurality of cartridge receiving devices and a plurality of elongat... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7411793 | Optical disk device An optical disk device of the present invention has a main PC board carrying a semiconductor element and attached at the rear of a drawer to efficiently dissipate a heat generated from the semiconductor element. The drawer is formed of a material having good thermal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398535 | Portable media player The present invention provides a portable media player, such as a portable DVD player. The portable media player has a clamshell type design, including a base portion and an openable cover portion. The openable cover portion includes a display screen, such as an LCD... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7376961 | Contactless power and/or data transmission in an automated data storage library employing segmented coils A contactless power system for an automated data storage library having a plurality of storage shelves for storing data storage cartridges, at least one picker for accessing the data storage cartridges with respect to the storage shelves, and a transport system for ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369406 | Disk array apparatus A disk array apparatus comprises a casing, a disk drive group configured by a plurality of disk drives, a controller unit configured by a plurality of circuit substrates, a plurality of cooling fans, and backflow prevention members. The plurality of cooling fans is ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370339 | Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus has a fixed unit and a collapsible unit which is supported to be expansible and contractible to the fixed unit. A disc drive section is arranged on the fixed unit. The collapsible unit is driven by an expansion/contraction mechanism to expand ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370337 | Internal/external enclosure for computer removable storage medium An internal/external enclosure for computer removable storage medium includes a main body being provided on front and rear sides near at least one lateral end thereof with a slot each, and more than one supporting device separately operatively mounted in the slots. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367034 | Disk drive having mechanism to limit tray position during transfer of tray To provide a disk drive having a mechanism to limit position of a tray while being transferred by a simple configuration, guiding parts each having a guide rib and a supporting portion are provided on at least one outer wall on the side facing inside the chassis, an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363634 | Storage device assembly incorporating ejecting mechanism with safety latch A storage device assembly includes a storage device (40), a cover (30), a button (10) and a bracket (20). The storage device includes a tray (44). The cover defines a button slot (34) and a pair of apertures (38) ther... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346913 | Rack mount type storage unit enabling easy access A support member is designed to move in the longitudinal direction in a rack mount type disk array apparatus. A frame member is attached to the support member for relative rotation around the rotation axis located between the front and rear ends of the frame member ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340755 | Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus having a simple configuration and allowing a user to put a disc into and take it out from the apparatus with ease includes a lid and a tray incorporated into a cabinet of a disc drive, so as to be able to turn and, when the lid is opened or cl... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337451 | Disk drive for reducing noise A disk drive reducing noise, including a disk tray sliding in and out of the disk drive and on which a disk is placed. A disk driving portion rotates the disk at a predetermined speed. A disk chucking apparatus holds the disk on the disk tray. A data recording/repro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334238 | Optical disc device having fixing parts for directly fixing a frame of the optical disk device to an electronic device The present invention includes a frame, an optical pick-up module fixed to the frame and a circuit board forming a control circuit fixed to the frame. The frame has fixing parts to other members. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331053 | Optical disc drive enclosure An optical disc drive enclosure for enclosing an optical disc drive, the optical disc drive enclosure comprises a cover and a panel. The cover comprises a top wall with at least one catch formed on a lower surface of the top wall. The panel is secured to a front of ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315452 | Optical disk device An optical disk device of the present invention has a main PC board carrying a semiconductor element and attached at the rear of a drawer to efficiently dissipate a heat generated from the semiconductor element. The drawer is formed of a material having good thermal... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313800 | Disk centering system A disk centering system includes: a disk mount portion having a disk mount surface on which a disk form recording medium is to be mounted, the disk mount portion being provided with a predetermined reference point; and at least three disk centering portions for pres... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310223 | Electrical connector device for a disc drive An electrical connector device for an enclosure is provided. The electrical connector device includes an outer frame that is configured to at least partially surround an enclosure. The outer frame includes a plurality of mutually coupled sidewalls. The outer frame a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310196 | Parking a transducer responsive to a park signal A disk drive includes a rotatable data storage disk, an interface, a transducer, a write buffer, an actuator, and a controller. The transducer is configured to read and write data on the disk. The interface is configured to receive data with associated write command... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7286903 | Robotic library communication protocol A method and system are disclosed for transmitting data among robots and a controller computer system within an automated robotic library. A robotic library communication protocol is described for communicating among the robotic mechanisms and the controller compute... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287260 | Compact disc reader and method An apparatus for reading an optical disc. The apparatus includes a housing and a spindle positioned to rotatably support the optical disc adjacent to the exterior of the housing. A light emitting scan head is aligned to read the optical disc as it rotates. A protect... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284248 | Optical disc driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284247 | Optical disc driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277272 | Portable DVD player with built-in battery A portable DVD player with a built-in battery located in compartments disposed on opposite sides of the axle on which the DVD is located. The compartments contain the batteries and the closures for the compartments and are secured to the main body to positively loca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278145 | Optical disk driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272011 | Computer enclosure with rotatable cover mounting assembly A mounting assembly for computer cover includes a chassis having a rearwall, a cover mounted to the chassis, a first connecting bar and second connecting bar movably mounted on the rearwall of the chassis and a driving member mounted on the chassis. The cover has tw... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266053 | Tray-out control method for moving out a loading tray of an optical drive The present invention discloses a tray-out control method for moving out a loading tray of an optical drive. A first forcing function is applied to the loading tray to overcome a lesser magnetic attraction when an optical disk is placed on the loading tray. A second... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257823 | Method and apparatus for preventing damage due to media faults in discs spinning at high speeds A system that prevents fragments of a disc from escaping from a drive. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a drive and a fragment barricade affixed within the drive. The fragment barricade is positioned within the drive so as t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254818 | Self aligning disc tray drive A tray is mounted in a framework for sliding between extended and retracted positions, and has a separate drive adjacent each of the opposite sides of the tray. The drives on the opposite sides of the tray are effected through friction clutches so that one of the dr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234148 | Optical disc driving apparatus Herein disclosed is an optical disk driving apparatus for selectively driving a plurality of optical disks, comprising: a housing; and an optical disk driving unit accommodated in the housing, the optical disk driving unit including: a turntable for selectively reta... | 06/19/2007 |
