Sony Corporation

Fukoku Co., Ltd.

Toru Hama

Tomohiro Watanabe

Kazuyuki Takizawa

Yoshiteru Taka

Takayuki Ishibashi

Kiyoshi Goto

Nobuhiko Ando

Ryoji Takamatsu

Ikuo Nitta

Hisao Takahashi

Hiroshi Kishida

In an on-vehicle disc player having a disc elevator () for making a plurality of trays () each having a CD placed on it stacked one over another in the vertical direction move in the stacking direction, there is provided plate springs (e) for pressing an inserted CD at both sides of the tray (). Further, there is provided separating cams () for forming spaces at both side of the tray () having a CD to be reproduced, by the movement in the fore-and-aft direction. Holding means for holding and rotating the CD are inserted to the spaces formed by the separating cams () to hold the CD. Thereafter, by pushing down the plate springs (e) which has pushed and caught the CD in the tray () by means of peripheral portions (x) of lower faces of upper stage entering portions (j) of the separating cams (), the CD is released and the tray () is pushed down to be separated from the CD. This enables the reproduction at the same position as the supporting position, and thereby it becomes possible to make the apparatus small in size.

Recording and/or reproducing device for disks

A tray includes a substrate and a resin portion placed thereon by printing. The resin portion includes a first part placed along an edge on the disc loading side of the substrate, a second part placed along another edge on the disc unloading side of the substrate, and a third part placed between the first and second parts.

Disc support plate, disc changer mechanism, and disc recording and/or reproducing device

An optical pickup includes a light source for emitting a light beam; an objective lens for condensing the light beam emitted from the light source and irradiating an optical recording medium with the condensed light beam; a collimator lens, disposed between the light source and the objective lens, for forming the light beam emitted from the light source into a parallel light beam and guiding the parallel light beam to the objective lens; and an aberration correcting device, disposed in an optical path connecting the light source and the optical recording medium, for correcting aberration. The aberration correcting device is disposed in an optical path connecting the light source and the collimator lens.

Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus

In a disc changer in which any one is selected from a set of disc-shaped recording media () stored in a disc compartment () and signals are written and/or read to and/or from the selected disc-shaped recording medium (), resin layers (), () and (), softer than the disc-shaped recording medium () in a recording and/or playback apparatus () are formed on a pair of disc holding members () holding the selected disc-shaped recording medium () rotatably while chucking the latter and a disc tray () on which each of the disc-shaped recording media stored in the disc compartment () is placed. The resin layers assure to prevent the disc-shaped recording medium () from being damaged due to contact with the disc holding members () and disc tray ().

Disk holding member, disk tray, recording and/or reproducing device, and disk changer

A disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a mechanical deck having a disk receiver with a disk carrying unit for carrying a disk, a disk recording and/or reproducing section for recording and/or reproducing the disk received in the disk receiver, and an outer case housing the mechanical deck. A relaxation mechanism and a lock mechanism are disposed between the mechanical deck and the outer case. The relaxation mechanism prevents vibration from being transmitted mutually between the mechanical deck and the outer case. The lock mechanism locks the mechanical deck to the outer case in such a manner as to oppose a relaxing operation of the relaxation mechanism. Thereby, operational vibration, noise and the like caused to the mechanical deck during recordation and/or reproduction can be prevented from being transmitted to the outer case's side.

Disk recording and/or reproducing device

A disc recording and/or reproducing device includes a disc compartment that has a plurality of disc mounts placed one upon another, on which discs are mounted. The device also includes a recording and/or reproducing mechanism for selectively recording and/or reproducing a disc mounted on one of the plurality of disc mounts. An injection mechanism is included for ejecting the disc mounted on the disc mount. A control mechanism is included that moves along a line substantially perpendicular to the placing direction and is configured to start the recording and/or reproducing mechanism when in a first position and start the ejection mechanism when reaching a second position on another side of the line.

Disk recording and/or reproducing device with starting and ejection control means

A disc reproducing apparatus having a disc exchange function includes a housing section, a reproducing unit, a movement unit and a pull-out unit. The housing section holds plural optical discs and is detachably mounted on a main body portion of the apparatus. The housing section includes plural trays on which to set optical discs. These trays are mounted for movement between a pull-out position out of the housing section and a housed position in the housing section. The reproducing unit reproduces an optical disc. The movement unit moves one of the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the other. The movement unit moves the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the arraying direction of plural trays housed in the housing section. The movement mechanism includes a positioning mechanism for positioning the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to a sole tray housed in the housing section. The pull-out unit pulls out one of the plural trays housed in the housing section from the housing section towards the recording and/or reproducing unit.

Disc recording/reproducing apparatus and disc container casing used therein

A pair of pins is arranged on the left and right of each of a plurality of trays placed vertically movably so as to protrude laterally, whereas separating cams are arranged on both sides of the trays in a protrudable and withdrawable way. The separating cams are formed with four first separating control parts for moving upward the pins of the selected tray and the tray(s) thereabove, four second separating control parts for moving upward only the pins of the tray(s) above the selected tray , and four third separating control parts each for engaging with only a pair of pins of the selected tray . Movement of the separating cam forms spaces above and below the selected tray to hold a disc on the selected tray from above and below for reproduction on the spot.

In an on-vehicle disc player having a disc elevator ( ) for making a plurality of trays ( ) each having a CD placed on it stacked one over another in the vertical direction move in the stacking direction, there is provided plate springs ( ) for pressing an inserted CD at both sides of the tray ( ). Further, there is provided separating cams ( ) for forming spaces at both side of the tray ( ) having a CD to be reproduced, by the movement in the fore-and-aft direction. Holding means for holding and rotating the CD are inserted to the spaces formed by the separating cams ( ) to hold the CD. Thereafter, by pushing down the plate springs ( ) which has pushed and caught the CD in the tray ( ) by means of peripheral portions ( ) of lower faces of upper stage entering portions ( ) of the separating cams ( ), the CD is released and the tray ( ) is pushed down to be separated from the CD. This enables the reproduction at the same position as the supporting position, and thereby it becomes possible to make the apparatus small in size.

In place of a conventional tray, a pair of mounting stages is arranged as a disc holding device, wherein six pairs of mounting stages are vertically movably placed one upon another by arranging guide supports through guide holes of the pair of mounting stages for mounting a disc thereon. Spring bearings are arranged on the uppermost mounting stages , inside which received are the lower ends of coil springs enclosing spring guides arranged between a top plate and a bottom plate, achieving reduced size and weight of the disc holding device for mounting discs thereon.

Disc holding device and disc recording and/or reproducing device including disc mounting mechanisms and bias mechanisms for biasing a disc towards the mounting mechanisms

In an on-vehicle disc player having a disc elevator ( ) for making a plurality of disc carrying devices each having a CD placed on it stacked one over another, for example, in the vertical direction move in the stacking direction and a holding device ( ) for holding and rotationally driving a CD, the disc player is provided with an inner slider ( ) which moves in a direction (plane direction of a disc) perpendicular to the direction of stacking the disc carrying devices and makes the disc elevator ( ) and the holding device ( ) move in the stacking direction, a separating cam ( ) which separates the stacked disc carrying devices to form a specified space, and an outer slider ( ) which is coupled to the separating cam ( ) and moves in a plane direction of a disc is provided.

Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus having control plates and space forming features

A disc support plate includes a substrate, an adhesive layer placed on the substrate, and a flocked layer placed on the substrate through the adhesive layer.

Disc support plate and disc recording and/or reproducing device

A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a housing section for housing a plurality of discs, the housing section having a plurality of trays each for setting a disc thereon, the tray being movable between a pull-out position outside of the housing section and a housed position within the housing section, a recording and/or reproducing unit for recording and/or reproducing the disc, a movement unit for moving one of the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit relative to the other, the movement unit causing relative movement between the housing section and the recording and/or reproducing unit in an arraying direction of the plural trays housed in the housing section and a pull-out unit for pulling out from the housing section one of the plural trays housed within the housing section. The pull-out unit such that a portion of a disc housing recess of the tray remains within the housing section holds the tray even after pulling out the tray from the housing section and shifts the pulled-out tray to the recording and/or reproducing unit, with the tray holding state being released by the recording and/or reproducing unit after housing the tray in the housing section.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toru Hama