Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

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Takashi Mizoguchi

Susumu Yoshida

Tomomichi Kimura

Toru Suzuki

Kenjiro Ido

Kenji Uchiyama

Kenji Nakamura

Akira Yasaki

Jun Togashi

Hideki Kinoshita

Nobutaka Sawada

Yasuhiro Shinkai

Kaoru Takemasa

Masami Fujimoto

Takashi Iizawa

Tetsuya Uchiyama

Ryosuke Shimosawa

Tetsuya Niino

Michihiro Satoh

A head-up display makes an observer visually recognize an image, which is optically reflected by a combiner, as a virtual image. The head-up display has a main body unit and an attaching unit. The main unit has a light source which is a projection unit for projecting the image. The attachment unit is configured such that the attachment unit can be attached to a sun visor that is provided to a vehicle. The joint member has a rotation shaft that rotatably joints the main unit to the attachment unit. The damper reduces vibration of the main unit in the rotational direction of the rotation shaft. When the rotation shaft of the joint member is attached to the sun visor by the attachment unit, the rotation shaft is substantially parallel to a sun visor supporting shaft so the sun visor can rotate in the direction in which the sun visor opens/closes.

Virtual image display device and attachment device

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.

Playback mechanism of recording medium

A disc reproducing apparatus comprises a disc holder for receiving a plurality of discs; a disc reproducing section including a turntable for mounting a disc, an optical pickup for reproducing information recorded on the disc, a pickup moving mechanism for moving the optical pickup in the radial direction of the disc; a reproducing section pivoting means for pivoting the reproducing section between a reproducing position and a non-reproducing position; and a disc transporting means for transporting a disc inserted from the outside to the disc holder. In particular, the disc reproducing section includes a position detecting means for detecting a position of the optical pickup in the reproducing apparatus. Further, when the disc reproducing section is in its non-reproducing position, the position detecting means is adapted to detect the position of a disc which has been transported from the outside into the apparatus.

Disc reproducing apparatus

A disc storage is provided for storing a plurality of trays, each for holding a disc. The trays are stacked in the storage. A movable member is provided to be moved in the vertical direction. A disc player, a tray moving device are mounted on the movable member. The tray moving device is provided to be engaged with trays for moving the trays and for increasing a space between a desired tray and an adjacent disc for receiving disc player, and for decreasing the space during the reproduction of the desired disc.

Disc reproducing device

A disc storage stores a plurality of discs. A pair of driving rollers are provided for carrying a disc inserted from an opening to the disc storage. Each of the driving rollers is provided to be moved between a disc carrying position and a retracted position by a moving device.

Disc changer for a disc player

A disc reproducing apparatus comprises a disc holder for receiving a plurality of discs, a disc transporting device for transporting a disc inserted from outside into the disc holder, and a disc reproducing device for reproducing a disc selected from the plurality of discs received in the disc holder. The disc holder includes a plurality of trays each for mounting one disc, guide devices allowing the trays to move only in trays arranging direction, a fixed bottom plate for supporting the plurality of trays, a movable top plate movable in the tray arranging direction by virtue of the guide devices. Further, the movable top plate is urged towards the fixed bottom plate by virtue of an urging device.

A disc reproducing apparatus comprises a disc holder for receiving a plurality of discs; a disc reproducing section including a turntable for mounting a disc, an optical pickup for reproducing information recorded on the disc, a pickup moving mechanism for moving the optical pickup in the radial direction of the disc; a reproducing section pivoting means for pivoting the reproducing section between a reproducing position and a non-reproducing Position; and a disc transporting means for transporting a disc inserted from the outside to the disc holder. In particular, the disc reproducing section includes a position detecting means for detecting a position of the optical pickup in the reproducing apparatus. Further, when the disc reproducing section is in its non-reproducing position, the position detecting means is adapted to detect the position of a disc which has been transported from the outside into the apparatus.

A supporting mechanism is provided to be moved between a disc insertion opening and a disc storing device, and a driving roller is rotatably mounted on the supporting mechanism for carrying a disc inserted in the opening toward the disc storing device. The supporting mechanism is moved between the opening and the disc storing device, and the driving roller is driven for carrying the disc from the opening to the disc storing device.

Apparatus for reproducing an optical disc

A disc storage is provided for storing a plurality of trays, each for holding a disc. The trays are stacked in the storage. A movable member is provided to be moved in the vertical direction. A disc player, a tray moving device are mounted on the movable member. The tray moving device is provided to be engaged with trays for moving the trays and for forming spaces between trays for receiving disc player. A driving device is provided for vertically moving the movable member.

A plurality of trays, each for holding a disc, are arranged in a disc arranging direction in a disc storage. A movable base is provided to be rotated about a shaft and a disc player having a turntable, a disc clamper and a pickup, is mounted on the movable base. A driving device is provided for rotating the movable base between a retracted position and a disc reproducing position. A lock device is provided on the chassis for engaging with the movable base at the disc reproducing position to minimize external vibrations to the movable base during disc reproduction.

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Saitama-ken, Japan

Takashi Mizoguchi