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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7342745 | Cartridge carrier A cartridge carrier has a base having a recessed plate, a top surface, and a bottom surface, an interposer board coupled to the base at the top surface, a motorized eject mechanism coupled to the interposer board and the base, a slider plate coupled to the base at t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322036 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A structure on a base plate is simplified, and the thickness of the structure on the base plate is reduced. A disk transfer mechanism includes a housing having a disk slot. A disk is inserted from the disk slot between a base plate and a top panel of the housing. A ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7111308 | Protection method for manual ejection operation of optical disk drive A protection method for manual ejection operation of optical disk drive is proposed. In the present method, a locked state is set when the optical disk drive is in normal rotation. The load-sensing switch would turn to the on position (stage) when the optical disk i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089573 | Information recording/reading apparatus An information recording and/or reading apparatus has a base plate, a spindle motor for rotating a disk by the output shaft perpendicular to the base plate, a rotary alignment control device for determining the rotation position of a recording/reading head of a head... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7035109 | Recording media unit A recording media unit is provided that includes a slot through which a recording media is inserted into and ejected out of the recording media unit, a recording media holder, movably attached inside the recording media unit, for supporting a recording media, and a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023116 | Small brushless motor A brushless motor includes a highly reliable thrust-receiving member that simplifies the machining and assembling of parts and prevents deformation of the bearing and leakage of lubricating oil. A stator base has a cylindrical portion serving as a base portion of a ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016802 | Photocontrol devices having flexible mounted photosensors and methods of calibrating the same Methods for calibrating a photocontrol device having at least one flexible mounting leg mounting the photosensor to a circuit board and being electrically coupled to activate a switching device and calibrated photocontrol devices are provided. A photocontrol device ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007996 | Lock of information reproducer for car In a lock of information reproducer for car, when a passenger or a driver stays in a car, in more detail, only when a car key is inserted into a car key holder (power of the car is ON), an information reproducer can be detached from a contact support unit, when the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6963149 | Radial winding stator structure for single phase motor A radial winding stator structure for a single phase motor is composed of plural silicon steel sheets that are stacked together and have the same structure. Each of the silicon steel sheets includes a hub and six poles. Each pole is radially extended from a circumfe... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954017 | Motor A motor of this invention is provided with a sleeve-type bearing impregnated with oil for supporting a rotor assembly including a shaft and a rotor member. A lower face of the rotor is provided with at least two peripheral wall portions, an inner peripheral wall por... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6943984 | Magnetic disc apparatus having stator structure with reduced distortion An object of the invention is to inhibit a turning force of a magnetic disc apparatus from being reduced. In order to achieve the object, there is provided a magnetic disc apparatus having a rotor to which a magnetic disc fixed, and a stator which is filled with a r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919657 | Combination structure of a motor A combination structure of a motor has a base board, a printed circuit board and at least one sensing unit. The base board is used for placing a stator and a rotor and has at least one first assembly hole. The printed circuit board is connected to the base board and... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912720 | Disk device A disk device in which a precut portion of sub cam plate and a protruding portion of locking plate are made in a slanted shape and at the same time the sub cam plate is rotated by a pressure when the protruding portion is inserted into the precut portion. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6844642 | Spindle motor for hard disc drive with static charge discharging A spindle motor for a hard disc drive including a motor base having a shaft, a rotor hub rotationally mounted on the shaft and loaded with an information recording disc, a ball bearing attached to an inner center side of the rotor hub for rotationally fixing the rot... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6815852 | Adjusting device for a disk tray for an optical disk drive motor An optical disk drive motor includes a rotor and a disk tray. At least one adjusting member is provided between the rotor and the disk tray. The adjusting member is adjustable to adjust a pressing force exerted on one of the rotor and the disk tray, thereby keeping ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6798600 | Recording medium reproducing apparatus with retractable lid covering medium insertion port A recording medium reproducing apparatus includes a mechanical deck, a lid body, a first moving member, a second moving member, and a synchronization member. The mechanical deck has one end turnably supported by a chassis and the other end having a recording medium ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6700241 | Positioning device for prestressing magnet of spindle motor A positioning device for a prestressing magnet of a spindle motor includes a stator, a positing member, a prestressing magnet, a rotor and a metal casing. Combined with the prestressing magnet, the positioning member is fittingly secured to a generally ax... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6590736 | Tape or disc record player equipped with standby power-saving means Disclosed is an improvement in a record player for turning the information stored on a cassette tape or a compact disc back into the original forms including a recording medium loading mechanism and an associated loading motor. It comprises means responsi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6246137 | Spindle motor The object of the present invention is to provide a spindle motor of high accuracy of rotation irrespective of the temperature differential for driving the hard disk or disks of the hard disk drive device. A spindle motor including a shaft secured on a base to... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6204588 | Rotor capable of being used as a recording media An electric motor having a pancake construction stator and rotor poles that are formed by photolithography. The stator and rotor can be formed from an amorphous material, thereby reducing grain boundaries and allowing smaller poles to be etched. The numbe... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6137762 | Disk device with improved movement mechanism A holder holds a disk, and two reversely moving members, being engaged with the holder, either lower or lift the holder as a result of being moved along reverse directions respectively. A linking member links the two reversely moving members, the linking ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6094047 | Method and apparatus for balancing rotating components of a spinstand of a magnetic head and disk tester An apparatus for balancing the spinstand of a magnetic head and disk testing system includes a base that rotationally supports a rotating spindle. The spindle supports a pack of disks and a slide moveable along guide rails of the spinstand. The slide, in ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5970036 | Automatic disc playback apparatus A sub tray selector is provided in a casing and rotatable so as to adjust a selecting position in accordance with the height of a designated sub tray. The sub tray selector is capable of retaining the designated sub tray and any other sub trays stacked th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5969449 | Rotary machine of inner rotor type A miniature inner rotor type of rotary machine having a high durability and anti-vibration property, includes a double row bearing apparatus (2) and comprises a stepped shaft (10). The shaft has a larger diameter shaft portion (10a) around which an inner ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5959956 | Loading drive mechanism for disk drive A drive unit including a motor, a reduction gear train, and a drive pinion drives a rack attached to a sliding member having cams formed therein. The cams move a cartridge holder to transport a disk to a loading position. One of the drive unit or a portio... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5952753 | Motor The object of the present invention is to provide a vibration-proof miniature motor of high endurance including a compact enough double row bearing apparatus having a shaft of sufficient mechanical rigidity. In accordance with the present invention, a motor co... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5847901 | Apparatus for removing a plate holder from and/or returning it to an exchangeable magazine An apparatus for removing a plate holder from and/or returning it to an exchangeable magazine with at least one plate holder in which plate-shaped objects are deposited one in each. One side of the plate holders provided with a rack engaged by a feed gear... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5841752 | Disc drive unit A disc drive unit for driving a disc recording medium such as a magneto-optical disc accommodated in a disc cassette, comprises a chassis, a cassette holder having a pair of wall sections and moveable up and down between upper and lower positions with res... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5815470 | Disc drive unit A disc drive unit for a magneto-optical disc accommodated in a disc cassette, comprises a magnetic head for applying a magnetic field to the magneto-optical disc, a magnetic head moving mechanism for moving the magnetic head between a loading and unloadin... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5801505 | Disk drive stiction release system A disk drive including firmware for overcoming stiction and breaking free the heads of a disk drive which may adhere to the disk surface when the disk is at rest. Upon start-up of the disk drive, if stiction at the head/disk interface occurs, the voltage ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5798997 | Import/export element for data storage library An improved import/export element for a data media storage library for inserting data media into the data media storage library and removing data media from the data media storage library consists of an import/export element base, an import/export element... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5796193 | Disk driving motor A rotor is formed by a rotary frame 3 composed of a nonmagnetic material, a field magnet 5, a yoke 4 and an auxiliary yoke 7. A disk 12 is mounted on the rotary frame 3. An opening 4b is formed in the yoke 4 to thereby cause attractive magnetic flux from ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5757583 | Disc drive having automatic clamp and disc ejection arrangements A disc drive for use with a disc-shaped recording medium, includes a disc driving mechanism for driving the recording medium mounted on a disc mounting surface thereof and a clamping mechanism for clamping the recording medium on the disc mounting surface... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5748596 | Disk changer/player with disk-edge guide and transfer mechanism A disk changer employs two disk guides that support a disk by its edge. A first guide has a revolving belt that frictionally engages the disk edge to roll it on a second guide. The edge fits into a channel of the second guide. The channel's access is defi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5739992 | Multiple disc cartridge disc magazine A recording/reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of toroidally arranged housing sections housing a plurality of disc cartridges in a stacked condition. Each housing section has apertures on its opposite lateral sides for taking out or housing the di... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737185 | Latch and ejection mechanism for portable hard drive An apparatus for holding a portable hard disk drive in a desk-top personal computer (PC) has a bay that fits into the 3.5" form-factor cavity which is formed in most IBM.RTM.-compatible PCs. The portable hard disk drive is disposed in a protective sleeve.... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5673244 | Disk loading and magnetic head lifting mechanism using a single power source for a minidisk player A minidisk player for performing the operations of inserting and loading a disk cartridge and ascending and descending a magnetic head using a single power source (motor) is provided. A driving plate member slidably moves in the front and rear directions ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5640288 | Multiple disc cartridge recorder/player having toroidally arranged disc cartridge housing sections A recording/reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of toroidally arranged housing sections housing a plurality of disc cartridges in a stacked condition. Each housing section has apertures on its opposite lateral sides for taking out or housing the di... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5612927 | Motorized latch and ejection mechanism for portable hard drive An apparatus for holding a portable hard disk drive in a desk-top personal computer (PC) has a bay that fits into the 3.5" form-factor cavity which is formed in most IBMR -compatible PCs. The portable hard disk drive is disposed in a protective... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5583710 | Disk drive having an automatic spindle motor loading mechanism A disk drive for writing and reading data to and from a disk contained in a cartridge which is inserted through an opening into the disk drive comprises a motor ring rotatably mounted in the disk drive and a spindle motor for rotating the disk. The spindl... | 12/10/1996 |
