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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784068 | Disk device A disk transport mechanism in a disk drive is connected with a transmission gear mechanism. A loading motor drives the disk transport mechanism. When the loading motor rotates forwards, an optical disk is carried by the disk transport mechanism to a chuck position. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7496934 | Chassis and cartridge holder with ejection mechanism for ejecting a cartridge from a disk apparatus The present invention provides lock release means that allows spring constant of the lock release means to be set to any desired value without regard to a material used for a cartridge holder. A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: recording and/or ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7418722 | Electrical system with an improved ejecting mechanism An electrical system comprises a module (3), an immovable element (2) defining a space for receiving the module and an ejecting mechanism assembled between the immovable element and the module. The ejecting mechanism comprises a guiding frame (6... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7362564 | Docking assembly for coupling a nonvolatile memory device to an electronic device An apparatus, system, and method for a tray to receive and couple a nonvolatile memory device to an electronic device disposed within a housing, are disclosed herein. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7325242 | Disk apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk apparatus having a function of externally the forcible unloading manipulation of an optical disk, and for enabling the forcible unloading manipulation only on the basis of clear recognition that a user inten... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310805 | Emergency ejection device An emergent disc-ejection device applied in a disc player having a bottom casing and a disc accessing body is provided. The bottom casing has a via hole, while the disc accessing body is disposed on the bottom casing. The emergent disc-ejection device includes a tra... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7180840 | Method for checking disk loading status in optical disk driver A method for checking a disk loading status in an optical disk driver including the steps of: discriminating a loading status of an optical disk during multiple loading stages of the disk; transmitting information to a host connected through an interface to the opti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178154 | Disc drive with carrier completely in the drive in a loading position and protruding out of the drive in an eject position A drive for storage disc which permits a convenient means of loading and unloading the storage disc. The drive includes a loading device for transport of a storage disc into the drive, the loading device including a carrier for accommodating the storage disc. In a l... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7127727 | Tray locking mechanism used in an optical disk drive An optical disk drive includes a main body and a tray. A tray locking mechanism includes a base fixed to the tray, a locking device installed on the base for combining with or separating from a stop pin of the main body, a transmission device installed on the base f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100174 | CD drive which will not damage an optical disk A CD drive includes an upper cover, a disk tray, a clamp, a push piece, and a guiding rod. The upper cover includes a guiding track and the disk tray is installed below the upper cover in a slidable manner. Additionally, the clamp is installed on the upper cover in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7057984 | Recorder apparatus, method, and processing program for recording data from a position continuously succeeding a recorded area A recording apparatus for improving operability of a DVD camcorder, or the like, that performs recording in a video format. When an instruction for starting recording is given at a first time and then an instruction for stopping the recording is given at a second ti... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7023654 | Disk cartridge ejection mechanism and method A disk cartridge ejection mechanism in which a disk cartridge is moved from a loading position where recording and reproducing of information are possible for a medium in the cartridge to a cartridge-removable position where the cartridge can be taken out of an info... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010799 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a holder for holding an inserted recording medium, a recording and/or reproducing section for performing recording on or reproduction from the recording medium, a chassis in which the recording and/or reproducing sec... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003785 | Recording medium driving device A recording medium driving device includes a loading unit with a disc loaded on it, a head movement mechanism for moving the recording head toward and away from the disc, an ejection mechanism for ejecting a loaded disc, a driving gear rotated by a drive motor, a jo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6661602 | Methods and apparatus for transporting data cartridges between adjacent cartridge libraries An apparatus and method for transporting data cartridges between cartridge libraries. A data cartridge is received by a data cartridge transport device, pivoted, and then ejected to a cartridge sleeve of a second cartridge library. In one embodiment, the ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6081494 | Disc recording and reproducing apparatus having a drive mechanism for loading and ejecting a disc cartridge A disc device having a floating base supported by a chassis through a plurality of elastic members, a holder which is supported on the floating base so as to be able to move vertically with respect to the floating base, and into which a disc cartridge is ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5724332 | Disk loading technique permitting loading of both a disk set in a disk loading adaptor and a naked disk A disk loading system includes a disk drive and a disk loading adaptor. The disk loading adaptor is composed of a tray member and a case member, between which is formed an internal space for receiving an information recording disk. The tray member can be ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724331 | Disk drive system having improved cartridge-loading apparatus including direct drive gear train and methods for making and operating same The mechanism for loading and unloading a disk cartridge uses two sliders (one on each side of a base plate), which move in opposite directions under the influence of a tiller. Each slider has a slot to receive one of the two lifting pins provided on the ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5610781 | Interchangeable eject mechanism for use with various disk drive units A disk drive unit has a main body including a loading/ejecting mechanism for loading a recording disk set at an initial position to a loading position and for returning the recording disk from the loading position to the initial position, the loading/ejec... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5490023 | Disk drive apparatus having mechanism for smoothly ejecting disk cartridge A disk drive apparatus includes a cartridge in which a disk for storing information is accommodated, a movable holder in which the cartridge is inserted so that an edge of the cartridge is placed at an inserted position, an ejection member rotatably suppo... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5485330 | Device for loading and ejecting recording medium requiring pushing of recording medium for ejecting the medium A loading mechanism loads a recording medium in response to an inserting operation of the recording medium where the loading mechanism shifts the recording medium from an inserting/ejecting position to a loaded position where data can be recorded on the r... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5471356 | Auto-eject device for disc players having compact twin cam motor unit To promote reduction of the size and thickness of an auto-eject device for a disc player, an auto-eject device for a disc player in which a cassette holder 34 and a slide plate 45 are mounted on a chassis 21 is characterized in that an auto-eject motor is... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5341357 | Optical disc recording apparatus A recording apparatus for an optical disc 101 having ejection inhibiting levers 18, 19 moved at the time of starting the recording mode. These ejection inhibiting levers 18, 19 are retained in the moved position by a locking lever 23 during the recording ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5301179 | Optical disk drive unit with a sealing type bearing member An optical disk drive unit comprising: a sealing enclosure which encloses from exterior the disk cartridge and an access mechanism for the recording medium in the disk cartridge; an input device for inputting an eject command signal; a pin for moving and ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5291356 | Disk storage device having eject member A disk storage device includes a head part for writing data to a storage disk inserted into the device and for reading data from the disk, an eject member which is operated when a disk cartridge containing the disk is ejected, a turntable for rotating and... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5146446 | Disc player having automatic disc ejection, and method of providing same A front loading disc player including two trays that can carry respective discs and having a selectable automatic disc ejection feature. When the automatic ejection mode is selected and scheduled play is completed, there is an interchanging of a playing o... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4736356 | Optical disk drive An optical disk drive of the type adapted to use an optical disk cartridge formed by an optical disk mounted about a hub within an enclosure. When inserted into the optical disk drive, the cartridge is received and supported by a pan. A control handle for... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4724497 | Eject button unit for a disk recording and reproducing device A disk recording and reproducing device includes a chassis, a front panel mounted on a front side of the chassis, a disk holder movably mounted on the chassis for holding an information storage disk, and an eject button unit for operating the disk holder ... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4670802 | System for controlling loading and ejection of recording medium on a disc unit A disc unit for recording or reproducing information on or from a recording/reproducing disc loaded therein, in which the disc, which is inserted into the disc unit through an insertion opening thereof is transferred to its operative position and the load... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4661869 | Disk recording and reproducing device having a disk loading and slide ejector mechanism A disk recording and reproducing device includes a chassis, a disk holder movably mounted on the chassis for holding an information storage disk, an eject lever slidably mounted on the chassis, a side panel mounted on the chassis, an ejector button mounte... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4272083 | Video disc player having record extracting mechanism A record caddy, suitable for use with a video disc player, includes a sleeve and a record retaining spine removably located therein. Disposed on the spine are latch members for releasably locking the spine to the sleeve. Latch defeat fingers, disposed in ... | 06/09/1981 |
