By Guide Rail Or Rod Patents (Class 720/675)
  • Patent number: 11758062
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a housing, a first sensor configured to detect a user in front of the housing, an illumination light configured to emit light in an illumination direction, and an opening and closing element configured to open and close a portion of the housing. A second sensor is configured to detect the opening and the closing of the opening and closing element. An adjuster is configured to change a detection distance of the first sensor and the illumination direction in conjunction with each other by physical movement. A controller is configured to turn on the illumination light when the opening and closing element is open, and turn off the illumination light when is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Noriyuki Takuwa
  • Patent number: 9218840
    Abstract: An optical disc recording and/or reproducing device comprising a drive for rotating an optical disc around an axis of rotation, a movable optical pickup unit (5) and a frame (1) having at least one guiding rod (4) for guiding a displacement of the optical pickup unit (5) in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The guiding rod (4) is provided with a protrusion (17) for restricting the movement of the optical pickup unit (5) when the guiding rod (4) is in a predetermined rotational position. The guiding rod (4) is rotationally drivable by an electric drive motor in order to move the protrusion (17) for either releasing or blocking the optical pickup unit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antonius van Rooij, Myriam Sabine Josee Splets
  • Patent number: 9129615
    Abstract: Provided is a tilt adjusting apparatus of an optical disc drive for adjusting a tilt of an optical pickup unit. The tilt adjusting apparatus includes an optical pickup unit moving in a radial direction of the disc, along first and second guide shafts. The tilt adjusting unit also includes a fixing support unit that fixes the first guide shaft and an adjustment supporting unit that supports the second guide shaft and enables the height of both ends of the second guide shaft to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
    Inventor: Seong-yeon Park
  • Patent number: 8689245
    Abstract: A feed-screw type optical pick-up device transfer mechanism is provided for transferring an optical pick-up device through a base member coupled to a follower member in a state in which teeth of the follower member are engaged with a screw portion threaded around an external circumference of a driveshaft. The teeth of the follower member include two main teeth relating to the transfer of the optical pick-up device, and at least one subsidiary tooth provided between the two main teeth and not related to the transfer of the optical pick-up device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Fukushima, Kenji Shiomi, Masakazu Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 8555301
    Abstract: An integrated disk driving module is disclosed, the module including a base unit including a spindle motor fixture including an opening-formed upper plate, a lateral surface plate bent from the upper plate to form an accommodation space, and a spindle motor fixture concavely formed from the upper plate toward the accommodation space, wherein the spindle motor fixture is integrally formed with the upper plate; and a spindle motor fixed inside the spindle motor fixture to rotate a disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoeop Yoon, Sejong Kim, Jeongho Lee
  • Patent number: 8516512
    Abstract: A tilt adjusting device for an optical pickup head (OPU) is fixed on a chassis of an optical drive. The device includes a first screw and a secondary guide rail. The secondary guide rail includes a guide rail part, a base part, an extension part, and an elastic element. The guide rail part is embedded into a rail notch of the OPU and the extension part has a first end and a second end connected with the base part and the guide rail part. A first compressible space is defined between the base part, the elastic element and the chassis. The first screw is penetrated through the base part and the first compressible space and screwed in the chassis. By changing a screwed depth of the first screw in a screw hole, an altitude of the guide rail part is correspondingly adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Chuan Lee, Wu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 8505040
    Abstract: An optical disk drive including a case, a traverse, a guide rod, an optical pick-up head and at least a locking member is provided. The traverse is disposed in the case and includes at least a cantilever part and at least a locking hole. The cantilever part protrudes from a carrying surface of the traverse and is integrated with the traverse. The guide rod leans against a bearing end of the cantilever part. The optical pick-up head is slidably disposed on the guide rod. The locking member includes a leaning part and a locking part. The locking part is locked into the locking hole and the leaning part presses an upper side of an end of the guide rod for making the bearing end generate a bending displacement toward the carrying surface through the guide rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: In-Shuen Lee, Hui-Chung Leu, Ming-Chun Tsao
  • Patent number: 8495667
    Abstract: An optical disc recording and/or reproducing device comprising a drive for rotating an optical disc around an axis of rotation, a movable optical pickup unit (5) and a frame (1) having at least one guiding rod (4) for guiding a displacement of the optical pickup unit (5) in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The guiding rod (4) is provided with a protrusion (17) for restricting the movement of the optical pickup unit (5) when the guiding rod (4) is in a is in a predetermined rotational position. The guiding rod (4) is rotationally drivable by an electric drive motor in order to move the protrusion (17) for either releasing or blocking the optical pickup unit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antonius Van Rooij, Myriam Sabine Josee Splets
  • Patent number: 8468553
    Abstract: The optical element adjustment structure is provided with a rotating side including an optical element to be rotationally adjusted, and a non-rotating side where the rotationally adjusted optical element is securely arranged. The rotating side includes a tapered distal end section, and a contact section provided in an end section on a side opposite the distal end section and adapted to be contacted by an adjustment jig. The non-rotating side includes a recessed section for engaging the distal end section. The adjustment jig contacting the contact section is moved, whereby the rotating side rotates, the distal end section engaged in the recessed section being used as a fulcrum, and the optical element is rotationally adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Nishidate
  • Publication number: 20130061255
    Abstract: Provided is a shaft supporting structure, an optical pickup moving structure including the shaft supporting structure, and an optical disc drive. The shaft supporting structure includes a base chassis, a shaft installed on the base chassis, an axis support that supports an end of the shaft, and a rotatable locker for preventing the shaft from being separated from the axis support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Heon-seung Yu, Seong-yeon Park
  • Patent number: 8370866
    Abstract: Provided is a high-accuracy optical pickup supporting device by fixing guide shafts to a chassis by use of adjustment screws accurately. To this end, in the optical pickup supporting device, an end portion of a second guide shaft for supporting an optical pickup device is fixed to the chassis by use of: a coil spring included in an accommodation area of the chassis; and an adjustment screw. In addition, the adjustment screw is screwed to a fixation plate accommodated in an accommodation part of the chassis. Accordingly, a repulsive force produced by the coil spring does not concentrate on any part of the chassis. For this reason, the chassis is prevented from deforming and breaking due to this repulsive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Aoki, Hisayuki Itoh, Hidetoshi Akimoto, Masao Honda
  • Publication number: 20130031572
    Abstract: A tilt adjusting device for an optical pickup head (OPU) is fixed on a chassis of an optical drive. The device includes a first screw and a secondary guide rail. The secondary guide rail includes a guide rail part, a base part, an extension part, and an elastic element. The guide rail part is embedded into a rail notch of the OPU and the extension part has a first end and a second end connected with the base part and the guide rail part. A first compressible space is defined between the base part, the elastic element and the chassis. The first screw is penetrated through the base part and the first compressible space and screwed in the chassis. By changing a screwed depth of the first screw in a screw hole, an altitude of the guide rail part is correspondingly adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Philips & Lite-on Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Chuan Lee, Wu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 8321882
    Abstract: A disk device configured in such a manner that, in addition to tilt adjustment, the adjustment of the distance between a disk and an optical pickup can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Honda, Tetsuya Okubo, Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tomomi Nishikata
  • Patent number: 8245248
    Abstract: There are provided a disk motor arranged on a chassis, an optical pickup that performs recording and reproducing of a signal from an information recorded surface of an optical disk, a pair of guide shafts arranged on the optical pickup to guide the optical pickup radially of the optical disk, adjustment screw that move at least one ends of the guide shafts in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the chassis, a leaf spring arranged on a frame body to bias the one end of the guide shaft toward the surface of the chassis, and the leaf spring includes a support surface that supports the one end of the guide shaft, and a stopper portion projecting from the support surface to define a clearance between the support surface and the surface of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Nozomu Harada, Seiji Hamaie, Shinya Asano
  • Patent number: 8208352
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus comprising: a spindle motor configured to drive a turntable on which an optical disc is loaded to rotate; a first substrate on which a first support member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft of the spindle motor is fixed, and on which a second support member is formed at a position adjacent to the spindle motor; a second substrate; an optical pickup device; and a guide member configured to guide the optical pickup device in a radial direction of the optical disc loaded on the turntable, one end of the guide member being supported by the second support member on the first substrate and fixed to a fixing member on the second substrate, and the other end of the guide member being fixed to the fixing member on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Optec Design Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Aoki, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20120047522
    Abstract: A traverse module of an optical disc drive includes a base and a cover connected to the base that includes at least one spring tab integrally formed therewith. A pair of guide bars is connected to the base. A pickup head module is slidably connected to the guide bars. At least one adjusting member is movably connected to the base. The at least one adjusting member supports at least one of the guide bars and the at least one spring tab presses against the at least one of the guide bars, the at least one adjusting member is able to urge the at least one of the guide bars to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TENG-YUAN CHANG
  • Patent number: 8069456
    Abstract: A guide mechanism is configured for guiding an optical pick-up head to move on a chassis. The guide mechanism includes a carriage, a first guide rail, a second guide rail, and a buffering device. The carriage includes a main body for receiving the optical pick-up head, and a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion formed on two opposite sides of the main body. The first guide rail is slidably received in a slot of the first engaging portion. The second guide rail is slidably engaging with the second engaging portion. The buffering device is clipped between the first guide rail and the first engaging portion. An optical disk drive using the guide mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Lin, Xian Wei
  • Publication number: 20110258648
    Abstract: Provided is a high-accuracy optical pickup supporting device by fixing guide shafts to a chassis by use of adjustment screws accurately. To this end, in the optical pickup supporting device, an end portion of a second guide shaft for supporting an optical pickup device is fixed to the chassis by use of: a coil spring included in an accommodation area of the chassis; and an adjustment screw. In addition, the adjustment screw is screwed to a fixation plate accommodated in an accommodation part of the chassis. Accordingly, a repulsive force produced by the coil spring does not concentrate on any part of the chassis. For this reason, the chassis is prevented from deforming and breaking due to this repulsive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi AOKI, Hisayuki Itoh, Hidetoshi Akimoto, Masao Honda
  • Patent number: 8024749
    Abstract: A base of an optical pickup includes a first bearing portion through which one of two guide shafts disposed in parallel to each other is inserted and a second bearing portion through which the other guide shaft is inserted, and is slidable along the two guide shafts. Under the first guide shaft that is inserted through the first bearing portion, a nut hold portion for holding a nut that connects a member of a drive mechanism for driving the base and the base to each other is disposed on the base. The nut hold portion includes an insertion opening that allows the nut to be inserted along a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Sasaoka, Fumiaki Mori
  • Patent number: 7826210
    Abstract: An information handling system chassis includes a chassis base, a carriage, and a carriage sliding system. The chassis base is configured to house a plurality of first electrical components. The carriage is configured to house one or more second electrical components such that a user may access the one or more second electrical components from a front side of the chassis. The carriage sliding system is configured to slidably couple the carriage to the chassis base such that the carriage can be slided forward to an access position and rearward to a storage position. In the storage position of the carriage, a front area of the chassis base configured to receive one or more first electrical components is covered by the carriage, whereas in the access position of the carriage, at least a portion of the front area of the chassis base is not covered by the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Zachary Allen Cravens, Lisa Maria Sura, Andrew Harman Frisch
  • Patent number: 7669210
    Abstract: A guide portion provided in parallel with a main shaft is formed integrally with a resin-made mechanism chassis. A slidable member is provided between a guide receiver portion of a pickup and the guide portion. The guide receiver portion is provided with a spring member which applies an energizing force to press the slidable member and the guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Masaomi Izumisawa
  • Patent number: 7647601
    Abstract: A pickup supporter 72 supporting a pickup device 70A includes a driver 76 having an abutting surface 764 that is a flat surface substantially in parallel to an axial direction of a lead screw 752 and intersecting with both a focus direction and a plane direction substantially vertical to the focus direction. With such arrangement, even when a posture of the pickup supporter 72 is changed by adjusting heights of the main shaft 74A and the sub shaft 74B, the screw abutting surface 764 can abut on the lead screw 752 at a substantially constant angle. Therefore, when the posture of the pickup supporter 72 is changed, substantially constant driving force can be transmitted from the lead screw 752, so that stable and proper driving force can be constantly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ohsuga
  • Patent number: 7610591
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus includes a chassis, a pickup device, a guide shaft, a fixing base member, a holding member and an elastically deformable member. The pickup device is configured to perform writing and/or reading of information with respect to an optical disc. The guide shaft is configured to movably support said pickup device. The fixing base member is attached to the chassis and configured to fasten one end of the guide shaft. The holding member is attached to the chassis, and includes a receiving chamber in which a corresponding end of the guide shaft. The elastically deformable member for resiliently pressing a corresponding end of said guide shaft in said receiving chamber includes a pressing portion above the receiving chamber of the holding member and a fixing portion engageable with the holding member for attaching the deformable member to the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Ming Wan, Chien-ting Lo, Bin-Hai Guo
  • Patent number: 7574716
    Abstract: A guide mechanism and the optical drive utilizing the same. The guide mechanism includes a guiding base, a first axial fixing member, a driver, and a rotary structure. The guiding base comprises a first opening and a second opening. The first axial fixing member is disposed at a side of the guiding base. The driver, disposed at an opposite side of the guiding base, comprises an opening and a second axial fixing member. The rotary structure is fixed between the first axial fixing member and the second axial fixing member, comprising a spindle and a magnetic structure. The spindle comprises an operating region and a connecting portion having a maximum outer diameter smaller than a minimum outer diameter of the operating region. The magnetic structure is attached to the connecting portion and disposed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Hua Yang, Kuo-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7552454
    Abstract: An optical pickup module reading data along a track-seeking path is provided. The optical pickup module comprises a base, a first fastening component, a first shaft and an optical pickup head. The base has a fastening plate and the fastening plate has a sliding hole, wherein an included angle is formed between the extension direction of the sliding hole and the track-seeking path. Since the included angle is formed between the extension direction of the sliding hole and the track-seeking path, one end of the first shaft can be easily inserted into the sliding hole of the fastening plate along the extension direction of the sliding hole. Then, another end of the first shaft is assembled with the first fastening component so that the first shaft is parallel to the track-seeking path. At the same time, one end of the first shaft tightly fits to the fastening plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Lin Yeh, Shih-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 7525899
    Abstract: A device for traversing optical pickup of a disc drive comprises: an optical pickup unit slidably installed at a guide shaft; a lead screw adjacently and parallel installed to the guide shaft; and a feed guide fixed to the optical pickup unit to be engaged with the lead screw using an elastic force of a plate spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc.
    Inventor: Kye-Yeon Ryu
  • Patent number: 7519979
    Abstract: An aberration correction lens 4 is disposed in a space between a laser light source 3 and an objective lens 5, and a lens holder 10 is frictionally coupled to a drive shaft 7 via a frictional holding body 8. A piezoelectric element 6 is provided to one end of the drive shaft 7. The piezoelectric element 6 extends and contracts in response to an applied voltage. The lens holder 10 is moved relatively with respect to the drive shaft 7 in the drive shaft direction by varying a change rate when the applied voltage to the piezoelectric element 6 is increased and decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Hideki Aikoh, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080320507
    Abstract: An optical disc apparatus capable of reducing looseness vibrations resulting from a gap between a sub-guide shaft and a bearing is provided. According to an optical disc apparatus in the present invention, both ends of the sub-guide shaft are supported by being sandwiched between a pair of support parts formed in a chassis and a pair of pressing members mounted on the chassis. The support part is formed by bending a protruding portion both protruding in an inward direction of a hole from an edge of the hole of the chassis and extending along the direction perpendicular to the sub-guide shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Seiichi Katou, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Ikuo Nishida, Youichi Narui
  • Patent number: 7451465
    Abstract: An optical pickup device is provided that permits, with an inexpensive construction, adjustment of the parallelism of a pair of guide rods for guiding an optical head relative to a recording surface of an optical disc. The guide rods 2 receive, from twist coil springs 5 fitted to a chassis, an elastic restoring force and are thereby loaded with a force that tends to move the guide rods 2 away from the recording surface of the optical disc. At a position close to each of at least three of a total of four ends 2a of the guide rods 2, an adjustment screw 5 is fitted to the chassis by being screw-engaged into a nut 6 so as to, when rotated, move close to and away from the recording surface of the optical disc. The position in which the guide rods 2 remain loaded with the force is determined as a result of the outer circumference of the guide rods 2 at the at least three ends 2a thereof making contact with a flat inner end face 5aa on the head portion 5a of each of the adjustment screws 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuji Hayashi, Nobuyuki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 7421721
    Abstract: An optical pickup guiding structure for an optical disk drive is provided. The optical pickup guiding structure comprises a pickup base with a pickup window formed therein, and an optical pickup that is provided in the pickup window and that includes at least one end movably supported by a molded structure integrally formed on the pickup base. The end of the optical pickup and a molded structure for movably supporting the end of the optical pickup are formed with a guide channel and a guide rib, respectively, which are complementary to each other, thereby guiding the optical pickup. Because the number of parts of the optical disk chive is minimized, and the change in the installation state of the optical pickup is minimized during use, the operational reliability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yong-Mo An
  • Publication number: 20080209458
    Abstract: The invention relates to set-up adjustment of the optical pickup unit (OPU) (12) position in relation to an optical record carrier in an optical drive. In particular the invention details arrangement of spindles (11) and adjustment means (50A) in the mechanism (10) of the optical drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Jingga, Yee Cheok Low
  • Publication number: 20080209459
    Abstract: An optical disc recording and/or reproducing device comprising a drive for rotating an optical disc around an axis of rotation, a movable optical pickup unit (5) and a frame (1) having at least one guiding rod (4) for guiding a displacement of the optical pickup unit (5) in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The guiding rod (4) is provided with a protrusion (17) for restricting the movement of the optical pickup unit (5) when the guiding rod (4) is in a is in a predetermined rotational position. The guiding rod (4) is rotationally drivable by an electric drive motor in order to move the protrusion (17) for either releasing or blocking the optical pickup unit (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Antonius Van Rooij, Myriam Sabine Josee Splets
  • Patent number: 7408849
    Abstract: A tilt adjustment device for adjusting tilt of a left guide bar with respect to a right guide bar, and includes a holding seat and a cylindrical-shaped bushing disposed rotatably within the holding seat. The bushing defines a bar-retention hole to permit extension of the left guide bar therethrough, and has a turning portion defining a first axis and an insert portion that extends eccentrically from the turning portion and that defines a second axis parallel to the first axis. Rotation of the cylindrical-shaped bushing relative to the holding seat results in a radial movement of the turning portion, which, in turn, moves the first axis toward and away from the second axis of the insert portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventors: Jeng-Jiun Chen, Bor-Ruey Chen, Chih-Chung Hsieh, Hui-Chung Leu
  • Publication number: 20080163277
    Abstract: An optical pick-up unit includes an optical pick-up for recording reproducing data to and from the optical disc, the optical pick-up being provided on a base frame so that the optical pick-up can move in a predetermined radial direction of the loaded optical disc; a stepping motor provided on the base frame; a lead screw rotated by the stepping motor and provided in parallel with the moving direction of the optical pick-up; first and second guide rods arranged on the base frame in parallel with the lead screw through a predetermined spacing there between for guiding an optical pick-up base of the optical pick-up in the moving direction of the pick-up; a rack spring having one end which is fixedly mounted on the pick-up base by a screw and the other end which is provided with an engaging portion which is in engagement with a groove of the lead screw so as to move the pick-up base in the moving direction of the pick-up in accordance with the rotation of the lead screw; and an abutment portion provided on the pi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi KIRII, Keiichi SATO, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Makoto TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20080155579
    Abstract: According to another aspect, an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a frame, a spindle motor, a pair of parallel guide rails, an optical pickup head, and a shield mounted on the guide rails. The shield extends a protection surface higher than a lens of the optical pickup head. The protection surface is in an optical disc region and lowers than the optical disc when the optical disc is supported on the spindle motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-WEN WANG, XUE-DONG TANG, TZU-PING YANG
  • Publication number: 20080120632
    Abstract: A chassis is comprised of a resin material. A main shaft is attached to the chassis and extends in a first direction. A sheet metal frame is attached to the chassis and has an edge rail portion which extends in the first direction. The main shaft and the edge rail portion are adapted to guide the optical pickup in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Masui, Takayuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 7370340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recording and/or reproduction apparatus for optical recording media with means for parallel orientation of the scanning device with respect to the surface of the recording medium, the scanning device being arranged on a slide that is guided on a guide rod. A tensioning element is provided, by means of which the guide rod of the scanning device is fixed on a baseplate in order to avoid a force transmission leading to the bending of the guide rod, said force transmission disadvantageously issuing from fixing or adjusting means of the guide rod, in an adjustable manner in a plane corresponding to the cross section of the guide rod. The fixing and adjusting device formed by means of the tensioning element has a small number of individual parts, the guide rod can be mounted on a shaped portion of the baseplate with a low outlay and nevertheless avoids to the greatest possible extent a force transmission to the guide rod that disadvantageously issues from fixing or adjusting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Harald Burkart, Rolf Dupper
  • Publication number: 20080052733
    Abstract: A slot-in disk drive device and a method thereof. The device includes a drive unit for providing power to move a slider. A loading unit moving with the slider drives a loading stick to push a disc into the device. The slider has a sliding slot. An ejecting unit with a bar-linkage mechanism has one end driven by the sliding slot, and the other end for rotating an ejecting bar to guide or push the disc out. A receiving unit has a receiving bar for guiding the disc, and has a positioning bar disposed between the loading unit and the ejecting unit. A sensing unit includes a plurality of sensing switches respectively disposed near the moving paths of the receiving bar, the ejecting unit and the positioning bar. The drive unit is enabled to load the disk is determined according to the order of actuating the switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: QUANTA STORAGE INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Ting Kuo, Jen-Chen Wu, Yao-Jia Chiou, Yao-Ching Tsai
  • Patent number: 7334246
    Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus for an optical disc drive, including: a base; a turntable disposed above the base and which rotates an optical disc; an optical pickup unit which reciprocates with respect to the turntable in a radial direction of the turntable; a driving part which moves the optical pickup unit with respect to the turntable; and a guide unit having an auxiliary guide which supports an end of the optical pickup unit and which guides the optical pickup unit along a moving path. The optical pickup unit and the auxiliary guide are in line-contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-han Park, Bong-gi Kim, Do-hoan Nam
  • Patent number: 7328444
    Abstract: A skew adjustment mechanism of an optical disk drive includes: a pair of rod-shaped guide shafts 32a and 32b that hold an optical pick-up unit 31 therebetween and guide the optical pick-up unit; four fixing members each having a pair of claw portions 44b1 and 44b2 that are provided at a predetermined interval; four extension springs 37a, 37b, 37c and 37d each having ring-shaped hook portions at both leading ends thereof, the hook portions are hooked over the claw portions where the extension spring surrounds the shaft, thereby pressing the end portions of the shaft against the fixing member; four adjustment mechanisms that move the guide shafts 32a and 32b against the fixing member so as to allow the end portion of the guide shafts to be away from the fixing member in order to tilt the optical pick-up unit 31 in accordance with the tilt of the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Izumisawa, Naoki Eguchi
  • Patent number: 7308693
    Abstract: A disk drive structure with an adjustable bearing structure for guide bars therein. The disk drive includes a base, a spindle motor, a main guide bar located aside the spindle motor, a secondary guide bar located also aside the spindle motor but opposing to the main guide bar, an optical pickup head riding at the main guide bar and the secondary guide bar, and four bearing structures to sustain ends of the main guide bar and the secondary guide bar. The disk drive includes at least one of the four bearing structures is an adjustable bearing structure. The adjustable bearing structure includes a housing, a through hole, a spring arm, and a cam pillar pivotally mounted under the housing and sent into the through hole. By providing the cam pillar and the spring arm to hold the end of the respective guide bar, the position of the guide bar can be adjusted by turning the cam pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Fu Lee
  • Patent number: 7278148
    Abstract: A data recording/reproduction apparatus is provided, which apparatus includes a spindle motor which is held by a base body and rotates an optical disk, an optical pickup which projects a laser beam into a spot on the optical disk for data recording/reproduction, first and second support mechanisms provided on the base body, and a seek mechanism which is held by the first and second support mechanisms so as to be freely tilted with respect to the base body and actuates the optical pickup in radial directions of the optical disk. The first support mechanism is vertically movable in directions of a thickness of the optical disk so that a tilt of the optical pickup with respect to the optical disk is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Susumu Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20070220536
    Abstract: Housing 12 which constitutes an optical head is provided with the main-bearing which slides a main-shaft free and supports it, and sub-bearing 16 which slides sub-shaft 3 free and supports it. And slots 24 and 25 are formed in the portion which touches sub-shaft 3 in sub-bearing 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Saito, Shuhei Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7266060
    Abstract: In an optical disk apparatus applicable to super thin-sizing thereof, and further a sliding drive mechanism for an optical pickup, having a tilt adjustment mechanism, being suitable to such the optical disk apparatus, the sliding drive mechanism for an optical pickup slides the optical pickup 330 in the radial direction of an optical disk, wherein the optical pickup is attached to be movable on a pair of main and counter sliding shafts 331 and 332, being disposed in parallel with, and in neighboring to the main sliding shaft is disposed a lead screw 336, which is rotationally driven by a stepping motor 337, in parallel, while being engaged with a rack 335 formed in a part of the optical pickup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventor: Kuniyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 7231647
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsunori Onishi
  • Patent number: 7219357
    Abstract: 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 adjustment portion includes a height adjustment cam for sandwiching the guiding rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Furuya, Shigeru Yoshino, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 7213251
    Abstract: A tilt adjusting apparatus for an optical disc player to adjust a tilt of an optical pickup having adjusting ends positioned on at least first ends of two guide shafts that guide reciprocating motion of the optical pickup, elastic members positioned below the adjusting ends to bias the adjusting ends in a first direction, stoppers positioned on brackets above the adjusting end, to limit adjustment of the adjusting ends in the first direction, and adjusting screws coupled to the stoppers, to adjust the adjusting ends in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby adjusting the inclination of the guide shafts. The stoppers are sized so that the optical pickup does not contact a lower surface of the disc even during large inclinations of the guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-bum Park, Jueng-rak Lee
  • Patent number: 7203950
    Abstract: A disk drive structure with an adjustable bearing structure for guide bars therein is introduced. The disk drive includes a base, a spindle motor, a main guide bar located aside the spindle motor, a secondary guide bar located also aside the spindle motor but opposing to the main guide bar, an optical pickup head riding at the main guide bar and the secondary guide bar, and four bearing structures to sustain ends of the main guide bar and the secondary guide bar. The disk drive is characterized in that at least one of the four bearing structures is an adjustable bearing structure. The adjustable bearing structure includes a housing, a through hole, a spring arm, and a cam pillar pivotally mounted under the housing and sent into the through hole. By providing the cam pillar and the spring arm to hold the end of the respective guide bar, the position of the guide bar can be adjusted by turning the cam pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Fu Lee
  • Patent number: 7127730
    Abstract: An adjusting mechanism for an optical pickup head has a cam-shaped adjusting base used to optimally adjust the inclination of optical pickup head. The cam-shaped adjusting base is formed by plastics injection molding in a manner so as to be directly connected to the chassis, which simplifies the assembly process and reduces the production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Wei Lu, Hung-Ming Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7124421
    Abstract: A lead screw adjustment structure of a disc drive to adjust a lead screw which is rotatably installed on a pickup deck and reciprocates a pickup, which includes an incorporated elastic member installed on the pickup deck to apply an elastic force in an upward direction and an axial direction to one end portion of the lead screw, and an adjustment screw disposed above the elastic member to adjust the end portion of the lead screw up and down by being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-youl Bae, Chan-bum Park