Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Katsuhiko Tanimoto

Yusuke Akama

Isami Kenmotsu

Tomonari Ishikawa

Osamu Yagisawa

Takeshi Hamada

Yuji Morita

Yoshimitsu Fukushima

Hitoshi Nagata

Yuji Ikedo

Akira Bessho

A detection holeis provided in a tray, on which a cartridge type recording medium is mounted and housed, at a position corresponding to an information hole of a cartridge, a detection leveris provided on a back surface of the trayon the lower surface side of the detection hole, and a switch sectionis provided on a frameon the lower surface side of the detection leverwhile the trayis housed within the frame. Accordingly, the switch sectioncan be separated from the motion of a base since the switch sectionis fixed to the frame, and consequently, the structure can be simplified and the space efficiency can be enhanced.

Recording medium driver and recorder/reproducer

A stopperis provided which detects a projected part formed on an upper cartridge case of a shield type cartridge so as to prevent the shield type cartridge from being inserted. Accordingly, mechanical lock caused by the insertion of the shield type cartridge can be prevented.

Recording medium drive device

An optical-pickup feeding apparatus includes a pickup base on which an optical pickup is mounted, which includes a sliding bearing with a lubricant agent; and a lead screw that is slidably fitted into the sliding bearing. A peripheral surface of a screw thread of the lead screw is formed in a shape of a circular arc.

Optical pickup feeding device

A skew adjusting apparatus for an optical disc player makes a positional adjustment of a guide member of a carriage for a pickup relative to a chassis. A movable body is disposed on the chassis. The movable body has at one end thereof a supporting member for the guide member and the other end thereof a connection member to the chassis. An adjusting device for making a positional adjustment of the guide member through the supporting member in the thickness direction of the chassis is disposed between the chassis and the movable body so as to be displaced from the guide member and the supporting member on a reference plane of the chassis.

Skew adjusting apparatus for an optical disc player

An optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus records and/or reproduces information on an information record surface of an optical disk loaded thereto. The optical pickup apparatus for the optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus is provided with: two types of optical pickups for at least two types of optical disks respectively; first and second guiding rails arranged substantially parallel to each other such that the information record surface of the loaded optical disk is disposed between the first and second guiding rails, for respectively guiding the optical pickups along the information record surface of the loaded optical disk in a radial direction of the loaded optical disk; first and second retracting rails respectively connected to the first and second guiding rails, for retracting thereonto the optical pickups from the first and second guiding rails through linkages with the first and second guiding rails respectively; a rotator frame for holding the first and second retracting rails; and a rotating mechanism for rotating the rotator frame around an axis parallel to the first and second retracting rails and for swapping the first and second retracting rails to each other.

Optical pickup apparatus

An optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus, records and/or reproduces information on an information record surface of an optical disk loaded thereto. The optical pickup apparatus for the optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus is provided with: a base having a pair of plate portions opposed to each other; two types of optical pickups; first and second guiding rails arranged substantially parallel to each other and disposed on the plate portions of the base respectively, for respectively guiding the optical pickups along the information record surface of the loaded optical disk in a radial direction of the loaded optical disk; first and second retracting rails respectively connected to the first and second guiding rails, for retracting thereonto the optical pickups from the first and second guiding rails through linkages with the first and second guiding rails respectively; a rotator frame for holding the first and second retracting rails; a swinger frame, for holding the rotator frame through a first spindle parallel to the first and second retracting rails, held by the base through a second spindle parallel to the first spindle; a swinging mechanism for swinging the swinger frame around the second spindle; and a rotating mechanism for rotating the rotator frame and for swapping the first and second retracting rails to each other after the swinging mechanism swings the swinger frame toward one direction.

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Katsuhiko Tanimoto