Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kajiya

Atsushi Kajiya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7774804
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a tray 20 being provided to be movable between a first position where an optical disc can be loaded therein and a second position where information is readout from said optical disc loaded; and a housing 10 supporting said tray to be slidable, and including an electronic circuit board in a part thereof, wherein the tray mounts thereon various kinds of parts including a pickup 30, a disc motor 31, and a control portion for controlling them, and is electrically connected between the electronic circuit board of the housing through a flexible cable, which is provided under condition of being bent within the housing, wherein a reinforcing sheet shaped 50 into waveform at the end portion thereof for dispersing the stresses is adhered in a part of a bent region of the flexible cable, which moves accompanying with movement of the tray when the tray moves between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., NOK Corporaiton
    Inventors: Hideyuki Onuma, Kuniyuki Kimura, Atsushi Kajiya, Kenya Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20090044206
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a tray 20 being provided to be movable between a first position where an optical disc can be loaded therein and a second position where information is readout from said optical disc loaded; and a housing 10 supporting said tray to be slidable, and including an electronic circuit board in a part thereof, wherein the tray mounts thereon various kinds of parts including a pickup 30, a disc motor 31, and a control portion for controlling them, and is electrically connected between the electronic circuit board of the housing through a flexible cable, which is provided under condition of being bent within the housing, wherein a reinforcing sheet shaped 50 into waveform at the end portion thereof for dispersing the stresses is adhered in a part of a bent region of the flexible cable, which moves accompanying with movement of the tray when the tray moves between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Hideyuki Onuma, Kuniyuki Kimura, Atsushi Kajiya, Kenya Tanimoto
  • Patent number: D656111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajiya, Hidekazu Yoshihara
  • Patent number: D656112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajiya, Hidekazu Yoshihara