Pioneer Corporation

Nobutaka Sawada

Jun Togashi

Hideki Kinoshita

Takashi Mizoguchi

Akira Yasaki

An urging structure for an output shaft of a drive motor of the invention is configured by a pressing platewhich abuts against an end faceof an output shaft, and an urging springwhich urges the pressing plate in the axial direction of the output shaft. In the pressing plate, a fixing portionin one end is fixed onto a chassisin the vicinity of the output shaft, and an abutting portionis disposed on the tip end of a flexible arm portion. A spring holding portionwith which an end portion of the urging springthat is fixed to a spring bossis to be engaged is disposed on the rear face of the abutting portion

Urging structure for an output shaft of a drive motor

A playback mechanism of a recording medium is provided, by which a period of time required until information recorded in the recording medium is read out after the recording medium is inserted in an instrument body can be shortened and the size of the playback mechanism can be reduced. The mechanism includes an instrument body, conveying unit having a roller arm and disc guide, clamp playback unit having a locking pin, and locking member. The clamp playback unit is movable relatively to the instrument body. The locking member locks the locking pin to fix the clamp playback unit. The locking member releases the locking of the locking pin to make the clamp playback unit movable relatively to the instrument body. When the clamp playback unit clamps a CD, the roller arm and disc guide part from the CD, thereby the locking by the locking member is gradually released.

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Saitama, Japan

Nobutaka Sawada