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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185920 | Ejecting mechanism capable of preventing accidental touch and disk drive using the same An ejecting mechanism capable of preventing an accidental touch is disposed in a housing having a tray and used for ejecting the tray out of the housing. The ejecting mechanism includes a tray ejecting button and a front cover. The front cover is disposed at the hou... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8151285 | Optical disk drive with protective structure An optical disk drive includes a cassette mechanism and a protective structure. The protective structure includes a protective member. The protective member includes a protective portion with a passage that can deform to increase the width of the passage when an opt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8122462 | Panel attachment structure for disk tray A panel attachment structure for a disk tray includes an attachment frame, a decoration panel, a spring body, a restricting mechanism and a positioning mechanism. The attachment frame is non-movably coupled to a front end portion of the disk tray. The disk tray is m... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104052 | Slot-in type disk apparatus including a base body and lid forming a chassis sheath provided with a bezel A slot-in type disk apparatus includes a base body and a lid forming a chassis sheath. A front surface of the chassis sheath is provided with a bezel formed with a disk-insertion opening. The bezel includes lid pawls projecting toward the lid from the bezel which is... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8006255 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus, comprising an optical disk drive having an eject button for opening/closing a disk tray and a first controller for controlling the eject button. A tray open/close button controls the disk tray. A second controller controls the disk tray. A m... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996858 | Disk device A disk device includes: a front panel; a bottom chassis, including: a bottom plate, having a first end and a second end; and a side plate, formed on the first end, the side plate formed with a first through hole; a connecting member, having a first wall formed with ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7966629 | Optical disc device An optical disc device includes a conductive member of a bezel assembly with openings formed by a plurality of parting lines, and gaskets are attached to the upper and lower sides of the conductive member using conductive adhesion bond. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945922 | Electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a front panel, a strip-shaped decorative member and a projecting portion. The front panel is provided to the housing. The strip-shaped decorative member has a predetermined width and is arra... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7886315 | Optical disc case, optical disc tray, card member, and manufacturing method An optical disc case, in which an optical disc is stored, wherein a face cover portion and a rear-face cover portion are connected so as to be rotated with the end portion side of each of the principal faces thereof as the center, and are configured so as to form a ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886314 | Disk device, shutter control device, and computer program for shutter opening/closing control To assuredly determine whether a shutter pinches a disk in a disk device including a shutter at a disk insertion slot. A shutter control device 10 includes a pinch determining unit 14 that determines whether the disk is pinched by the shutter based on ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7650614 | Electrical device cabinet An electrical device cabinet includes a cabinet body, a front panel, and a positioning mechanism. The cabinet body has an open front end. The front panel is formed by a resin molding, and is mounted to the front end of the cabinet body. The positioning mechanism inc... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7620963 | Reproducing apparatus A reproducing apparatus, in which a disc insertion slot of car audio equipment can be opened and closed by a shutter member to prevent foreign substances, dust and the like from entering the disc insertion slot and in which a liquid crystal display portion is covere... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7516463 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus comprises an optical disk drive having an eject button for opening/closing a disk tray and a first controller for controlling the eject button. A tray open/close button controls the disk tray. A second controller controls the disk tray. A mec... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7496936 | Disk apparatus In order to alleviate the contact pressure on a contact portion between both surfaces of a disc D and felts 25 in disc ejection, an upper end and a lower end of a slot 3a on the backside of a front bezel 3 are formed with an upper recess ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490336 | Computer and optical drive thereof An electronic apparatus includes an optical drive and a second housing. In this case, the optical drive has a first housing, a circuit board, a first button, and a second button. The circuit board is disposed in the first housing. The first button is disposed on the... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7480923 | Drive bezels for computer storage systems Drive bezels for computer storage systems are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a drive device operable to read and write data on a storage cartridge. A first drive bezel may be provided for the drive device, the first drive bezel fitted with a sensor arm t... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7404198 | Slot-in optical reproducing apparatus with a visualized indicator A visualized indicator is applied to a slot-in optical reproducing apparatus. By providing a display window on the housing of the apparatus and a visualized indicator inside the housing, a first portion or a second portion of the visualized indicator can be alternat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392529 | Optical disc drive An optical disc drive includes an electro-conductive chassis, a tray, a bezel and an electro-conductive sheet. Wherein, the electro-conductive chassis has an opening portion. The tray is disposed inside the electro-conductive chassis for carrying an information stor... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7363636 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus with a disk transport A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a housing with a disk entrance and exit slot into and from which a disk is inserted and ejected, a gate on the housing so as to cover the disk entrance and exit slot, and a disk transport mechanism for transport... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356954 | In-vehicle display apparatus A main unit includes a slider and a guide groove. A display panel includes a slider engaging portion coupled to the slider being guided by the slider and a guide-groove engaging portion slidably engaged with the guide groove being guided by the guide-groove so that ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355930 | Method of opening/closing a disk tray in a disk drive A method for opening/closing a disk tray of a disk drive. The method includes the steps of when a first event occurs, sending a load/unload command to the disk drive, to which the disk drive responds with a second or third event, and resends the load/unload command ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343607 | Driving mechanism of electronic instrument The driving mechanism has an instrument body formed with a recording medium inserting slot for inserting a recording medium into the instrument body. The driving mechanism moves a first operation unit and a second operation unit between a first position for covering... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334237 | Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus according to the present invention has a tray formed of an optically transparent material and has disc receiving portions. The tray is movable in an ejection and a retraction direction with respect to a casing. A light source is mounted inside... | 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 |
| 7290268 | Disc drive apparatus with tray formed of optically transparent material A disc drive apparatus according to the present invention has a tray formed of an optically transparent material and has disc receiving portions. The tray is movable in an ejection and a retraction direction with respect to a casing. A light source is mounted inside... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290269 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A plurality of switches are pressed by a single switch operating member. A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a switch mechanism operable when a pair of turn arms is turned so as to be spread away from each other by a disk inserted from a disk slot. The... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278147 | Front panel for an optical disc drive A front panel (1) for an optical disc drive includes a main body (2) having an aperture (25) and a plurality of first fixing elements (26) adjacent to the aperture, and an operating unit (3) received in the aperture. The operating ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249761 | ATM currency presenter gate arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7193855 | Computer enclosure with fastening device A computer enclosure includes a cage (10), a side panel (20) and a fastening device (100). The fastening device includes a cover (40) attached to the side panel, an actuator (60), a locking member (70), and a coil spring ( | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190640 | Power control for electronic equipment having a plurality of panels provided oppositely backward and forward An electronic equipment having an electronic equipment body, and first and second operation units. The first operation unit includes a display device and a control CPU. The second operation unit includes a display device and a control CPU. The electronic equipment b... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181750 | Disc drive apparatus In a disc drive apparatus, provided in the front face thereof is a changeover switch for changing over settings between a master and a slave in working of disc drive apparatus. Changeover switch is electrically connected to a substrate in the interior thereof by a c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159916 | Vehicle instrument panel assembly A vehicle instrument panel assembly includes a console provided in a center stacking area receiving one or more vehicle components including a media player. A trim bezel configured for use with the one or more vehicle components is secured to the console. An alignme... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159226 | Electronic instrument having first and second operation units An electronic instrument 1 includes an instrument body 2, a first operation unit 3, a second operation unit 4 and a drive mechanism. The first operation unit 3 and the second operation unit 4 are moved over a first position,... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143424 | Multi-media player having a rotatable panel A multi-media player includes a main frame, and a rotatable panel. The rotatable panel includes a mounting plate and a casing. The casing is rotatable between a first position where the back plate of the casing is rested on the front face of the mounting plate and a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124417 | Attaching and detaching mechanism Coupling between a unit main body and a front panel is detachably carried out by catching means and coupling means. The coupling means comprise slide means 33 provided with a slide plate 24 which slides with respect to a bracket hardware 24 embe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123438 | Front panel assembly of disk drive having door locking means and disk drive incorporating the same A disk drive having a body including: a spindle motor for rotating a disk; a pickup unit for accessing the disk; a tray for accommodating the disk, which retracts and extends from the body; and a front panel assembly mounted on the body, which allows the tray to ret... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055159 | Disc reading apparatus with a structure for preventing a cracked from jetting out A disc reading apparatus for preventing a cracked disc from jetting out is provided. The disc reading apparatus includes a disc tray and a housing. The disc tray includes a recess for receiving a disc, and the recess defines a recess flange. The housing includes an ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047539 | Disc drive apparatus and electronic device with indication mechanism using a plurality of light emitting elements A disc drive apparatus using a disc-like recording medium includes a casing, a substrate, two LEDs, a light guiding member, a white print portion, and a motor. The light guiding member is arranged adjacent to the two LEDs on the substrate for guiding light emitted f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7019985 | Electronic device with a variable keyboard An electronic device includes a display and a keyboard having a fixed part and a movable part. The movable part moves between an open position and a closed position. The size of the electronic device remains unchanged when the movable part is in the open and closed ... | 03/28/2006 |
