Abstract: A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material molded to provide details to accept audio devices and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips.

Abstract: A disc device which takes out a disc stored in a magazine and conveys the disc to any disc drive, in which the magazine comprises a tray which stores a plurality of discs, and a case which has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and which stores the tray. The case has an opening at front face into which the tray can be inserted into or taken out therefrom. The tray has an outer shape being substantially rectangular in planar view. The tray is provided with cut portions formed at corner portions positioned on the back side of the case being cut off. The disc device further comprises a picker which holds the tray and draws out the tray from the case. The picker rotates the tray when the cut portion passes through the opening.

Abstract: A disc device which takes out a disc stored in a magazine and conveys the disc to any disc drive, in which the magazine comprises a tray which stores a plurality of discs, and a case which has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and which stores the tray. The case has an opening at front face into which the tray can be inserted into or taken out therefrom. The tray has an outer shape being substantially rectangular in planar view. The tray is provided with cut portions formed at corner portions positioned on the back side of the case being cut off. The disc device further comprises a picker which holds the tray and draws out the tray from the case. The picker rotates the tray when the cut portion passes through the opening.

Abstract: A digital video disc player includes a housing, a shaft rotatably arranged in the housing, a rotary support accommodated in the housing and fixed to the shaft, a plurality of trays arranged on the rotary support, each of the trays supporting a digital video disc and a driving bar movably connected to the housing, the driving bar driving the shaft to revolve, thereby causing the trays to rotate together with the rotary support. User needs only to push the driving bar to switch the positions of the discs instead of opening the tray to replace new disc.

Abstract: A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides EMC, RFI, BCI and ESD shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The PCB architecture is bifurcated into a first board carrying common circuit components in a surface mount configuration suitable for high volume production, and a second board carrying application specific circuit components in a wave soldered stick mount configuration.

Abstract: An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes a body installed at a wall or other mounting apparatus, and an optical disc drive protruding from the body such that an optical disc is inserted into the optical disc drive. The optical disc drive is rotatably installed to the body to protrude forward from the body, so that the optical disc reproducing apparatus is installed regardless of positions of a wall-mount television installed above the optical disc reproducing apparatus.

Abstract: An optical disk drive includes a bracket, and a mecha module installed on the bracket. The mecha module includes a mounting plate fixed on the bracket, an optical pick-up head installed on the mounting plate in a slidable manner for reading or writing data in an optical disk, and a spindle motor installed on the mounting plate for rotating the optical disk. The optical disk drive further includes a rotary mechanism connected to the bracket and a base for driving the bracket to rotate into or out of an opening on a housing relative to the base.

Abstract: A transfer mechanism includes: a tray that includes a placement surface section on which a recording medium is placed, and retention means for keeping hold of the recording medium placed on the placement surface section, and is moved and rotated across an insertion/removal position at which the tray is faced toward the outside of a device body with the placement surface section being substantially horizontal and a recording/reproduction position at which the tray is housed in the device body with the placement surface section being substantially vertical; a clamp member that is supported inside of the device body to allow a main surface section thereof to move and rotate across a substantially-horizontal direction and a substantially-vertical direction, and clamps, with a support mechanism, the recording medium moved and rotated to the recording/reproduction position; and a movement mechanism that moves the tray.

Abstract: To provide a disk drive capable of being prevented from rattling due to vibrations by a motor or eccentricity of a disk, support arms formed at both sides of a U-shaped traverse holder of a traverse unit have ribs protruding therefrom. Shaft portions protrude outward from front ends of the arms while bearing portions are provided on sidewalls of a chassis. The bearing portion has an axial hole formed in the side wall and a flexibly deformable, resilient arm extending forward spaced from the sidewall by a given distance, the axial hole having a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion being smaller in height than the rear portion, and the height of the front portion of the axial hole being slightly larger than outside diameter of the shaft portions. The shaft portions are fitted in the axial holes. The ribs are squeezed within the resilient arms.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first body, a second body, a pivot set for hinging the second body to the first body and a torsion spring. The pivot set includes a pivot seat and a pivot extending from the pivot seat. The pivot seat is detachably secured to the first body. The pivot rotatably extends into the second body. The torsion spring includes a fixing end thereof fixed to the second body, and a sliding end thereof slidably pressing against the first body.

Abstract: An information recording/reproducing device is provided with a tray (3) having holders (2, 4) for holding a disc (9) on a disc placing part(11) by permitting the disc to overhang on a part of the disc placing part (11) in a vertically laid status. The information recording/reproducing device is provided with a means for detecting an abnormally mounted status, wherein the disc (9) is placed on the disc placing part (11) through the holding holders (2, 4), by comparing a number of rotations or load torque measured at a prescribed time after a rotating means (8) is started, a measured time required for the number of rotations to reach a fixed number of rotations or a drive current measured when the number of rotations became the prescribed umber of rotations, with a previously stored threshold value. Thus, detection of the abnormally mounted status can be completed for the disc prior to starting recording or reproducing operation.

Abstract: A disk tray includes a storage concave portion that is to store a disk-shaped recording medium. The disk tray is supported by a carrying mechanism to thereby be carried from an opening portion provided to a front face of an apparatus main body (main body of an apparatus for storing the disk tray) over a range between the inside and outside of the apparatus main body, the disk tray comprising. The disk tray further includes a buffer material provided on a peripheral surface of the storage concave portion that stores the disk-shaped recording medium. Thereby, the disk-shaped recording medium, such as an optical disk, is restrained from being crushed even when being rotationally driven at high speed.

Abstract: An optical disc device is provided with a tray for mounting a disc or a cartridge thereon, a chassis that is laid out under the tray, and a top plate that is laid out above the tray. The optical disc device comprises two types of holding mechanisms that form either a single disc mounting space or a cartridge mounting space according to a shape of a single disc or a cartridge to be mounted in the tray, and hold the single disc or the cartridge in the respective mounting space.

Abstract: A disc drive device able to increase the number of plastic flexible cantilever beams and improve a centering holding function of a disc to enable handling of high speed revolution, that is, a disc drive device having a plastic turntable mounted on a shaft of a spindle motor, wherein this turntable has a disc hole engagement projection provided with a ring-shaped projection and a plurality of centering portions which extend from this ring-shaped projection outwardly in a diametrical direction and have guide surfaces from which an edge of a disc hole easily slides off, a disc carrying portion formed connected to an outer circumference side of this disc hole engagement projection and receiving one surface of the disc, through holes formed defined between adjoining centering portions, and flexible cantilever beams extending in the through holes from the ring-shaped projection outward in the diametrical direction and having front end portions resiliently contacting a hole wall of the disc hole, two or more flexibl

Abstract: Device for scanning a disc-shaped data carrier, comprising a transport system for transporting the data carrier. In the case of a device (1) for scanning a disc-shaped data carrier (2), with a pivotable data carrier plate (4), which features a receptacle for the data carrier (2), said data carrier (2) is to be able to be moved between the inlay position and the scanning position, which is at a higher level than the inlay position, by means of a combined sliding and swivel action, in order to minimize the design height of the device (1) with an adjustably held transport system (5) for moving the data carrier (2) between an inlay position and a scanning position, in which scanning position the data carrier (2) is located on the data carrier plate (4) for scanning, and with a guide device, such as a lever (9) or sliding blocks (17, 18).

Abstract: A disk recorder/player (1) including a skew adjusting means of a thin design is provided which includes a base (101), a disk rotation driving mechanism (102) for an optical disk (4), an optical pickup (103), first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to support the optical pickup (103) at opposite ends of the latter, an optical pickup moving means (104) guided by the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in moving the optical pickup (103) radially of the optical disk (4), an elastic member (126) put in contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) to force the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction generally perpendicular to the main side of the optical disk (4), an adjusting screw (127) put into contact with the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) from the opposite side of the elastic member (126) to move the first and second guide shafts (105, 106) in a direction opposite to the direction of forcing by the elastic member (126), and a skew adjusting means (109) which adjust

Abstract: A disk drive unit having a disk loading mechanism, for use in a mobile device. The loading mechanism is arranged for receiving a disk (A) through an opening in a housing of the device and bringing it into engagement with the disk drive, and vice versa. It comprises a tray (8) which is movable with respect to the housing and the disk drive between a first position for receiving a disk and a second position covering the opening and allowing the disk drive to engage the disk. The tray is rotatable about an axis (10) which substantially coincides with the drive axis (11) when in its driving position. This arrangement results in a slot loader having a tray which will hardly project outside the housing, resulting in a robust loading mechanism.

Abstract: 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 protective member, having a silhouette that is smaller than the area of the optical disc, is movably coupled to the housing between a first position that aligns the protective member to prevent extraneous emission of light from the scan head, and a second position that enables access to mount the optical disc on the spindle. The apparatus may be an audio CD player. The rotating optical disc may be positioned to extend beyond the surface of the housing. A spring disposed between the housing and the protective member, where the spring operates to close the protective member.

Abstract: An optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus (100) includes a first case (110), a base (130), and a main body (140). The first case includes a supporting device (116) with a hole (118) defined therein, and a disk clamper (10). The main body is accommodated in the base, and includes a spindle motor (142) and a turntable (148). A magnetic element (149) is positioned on the turntable. The disk clamper includes a clamping body (12), a magnet (14), and a clip (16). The clamping body and the clip are respectively positioned on lower and upper sides of the supporting device, and fixed together through the hole. The magnet is sandwiched between the clamping body and the clip. In use, because of attraction of the magnet and the magnetic element, opposite sides of an optical disk (220) are respectively clamped by the clamping body and the turntable.

Abstract: 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 with the panel closed from an open position the holder comes into contact with the chassis and a center hole in the disk is brought near the fore-end of a turntable, and a second position in which with the panel further closed from the first position with the holder being in contact with the chassis, the disk is fitted onto the turntable. The stop is supported pivotably on the panel, and its free-end enters a lower portion of the holder so as to receive the disk. The chassis is provided with a protuberance for pivoting the stop in a direction in which, in association with the panel pivoting from the first position to the second position, that the stop comes out of abutment with the disk.

Abstract: An optical disk reproducing apparatus of a front loading type including an optical disk insertion assembly, which has a disk insertion port into which optical disks such as CDs and DVDs are inserted, and a disk transfer assembly which transfers the optical disks to the reproduction mechanism where the disks are reproduced. The optical disk insertion assembly and the disk transfer assembly are caused to slide forward so as to project out from the front surface of the reproducing apparatus and then caused to pivot to a position where the disk insertion port is outside the front surface of the reproducing apparatus so as to be directly observed when optical disks are inserted and removed.

Abstract: A disk apparatus has a tilting mechanism including an insulating resin cap that is attached in such a way as to cover an end portion of a metallic shaft and that has insulation performance, a metallic adjusting screw attached to a chassis in such a way as to abut against a bottom surface of the insulating cap attached to the shaft for moving the end portion of the shaft in an upward/downward direction, a resin shaft receiving pedestal that is attached to the chassis and that supports the end portion of the shaft movably in an upward/downward direction, and a metallic leaf spring that is attached to the shaft receiving pedestal, that abuts against an upper surface of the insulating cap attached to the shaft and that pushes the insulating cap in such a way as to press the insulating cap attached to the shaft against the adjusting screw.

Abstract: An optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus (100) includes a first case (110), a base (130), and a main body (140). The first case includes a supporting means (116) with a hole (118) defined therein, and a disk damper (10). The main body is accommodated in the base, and includes a spindle motor (142) and a turntable (148). A magnetic element (149) is positioned on the turntable. The disk damper includes a clamping body (12), a magnet (14), and a clip (16). The clamping body and the clip are respectively positioned on lower and upper sides of the supporting means, and fixed together through the hole. The magnet is sandwiched between the clamping body and the clip. In use, because of attraction of the magnet and the magnetic element, opposite sides of an optical disk (220) are respectively clamped by the clamping body and the turntable.

Abstract: 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 insertion port. The lid body is movable between a lid close position and a lid open position. The first moving member turns the mechanical deck between a reproducing position and an ejection position. The second moving member moves the lid body from the lid close position to the lid open position. The synchronization member controls the first and second moving members in synchronization with each other such that the lid body is moved inside the housing by the second moving member and the mechanical deck is turned to the ejection position by the first moving member to allow the recording medium insertion port to be directed outwardly.

Abstract: 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 with the panel closed from an open position the holder comes into contact with the chassis and a center hole in the disk is brought near the fore-end of a turntable, and a second position in which with the panel further closed from the first position with the holder being in contact with the chassis, the disk is fitted onto the turntable. The stop is supported pivotably on the panel, and its free-end enters a lower portion of the holder so as to receive the disk. The chassis is provided with a protuberance for pivoting the stop in a direction in which, in association with the panel pivoting from the first position to the second position, that the stop comes out of abutment with the disk.

Abstract: A disk loading apparatus is provided for a disk drive. The disk loading apparatus includes a tray rotated with respect to a main base to perform disk loading and unloading operations. The tray is provided with a center of rotation at one side of the main body. A driving motor for driving the tray is provided on one side of the main base, and power from the driving motor is transmitted through a power transmission unit to rack gear formed on a bottom surface of the tray. The rack gear is in the form of an arc with a predetermined radius of curvature. With a disk loading apparatus so constructed, the size of the tray can be minimized and the disk drive as a whole can be miniaturized.

Abstract: A disk loading apparatus is provided for a disk drive. The disk loading apparatus includes a tray rotated with respect to a main base to perform disk loading and unloading operations. The tray is provided with a center of rotation at one side of the main body. A driving motor for driving the tray is provided on one side of the main base, and power from the driving motor is transmitted through a power transmission unit to rack gear formed on a bottom surface of the tray. The rack gear is in the form of an arc with a predetermined radius of curvature. With a disk loading apparatus so constructed, the size of the tray can be minimized and the disk drive as a whole can be miniaturized.