Pioneer Corporation

Yasuyuki Noboribayashi

Jun Togashi

Hideki Kinoshita

Akira Yasaki

Shigeru Kojima

Akira Takahashi

Yasuhiro Shinkai

A support () that is substantially cylindrical so as to be received by a disk hole (NA) and has a positioning portion () on a circumference adjacent to a first axial end is provided with a concave portion () of which both ends open to the circumference along a radial direction. A first engaging portion () protrudes from around the circumference at which a first axial end of the concave portion opens substantially opposes to the positioning portion with a gap equal to or more than a thickness of an optical disk (N). A moving member () is disposed in the concave portion in a manner movable along a radial direction of the support. A second engaging portion () protrudes on an end of the moving member at a position corresponding to a second axial end of the concave portion.

Holding device and disk device for recording and reading information

A transport unitincludes a holding sectionA that holds a discand a transport sectionB that transports the disc. Since the discis held by the holding sectionA when the discis transported, the discis prevented from being disengaged from the transport sectionB, so that a transport distance of the disccan be lengthened.

Disk-like recording medium conveyance device

Growing community of inventors

Nagoya, Japan

Yasuyuki Noboribayashi