| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 720601000 |
Tray or drawer loading or ejecting
| 332 |
| 720617000 |
Capable of only accepting unprotected insertable single optical medium
| 125 |
| 720648000 |
Environmental control
| 24 |
| 720646000 |
Details of exterior front face
| 14 |
| 720630000 |
Capable of only accepting protected insertable single optical medium
| 11 |
| 720652000 |
Arrangement of internal or external components (e.g., space optimization)
| 10 |
| 720645000 |
Detecting physical characteristics and location of optical medium
| 8 |
| 720657000 |
Locking or latching of cabinet or components within cabinet | 4 |
| 20090083775 | Disk Device - A disk device includes: a front panel; a bottom chassis, including: a bottom plate, having a first end and a second end; and a side plate, formed on the first end, the side plate formed with a first through hole; a connecting member, having a first wall formed with a second through hole and a second wall coupled with the front panel; a hook portion, formed on the first wall so as to extend in a first direction and engaging with the side plate; a screw, fitted into the first through hole and the second through hole thereby coupling the first wall and the side plate; a first engaging member, formed on the side plate; and a second engaging member, formed on the connecting member, and engaging with the first engaging member such that movement thereof in at least the first direction is restricted. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090178068 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER - A multimedia player is disclosed, including a base, a cover rotatably disposed on the base, an engaging mechanism disposed on the base, an elastic element connecting the base and the cover, and a carrier disposed on the cover to carry a media source. When the cover is closed to cover the base, the cover engages the base with the engaging mechanism, and the elastic element is biased to store an elastic potential and when the cover is released from the engaging mechanism, the elastic potential is released to open the cover. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20120331493 | OPTICAL DISC PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLATION DEVICE - An optical drive installation device including: a support frame that disposes a removable optical drive to an installation position; a lock mechanism that has a locking member which can move to a locked position preventing the optical drive from being removed or an unlocked position not interfering with the optical drive being removed, and supports the optical drive at the installation position of the support frame when the locking member is set to the locked position; an unlocking mechanism that releases the lock mechanism from the locked position; and a pushing member that pushes the optical drive in the direction in which the optical drive is removed from the installation position. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140068641 | CASSETTE AND CHANGER APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISK - According to one embodiment, the cassette is provided with an outer shell, a plurality of trays, a shutter, and a lock mechanism. The outer shell has an upper wall and a lower wall each including a square shape and a circular shape, a side wall between edges of the square shapes, and an opening portion between edges of the circular shapes. A tray is an annular shape having a concave portion in which an optical disk is placed. The shutter is a semicircular shape, includes a gear on an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of shelves to support each of the trays on an inner peripheral wall, and rotates from a first position for closing an opening portion to a second position for opening the opening portion. The lock mechanism locks the shutter in the first position. | 03-06-2014 |
| 720655000 |
Particular cover or lid for enclosing media | 4 |
| 20100070985 | AUDIO APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An audio apparatus for a vehicle having an audio unit and storage box for storing goods integrally formed with each other and mounted in a mounting opening formed in an instrument panel. A lid for opening and closing the storage box is pivotally supported on the storage box audio unit side of the apparatus. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110099566 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes a main body, a cover, an extension, and an elastic element. The cover includes a pivoting portion and is pivotably connected to the main body via the pivoting portion. The extension is connected to the pivoting portion. The cover is adapted for pivoting relative to the main body to drive the extension to move along a movement path. The elastic element is disposed on the main body and includes two first limiting portions opposite to each other. The movement path extends through a gap between the two first limiting portions. A distance between the two first limiting portions is smaller than an outer diameter of the extension. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120192212 | OPTICAL DISK PLAYER - An optical disk player includes a main body, a disk tray, and a cover. The main body includes a top surface with a receiving recess defined thereon. The disk tray is received in the receiving recess for reading data written on an optical disk. The cover is configured for covering the receiving recess of the main body. A ring-shaped groove is formed on the top surface of the main body surrounding the receiving recess, and a protrusion is formed on an inner surface of the cover facing the main body, the protrusion is capable of being inserted into the groove when the cover is closed on the top surface of the main body. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120297402 | COVER FOR AN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE HAVING THE SAME - A cover for an optical disc drive. The cover includes: a body having a top portion that is configured to cover a disc if the disc is inserted into the optical disc drive, and a pressure structure formed on the body and having an asymmetrical shape. | 11-22-2012 |
| 720654000 |
Modular mounting | 3 |
| 20090083774 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING RECEPTACLE FOR STORING DISK DRIVE - An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing having a receptacle, a disk drive removably stored in the receptacle, and a grounding metal member attached to the disk drive. The disk drive has a depressed section, and this depressed section is exposed to the receptacle when the disk drive is stored in the receptacle. The grounding metal member is located in the depressed section and includes a first conduction portion. The receptacle of the housing has a second conduction portion. When the disk drive is stored in the receptacle, the second conduction portion comes into contact with the first conduction portion of the grounding metal member, thereby providing ground-connection between the disk drive and the housing. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20120023512 | PORTABLE OPTICAL DISC PLAYER FOR FIXING TRAVERSE MODULE THEREOF - A portable optical disc player includes a housing having a top casing and a bottom casing, a traverse module, a plurality of first fixing members, and a plurality of fasteners. The traverse module is configured for reading information from, or writing information to, a disc and disposed (or sandwiched) between the top casing and the bottom casing. The plurality of first fixing members is mounted on the interior surface of one of the top casing and the bottom casing. The plurality of fasteners extends through the other of the top casing and the bottom casing, and is received in the plurality of first fixing members respectively so as to fix the top casing and the bottom casing together. Thus, the traverse module is firmly clamped by the top casing and the bottom casing accordingly. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20130160034 | POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A positioning structure for fixing an optical disk drive includes a case and a tray. The case includes a support plate and a cover located on the support plate, a receiving cavity is defined between the support plate and the cover. A groove is defined in the support plate. The tray includes a sidewall and a fixing portion located adjacent to the sidewall. The fixing portion includes a clasp portion, and the clasp portion is received in the groove. | 06-20-2013 |
| 720627000 |
Capable of alternatively accepting protected or unprotected insertable single optical medium | 1 |
| 20110173645 | DISC LOADING AND EJECTING APPARATUS FOR SLOT-IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVES - A disc loading and ejecting apparatus for a slot-in optical disc drive to drive a compact disc into and out of the slot-in optical disc drive includes a driving portion and a guiding portion that are located at two opposite sides of the slot-in optical disc drive. The driving portion includes a transverse roller. The compact disc has one end abutted and held by the guiding portion and another end leaned on the roller. The roller can be rotated to load and eject the compact disc into or out of the slot-in optical disc drive. The roller is located at one end of the loading/ejecting path of the compact disc without extending traversely or occupying the transverse space of the path, thus the slot-in optical disc drive can be shrunk to a smaller size to meet slim and light design requirements. | 07-14-2011 |
| 720653000 |
Internal component conveyed outside housing | 1 |
| 20120072929 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER - An optical disc player includes a main body, a lid, a rotator, and a protective structure. The lid is pivotably connected to the main body. The rotator is disposed in the main body for rotating discs and can be covered by the lid. The protective structure is disposed between the rotator and the lid. The protective structure is capable of suppressing noise and/or damage caused by contact between the rotator and the lid when the rotator operates. | 03-22-2012 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20080216103 | Disk Drive Unit Having an Improved Disk Centring - A disk drive unit comprises a driven turntable ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080250435 | Optical disk apparatus - An optical disk apparatus is disclosed which includes a first printed circuit board, on which a first circuit pattern is formed; a rotor, on which an optical disk may be placed, and which is electrically connected with the first circuit pattern; a second printed circuit board, which is stacked adjacent to the rotor on a surface of the first printed circuit board, and on which a second circuit pattern is formed; a sensor unit, which is mounted on the second printed circuit board in electrical connection with the second circuit pattern, and which is configured to sense a rotation of the optical disk; and a support plate, which supports the first printed circuit board and the rotor. In this optical disk apparatus, a separate printed circuit board can be utilized to support the sensor unit, whereby manufacturing costs can be reduced and working efficiency can be improved. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080263573 | Optical Disc Drive - An optical disc drive, comprising a mounting frame ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080263574 | Information processing device and disk drive device - An information processing device is provided. The device includes an upper enclosure; a lower enclosure which supports the upper enclosure with a varied attitude and on which the upper enclosure may be superposed; a disk drive device stored in the upper or lower enclosure and having a disk mounting part on which a disk-shaped recording medium is detachably mounted; and an enclosure moving mechanism setting a disk storage region to have a first thickness with the upper enclosure allowed to have a distance from the lower enclosure when the disk drive device is used and setting the disk storage region to have a second thickness smaller than the first thickness with the upper enclosure allowed to come close to the lower enclosure to reduce the disk storage region when the disk drive device is not used. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080295121 | Compressible media disk storage trays | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090013338 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE COMPRISING DUST REMOVING APPARATUS - An optical disk drive, which includes a main frame, an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the main frame, a tray slidably installed on the main frame, having a door, and adapted to carry a disk, and a front panel coupled to a front end portion of the main frame and having an aperture through which the tray passes, including an air discharging passage between the main frame and the front panel to discharge air and dust introduced into the optical disk drive through a gap between the door and the front panel to an outside of the optical disk drive. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090025018 | Disc Player, and Control Method and Control Program for the Same - There is provided a disc player which does not require any mechanism for guiding a disc to the center inside a main body and any dedicated mechanism for preventing double insertion of discs, and can surely detect the disc diameter of not only general discs, but also partially-transparent discs. In order to attain this object, a disc player for loading a disc inserted in an insertion port into the inside of the main body to reproduce the disc is provided with a pair of gate members | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090055844 | STORAGE MEDIUM CASE - A case for storing a storage medium device, such as a compact disc or digital video disc, wherein the storage medium itself is used to transition the case from an unlocked position to a locked position, and vice versa. The case includes a front cover having a pocket, wherein when the storage medium is loaded in the pocket, the storage medium may be accessed via a latch window provided in the front cover, and moved to transition the case between the locked and unlocked positions. The latch window also provides the user with visual access to the interior of the pocket to determine whether a storage medium is loaded therein. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055845 | Disc drive - There is provided a disc drive including: a turntable that rotatably supports a disc; a drive motor that rotationally drives the turntable; a chassis that accommodates the drive motor and the turntable; a clamper that secures the disc to the turntable; and a cover body that holds the clamper and covers an upper part of the chassis. An inlet located in the proximity of an outer periphery portion of the disc, an outlet located above and at the center of the disc, and an air current path that allows the outlet to communicate with the inlet are formed in the cover body. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090070793 | Disk Transport Apparatus and Disk Apparatus - A disk transport apparatus is disclosed which can transport a disk appropriately. First and second arms are mounted for pivotal motion in first and second directions in which they are spaced from each other around second ends thereof to transport the disk. A link pivots the first or second arm in response to pivotal motion of the second or first arm. The first arm and the link have teeth and meshing portions which mesh with each other. The first arm has a blocking portion which blocks, when the second arm is pivoted in the second direction with the disk contacting only with the second arm, meshing engagement between the meshing portions to block pivotal motion of the arms in the first and second directions. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090165027 | Rack Structure in an Optical Disk Drive - The invention is to provide a rack structure in an optical disk drive, which is formed integrally by pressing a metal plate. A connecting fixing part is disposed on a body. A brace is formed by bending down a periphery of the body. A convex or a concave trench is pressed near a front end of the body to form a secondary reinforcement. A reinforcement is formed by bending down near the middle of the front end of the body An elastic support is extended from the front end of the reinforcement and bent parallel to the front end of the body. A space is maintained between the elastic support and the body. A horizontal slot is pressed in the middle of the elastic support to form an upper support and a lower support. A first rack is disposed on one end connecting the upper support, of the lower support. The other end of the lower support is extended from the reinforcement to form a bending pivot. A second rack is formed on the other end of the upper support to enhance the engagement with the screw. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090260025 | Optical disc receptacle - An optical disc receptacle adapted for storing an optical disc is provided. The optical disc receptacle includes a body configured for disposal about the optical disc. The body includes an end portion arcuately disposed about the optical disc and extending to a perimeter. The perimeter forms a window configured to visually display the optical disc. The body includes a pliable first layer and a second soft fabric layer configured to engage digital data readable portions of the optical disc. The optical disc can include a first side having digital data readable portion and a second side having digital data readable portions. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090271808 | DISK DEVICE WITH INSERTION SLOT - An optical disk device has a casing, an insertion slot and a loading mechanism for loading a disk. A shutter is shiftable transversely to an elongate slot shape of the insertion slot, closes the insertion slot partially when in a closed position, and opens the insertion slot when in an open position. A coupling hole is disposed at an end of the shutter with respect to the elongate slot shape. A shift lever moves the coupling hole in a first direction along the elongate slot shape upon shifting of the loading mechanism for loading, and moves the coupling hole in a second direction upon shifting of the loading mechanism for unloading. A cam mechanism shifts the shutter to the closed position when the coupling hole is moved in the first direction, and shifts the shutter to the open position when the coupling hole is moved in the second direction. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090293075 | MASS DATA STORAGE DEVICE CARTRIDGE FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT - This disclosure includes a portable data storage device comprising a mass data storage device, a cartridge housing enclosing a mass data storage device, and a flexible interconnect. The flexible interconnect includes an external electrical connector mechanically coupled to the cartridge, an internal electrical connector mechanically and electrically coupled to a data port of the mass data storage device, and a set of flexible electrical conductors electrically coupling the external electrical connector to the internal electrical connector. The flexible electrical conductors are routed within the cartridge such that no portion of the set of flexible electrical conductors lies in a volume defined by the space between the external electrical connector and the internal electrical connector. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090313646 | Data Storage Media Accessibility in a Media Library - An apparatus and method for increasing data storage capacity of a media library is disclosed herein. The elevation or vertical clearance of a tray assembly included in the library is configured to permit access of data storage media stored near the floor of the library. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100064302 | OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING APPARATUS - 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. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070984 | Optical Disk Drive - An optical disk drive for preventing the splashed oil is provided. The optical disk drive comprises an optical pickup for reading an optical disk; a transmission apparatus and a stepping motor. The transmission apparatus comprises a rack, a connecting element and a connecting base. The connecting element connects the rack with the connecting base and the connecting base is connected to the optical pickup. The stepping motor is connected to a lead screw and the lead screw is meshed with the rack for moving the optical pickup. Lubricating oil is added between the rack and the lead screw. The transmission apparatus further comprises a blocking plate connected to the connecting element and the blocking plate is extended above the lead screw for blocking the splashed oil. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100083290 | COMPACT DISC HANDLING APPARATUS - A compact disc handling apparatus comprises a frame body, a fixed board including a through hole and being fixed on the frame body, a sliding board including an inserting hole, a fixed plate being fixed in the inserting hole of the sliding board and having an area smaller than half of the area of the inserting hole, a movable plate movably installed in the inserting hole of the sliding board, a movable unit located between the fixed plate and the movable plate to enable the movement of the movable plate, a drive unit driving the sliding board to move transversely on the fixed board, and a control unit controlling the movement of the movable plate. The sliding board is movably assembled on an upper end surface of the fixed board in such a manner that the inserting hole is in alignment or staggered with the through hole. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100180285 | SHAFT SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The invention allows for restriction of radial and axial movements of a shaft by a simple structure. A shaft supporting structure includes a base ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100281492 | Slim Optical Disk Drive - The invention provides a jam-proof device of a slot-in optical disk drive. In the jam-proof device, a contact pin protrudes from one end of the loading bar, the other end of the loading bar is pivoted with a pivot on a first side of the casing, and a block protrudes adjacent to the pivot. One end of the unloading bar is pivoted on a second side of the casing opposite to the first side, and a reception end is formed at the other end of the unloading bar to extend to a center of the casing. A distance between the block and the reception end at a default position is shorter than a diameter of an 8-cm disc to prevent the disc from entering the slot-in optical disk drive. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100306790 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a chassis, a circuit board and a traverse is provided. The traverse includes a carrier, a pick-up head module, a spindle motor module and a flexible flat cable. The carrier has an opening. The pick-up head module is movably disposed in the opening. The spindle motor module disposed on the carrier is located at one side of the pick-up head module. The flexible flat cable disposed in the opening has two connection ends respectively connected to the pick-up head module and the circuit board. The pick-up head module located at a first position enables the flexible flat cable to have a bending portion protruding towards a direction opposite to the position of the spindle motor module. The pick-up head module located at a second position extends the bending portion. The first position is closer to the spindle motor module than the second position is. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110029991 | Electronic media organizer - The electronic media organizer includes a plurality of storage bins that organize discs according to the type of application, and further categorizes each type of application by type of movie, music, game, etc. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029992 | Casing assembling structure of optical disc drive - A casing assembling structure of an optical disc drive is provided to comprise a bottom cover; a top cover combined with the bottom cover to form a space, wherein the top cover has a first side wall and a fixing portion, which is extended from the first side wall and is positioned under the bottom cover; and a first screw screwed on the fixing portion, wherein the top cover, the first side wall and the fixing portion are formed as a integral. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110088048 | Disc Picking Device and Disc Processing Apparatus Having the Same - A disc transporting mechanism includes a gripping mechanism having a plurality of gripping members configured to grip a disc, a transport arm provided with the gripping mechanism, and a moving mechanism configured to move up and down the transport arm. The transport arm is connected to the moving mechanism through an elastic member. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110107359 | Apparatus and methods for managing connection cables of portable optical drives - Apparatus and methods for managing a connection cable that is used for interconnecting a small form factor (SFF) portable optical disk drive (ODD) or other similarly configured ODD to an information handling system such as notebook or desktop computer. A retractable fixed connection cable may be provided inside an internal cavity within the external enclosure of a portable ODD apparatus that has an inner chassis with a disk receiving section that is configured to receive an optical disk media and that extends beyond the outer boundary of an electronics section of the inner chassis of an ODD that contains electronic components so as to form a cut-out section that defines the internal cavity between the inner ODD chassis and the inside of an outer ODD enclosure when these components are assembled together. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107360 | Optical disk drive - An optical disk drive for improving the snap fit structure of the bezel is provided. The optical disk drive comprises a main body, a top cover and a bezel. The main body further comprises an optical pickup head and a spindle motor. The top cover comprises an aperture. The bezel comprises a snap fit structure for interlocking the aperture. The snap fit structure comprises a snap fit protrusion and a curved surface of the snap fit protrusion is used to engage with the aperture. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110126221 | Flexible Printed Circuit and Electric Apparatus and Optical Disc Drive Having Flexible Printed Circuit - A electronic device including a mechanism for changing the relative positions of two circuit boards such as in an optical disc drive, in which a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting between the two circuit board changes shape to suppress fluctuations in the transmission characteristics occurring due to contact with metal such as a case, and provides stable signal transmission. A flexible printed circuit is comprised of at least one or more differential lines, a fixed unit affixed to a case at least at one location, a movable unit that changes shape according to the relative positions of two case. The lines adjacent to the differential line are a grounded surface, and the flexible printed circuit is formed to narrow the distance between the movable unit lines more than the distance between the fixed unit lines. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131591 | Methods and Apparatus for Dispensing Recorded Content - Systems and techniques for self service delivery of content stored on removable media. A self service terminal stores a plurality of titles in a repository, and copies of titles are stored to removable media devices maintained in the self service terminal. In response to a user selection of an available title made during a transaction, a removable media device storing a copy of the selected title is delivered to the user. Anticipated demand is estimated and titles are stored to removable devices as needed to maintain an inventory to meet the estimated demand, including overwriting existing titles already stored on removable media, and overwriting returned media as needed. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110209163 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical disc reproduction apparatus as an electronic apparatus comprises a display unit which is mounted on a main body unit via a hinge unit, and electrically connected to the main body by electrical wirings. The main body unit comprises a main body case, a hinge connecting portion and a control board which has connectors provided thereon. The hinge connecting portion and the connectors are placed in a housing portion formed in the main body unit, while the housing portion is open facing outward from the main body case. In a state where the main body unit is already assembled, the main body-side joint member of the hinge unit and the electrical wirings are housed into the housing portion to connect the main body-side joint member to the hinge connecting portion, and to connect the electrical wirings to the connectors. This structure increases assembling efficiency of the electronic apparatus. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110239233 | DISK APPARATUS - A carrying section of a disk apparatus includes a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of a disk in the proximity of the opposite ends of an opening formed in a housing such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other, and a biasing element which biases the arms in a direction in which ends of the arms remote from the opening approach each other. The arms individually have rollers provided thereon which grip and carry the disk to a predetermined position. At least one of the rollers is rotated by the driving member to carry the disk. A controller includes a state decision section which decides a carrying state of the disk and a driving control section which stops, if it is decided that part of the disk is carried out to the outside of the housing, the driving of the driving means in a state wherein the rollers grip the disk. First and second disks having different diametrical sizes are available as the disk, and the distance between the rollers is smaller than the diametrical size of the second disk until the second disk contacts with the rollers. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110252435 | DISK DRIVE - A disk drive integrating an optical disk drive ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120124598 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - A multimedia device including a back-end substrate that includes a heat source and a reproducing unit that is configured to reproduce an audio and/or a video signal based on data read from a storage medium, a housing that accommodates a back-end substrate and comprises an upper cover and a lower base which are respectively disposed above and under the back-end substrate, and a heat-dissipating structure that is formed on at least one of the upper cover and the lower base and contacts a side of the back-end substrate, a support post formed on the lower cover that is configured to support a lower surface of the back-end substrate, and a push post that is configured to position an upper edge of the back-end substrate with respect post the support post. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130014132 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - In an optical disk device ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014133 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVING DEVICE - An optical disc driving device having a metallic exterior casing composed of a first casing and a second casing and an internal unit to be housed in the exterior casing, the internal unit including an optical pickup unit having an optical pickup part that moves in radial directions of an optical disc to perform recording or reproduction of information signals on the optical disc, wherein at a portion, which the optical pickup part moved radially outward of the optical disc makes a closest approach to, in either one of the first casing or the second casing opposed to the first casting, a protrusion for electrically connecting the first casing and the second casing to each other is provided. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130290988 | SLIM FORM FACTOR DISK DRIVE - A disk drive comprises a drive enclosure defining a generally rectangular form factor; an electromechanical assembly contained within the drive enclosure, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) at least partially contained within the drive enclosure. The drive enclosure possesses at least one of the following characteristics: the drive enclosure defines chamfers on at least one of four corners of the generally rectangular form factor; and the drive enclosure defines a first surface and a second surface that defines an interior second surface portion and a peripheral second surface portion and wherein the interior second surface portion is further away from the first surface than is the peripheral second surface portion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130305265 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING UNIT AND MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A holding mechanism is operable to hold a top medium from a plurality of plate-shaped media accommodated in a stacker in a stacked manner. A transport arm supports the holding mechanism. The transport arm is provided with a separation mechanism operable to separate a second medium positioned just below the top medium which is held by the holding mechanism. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130318545 | ODD ARCHIVE APPARATUS - It is provided an ODD archive apparatus to which a plurality of optical disk media are mounted, the ODD archive apparatus comprising: a cartridge unit accommodating the plurality of optical disk media therein; an optical disk drive for reading/writing data from/to the plurality of optical disk media; a rail assembly for carrying the plurality of optical disk media; and a chassis accommodating the cartridge unit, the optical disk drive, and the rail assembly therein. The rail assembly includes a carrying unit for holding and carrying one of the plurality of optical disk media; a rail for guiding movement of the carrying unit; and a motor for moving the carrying unit, the rail assembly having both end portions fixed to the chassis. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140096150 | LIBRARY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a library system including a disc recording/reproducing unit, a disc container, and a disc transport unit for transporting a disc between the disc recording/reproducing unit and the disc container. In order to improve the reliability of the operation of moving the disc from the disc recording/reproducing unit to the disc transport unit, a disc transport controller determines the situation in both the disc recording/reproducing unit and the disc transport unit, and error-stops the operation according to the result of the determination. Alternatively, the disc transport controller retries the movement of the disc, by pulling the disc into the disc transport unit or returning the disc to the disc recording/reproducing unit, and by finely adjusting the relative positions of the disc recording/reproducing unit and the disc transport unit if necessary, in order to solve the problem of damage to a surface of the disc. | 04-03-2014 |
