Alpine Electronics, Inc.

Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation

Tsutomu Tatekawa

Tokio Suzuki

Yusuke Yoshida

Shoji Suzuki

Ichiro Kato

Nobunori Kudou

Hiroshi Kawase

Yousuke Kuno

A unit chassis of an operation unit is fixed to a coupling support portion provided at a support member. A front contact portion is formed at a fixing piece provided at the coupling support portion, and a front restriction portion formed at a right plate portion of the support member and the front contact portion face each other to be spaced apart by a distance in the front-rear direction (Z1-Z2 direction). When the operation unit is pulled toward the near side (Z1 direction), the front contact portion comes into contact with the front restriction portion and restricts a movement of the operation unit.

Operation apparatus

An HUD apparatus is structured such that a first cover moves forward to open a first opening, which is disposed on a path along which a combiner moves, and a second cover also moves forward to open a second opening, which is disposed on an optical path from a light-projecting portion of a light-emitting unit (second mirror) to the combiner. When the combiner moves from an accommodated position to a projecting position, a front end portion of the second cover moves into a space that is occupied by the combiner when the combiner is at the accommodated position.

Head-up display apparatus

When a normal disk having the diameter of 12 cm is inserted into the disk device, first and second optical detecting elements detect the insertion, and transitions to a first detection state, which initiates transfer operation of first and second transfer rollers. If the disk is further moved to an inner portion of the device, thus pressing first and second detecting pins, first and second detecting switches are turned OFF, and the detecting elements enter a second detection state. Before the transition from the first detection state to the second detection state occurs, a rotating speed of the first and second transfer rollers is set low. After transition to the second detection state, the rotating speed is increased. As a result, a card or other such foreign objects can be removed and a monitoring period can be increased until detection of a normal disk is detected.

Disc device having multiple disk carry-in speeds

A disk-storing disk device includes a mechanism base provided at a position beyond the perimeter of a disk stored in a disk storing region provided vertically within a middle portion of a casing, and a switchover member which moves following an arc path is provided on the mechanism base. Switching operations of various types of mechanisms can be performed by this switchover member. Also, other switchover members can be disposed vertically overlapping the mechanism base. Accordingly, the vertical movement region for holding disks can be made larger, and also, the planar area of the casing can be reduced. This allows a greater number of disks to be stored within the casing, while reducing the size of the casing.

Disk-storing disk device with laterally disposed switchover member

A disk device according to the present invention includes a transporting unit having a transfer roller within a casing. The transfer roller is rotatable about a fulcrum shaft. An integral gear is rotatably provided in the fulcrum shaft. The power of a motor fixed in the casing is transmitted to a worm wheel of the transporting unit via the integral gear and is further transmitted to a roller gear. Therefore, by the rotation on its own axis of the transfer roller and the rotating operation of the entire transporting unit, a disk is conveyed.

Disk device having a transporting-unit rotating unit rotating about a fulcrum shaft

In a disk-storing disk device according to the present invention, within a casing having an insertion opening formed on the front face for inserting a disk, a plurality of holders are arranged in piles disproportionately on the Xside about an insertion center line while a drive unit is rotatably supported on the Xside from the insertion center line. When any of the holders is selected and a disk is inserted through the insertion opening, the disk is clamped to transfer rollers. A transporting unit is counterclockwise rotated while the disk is transferred with the transfer rollers. By the rotation, the disk is securely conveyed to the holder arranged disproportionately on the Xside. Thereby, efficiency of arranging respective units in the casing is improved so as to provide a disk-storing disk device with short depth size.

Disk-storing disk device having a drive unit and a transporting-unit supported about fulcrum

A disk changer apparatus includes a rotation base on which a turntable and a head are mounted. The rotation base can rotate about the rear end thereof as a fulcrum. The disk changer apparatus further includes a base supporter opposed to the top end of the rotation base when the rotation base moves to a driving position where the rotation base can drive a disk selected from a plurality of disks, a lock member movably mounted on the rotation base, and a lock control mechanism for causing the lock member to be connected to the base supporter when the rotation base moves to the driving position. The disk changer apparatus having such a structure stably supports both ends of the rotation base when the rotation base rotates to the driving position.

Apparatus for changing multiple media disks

A disk device includes a disk tray capable of accommodating disks by stacking; a first driving motor for transferring the disk tray in the disk-stacking direction; a driving unit including an optical head for reading out data recorded in the disks, and a supporting component for supporting the rotation of the disks; a second driving motor for selectively transferring the driving unit between a playback position where the driving unit overlaps with the disks in the disk-stacking direction and a retracted position where the driving unit does not overlap with the disks in the disk-stacking direction; disk detectors for determining whether the disk tray accommodates disks at predetermined positions; and a controlling section for transferring the disk tray in the disk-stacking direction while the driving unit is kept at the playback position when the disk tray does not accommodate disks at predetermined positions on the basis of detection results of the disks during disk checks.

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Iwaki, Japan

Tsutomu Tatekawa