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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7755882 | Housing assembly and method of assembling the assembly A housing assembly includes a base body. The base body includes a plate having a mounting side, and a cover member. An opening is defined in the plate, the opening has a first end portion adjacent to the mounting side and an opposite second end portion communicating... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7650610 | Recording medium driver and recorder/reproducer A detection hole 34 is provided in a tray 30, on which a cartridge type recording medium is mounted and housed, at a position corresponding to an information hole of a cartridge, a detection lever 35 is provided on a back surface of the tray ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7461387 | Disk device A disk device includes a traverse chassis (20) that supports a turn table (30) or the like, and a main chassis (10) that rotatably supports the traverse chassis (10). The traverse chassis (20) has two coaxial bosses (21a,... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451464 | Disk player having damping unit for lifting unit A disk player has a tray capable of moving in and out of a player body. A driving unit moves the tray. A lift unit selectively engages or disengages the driving unit and raises a turntable receiving a disk loaded by the tray thereon. A spindle motor rotates the turn... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7426741 | Disk device with improved PC board mounting A primary printed circuit board (PPCB) is put on a plurality of leg rods integrally protruding from a bottom plate portion, a central insertion hole, which is one of the three insertion holes formed in the three corners of the PPCB, is engaged with an engaging pin i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424725 | Optical disk player An optical disk player with improved opening and closing of a door, transport of a tray, and an improved pivoting structure of a chassis to pivot a turntable. The optical disk player includes: a body; a tray to move in and out of the body so as to transport an optic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7398539 | Height-variable type turntable assembly and optical disk device including the same The present invention relates generally to a turntable assembly for optical disks and, more particularly, to a height-variable type turntable assembly, which can adjust the height of a turntable to adjust the working distance between an object lens and an optical di... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395542 | Disk apparatus A disk apparatus, in which, when a tray is forcibly pushed into a case in the rearward direction with a driving chassis stopped in a downwardly moved state by turning off a power source, the tray returns to the interior of the case. In the disk apparatus, projection... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363635 | Disk drive A long aperture extending along the forward and backward movement direction is formed on each of the brackets, each of the supporting shafts is movably inserted into each of the long apertures, a spring shaft in parallel with one of the supporting shafts is protrude... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360224 | Springing device which facilitates opening and closing the aperture of an optical disc drive A springing device including a moveable piece and an elastic object is provided. The moveable piece is disposed between the aperture and the tray and is able to swing. The first end of the moveable piece is pivotally connected to the internal of the casing and the p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350217 | Method for loading and unloading disk-shaped recording medium and disk drive device A disk drive device is arranged so as to swing a traversing mechanism which has an optical pickup and a spindle motor mounted thereon. In a shift mechanism of the optical pickup, its outer end in the radial direction of the optical disk is provided to extend beyond ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334239 | Optical disc apparatus In an optical disc apparatus, a harsh blow sound due to collision of first stoppers of a tray and third stoppers of a main chassis when the tray reaches to a terminal position of drawing thereof is reduced. When a second stopper of the tray contacts with the front e... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7282884 | Procedure for driving a moveable part of an item of furniture A method of driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit. At least over a partial length of track (S2), forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part, the force exerted on... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7234150 | Method and apparatus for controlling a disk drive When an action for turning off the power of a host computer is performed, the host computer transmits control information to a disk drive to the effect that chucking should be canceled. Accordingly, the disk drive cancels chucking of a disk and transmits information... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224549 | Apparatus for positioning a data storage device An apparatus for positioning a data storage cartridge. The apparatus includes a shuttle, a frame, and a lift mechanism. The shuttle is adapted to receive the data storage cartridge. The frame is adapted to receive the shuttle and has a stop. The lift mechanism is co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219357 | Disk apparatus A disk apparatus includes a head that reads information from a disk, a guiding rod that movably supports and guides the head, and a height adjustment portion that is rotatably formed on a base for adjusting the height of the guiding rod, wherein the height adjustmen... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7120918 | Disk recording and playback device in which the disk is held vertically in the device A holder, into which a disk is inserted from above and having an opening in its lower portion, is provided in the interior of a panel whose lower end is supported pivotably on a chassis. The panel is provided so as to translatable between a first position in which w... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100175 | Disk apparatus with plate trigger cam-engaged with cam slider and pickup unit and tooth-engaged with motor gear assembly A disk apparatus includes a chassis fixed to an apparatus body, a drive unit being ascendable or descendable with respect to the chassis through a plurality of gears by driving a motor, a pickup unit provided with an optical pickup that is movable by driving the mot... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7093269 | Disk drive with hook disposed on clamp arm and/or playback base engaging groove formed in fixed base When a disk (1) is placed at a playback position, a clamp arm (15) clamps the disk (1). The clamp arm (15) has an engagement hook (16) for engaging with an engagement groove (12) of a fixed base (11) when the clamp ar... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086068 | Optical disc apparatus which determines tray movement speeds In an optical disc apparatus, a loading operation and an unloading operation are performed a plurality of times while changing the movement speed of a tray. A movement speed of the tray at which a shock that is produced during a movement of the tray is smaller than ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7020883 | Loading mechanism of disk player A disk loading mechanism has a turntable. A turntable 36 itself is fixed in external dimensions of a brushless spindle motor, and a chucking face relevant to a disk 11 is precisely placed on a turntable base 46 with a predetermined height. On th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013470 | Disk recording-and-reproducing device having openable lid provided with disk holder A disk recording-and-reproducing device includes a box-like casing and a lid hinged to the casing to rotate about its pivot for opening and closing the casing. The lid has a disk holder and a swingable L-shaped lever both fixed to its rear side. The swingable lever ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6912723 | Disc drive for playing information recorded on an optical disc A disc drive includes a main body, a disc tray movable with respect to the main body between a loading position for loading an optical disc and an eject position, and a chassis on which a rotational drive mechanism for rotating a loaded optical disc is provided. The... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907612 | Disc device By a disk device including: a reproducing base which is supported pivotally and enably to swing on a base, and on which a turntable is set; a supporting member which is supported pivotally and enably to swing on the base and which supports the reproducing base in a ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6880159 | Disc driving apparatus A disc driving apparatus comprises a turntable, a clamping member and a cam mechanism. A disc is to be placed on the turntable. The clamping member holds the disc between the turntable and the clamping member with a magnetic attracting force. The cam mechanism cause... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868546 | Disk device A disk device for playing back information recorded on an optical disk, includes a device body; a disk tray, moving in the device body between a charging position, into which the optical disk is charged, and a discharging position from which the optical disk is disc... | 03/15/2005 |
| 5781523 | Disk reproducing apparatus capable of taking multi-inclined postures A disk reproducing apparatus comprise a main body of a stock portion in which a plurality of disks are stored in a laminar form, the body being arranged within a casing un-removably from the casing under a normal use state, and a drawer having a disk moun... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5742571 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus A tray supported by the apparatus body housing the disk rotating mechanism so as to be able to be moved between the position projected from the apparatus body and the housing position in the apparatus body through the opening portion provided through the ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5610889 | Information processing apparatus An optical disk apparatuses includes a turntable with a bearing surface, and a spindle motor for rotating the turntable. The spindle shaft has a cylindrical first shaft having an upper end flush with the bearing surface, and a second shaft having an upper... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5608705 | Disk loading apparatus with rotationally engaging disk table A disk table engages a disk by raising and lowering a movable base that is rotationally connected to a stationary base. The movable base is raised and lowered by raising and lowering a rotatable member which is rotatably connected to the stationary base, ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5265083 | Portable disc player A portable disc player has a casing. In the casing, there are enclosed: disc rotation driving means for rotating an optical disc; an optical head which is arranged so as to be movable in the radial direction of the optical disc; a signal processing sectio... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5172361 | Disc loading apparatus An optical disc player having a disc tray on which an optical disc is loaded and which is supported by a first chassis so that it can be freely moved between a disc loading position and a disc reproducting position, a second chassis to which a disc rotati... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5016236 | Disc loading apparatus for a vertical type compact disc player A disc loading apparatus for a compact disc player capable of loading compatibly the 8 cm compact disc and 12 cm compact disc safely and conveniently without any worry for mistaking to accord the center of disc with that of turn table. The invention is co... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4654840 | Front-loading disc player with a horizontally disposed disc supporting member and a swingable turntable and pick-up unit A front-loading disc player of improved construction, having a disc supporting member which is mounted in a housing to be slidable between an externally protruding position for loading or unloading a recording disc and a position contained within the hous... | 03/31/1987 |
