Teac Corporation

Yo Kamei

Takashi Watanabe

Noriyuki Kato

Nobuhiko Fujimura

Takao Akiba

Kazuo Yokota

Shigeru Fukinuki

Minoru Minase

Susumu Niinuma

Masasi Tanaka

Naotaka Sekita

A disk device includes a disk moving mechanism for moving a disk between loading and unloading positions. There is a reader/writer for recording or playback of data with the disk in the loading position. In the disk device, a housing includes a main containing region, having a first base wall, for containing the reader/writer. An intermediate containing region is disposed to extend from one side of the main containing region, for partially containing the disk moving mechanism, the intermediate containing region having a second base wall positioned higher than the first base wall, for space saving below. A peripheral containing region is disposed to extend from one side of the intermediate containing region, for containing a portion of the disk protruded from the intermediate containing region, the peripheral containing region having a third base wall positioned higher than the second base wall, for space saving below.

Disk device for loading of disk

A flexible wiring plate includes a first wiring plate connected to a connector of a member of a fixed side (chassis), a second wiring plate connected to a connector of a member of a movable side (slide), and a third wiring plate connecting the first wiring plate to the second wiring plate, wherein an extended direction of the first wiring plate is parallel to the second wiring plate, the second wiring plate is curved so as to be able to bend in an opposite direction to the extended direction of the first wiring plate when the flexible wiring plate is provided, and a reinforcement part having an increased width is formed at a facing part of the second wiring plate that faces a gap formed between the member of the fixed side and the member of the movable side.

Flexible wiring plate and an electronic device for recording and/or playing back information using the flexible wiring plate

A disk device for improving a S/N ratio is provided with a spindle motor control substratearranged below a trayvia a buffer material and a medium substratearranged at a position different from the spindle motor control substratebelow the tray. The spindle motor control substrate, the medium substrateand the main control substrateof the device body are connected each other with a flexible print circuit (FPC). The medium substrateand a pickup headare connected with other FPC. The head detection signal is provided to the main control substratethrough the medium substrate. A driver IC for motor drive system is carried on the spindle motor control substrate. The motor drive signal is apart from the head detection signal and is provided to a spindle motoror a head transferring motor.

Disk device

A disk tray is provided slideably between a disk ejecting position in which a disk is placed on the disk tray and a disk reproduction position in which information stored the disk is read. A housing movably supports the disk tray. Disk reproducing components are arranged in the disk tray, and include a pickup and a disk motor which drives and rotates the disk. A flexible cable connects the disk reproducing components arranged in the disk tray with a substrate provided in the housing, the flexible cable being arranged in a manner in which the flexible cable is curved. A reinforcement film is formed on a predetermined portion of a movable portion of the flexible cable, the movable portion moving with respect to the housing when the disk tray moves with respect to the housing.

Disk drive device having a housing and a flexible cable connected between the housing and a disk tray

A disk device includes a chassis having a printed circuit board provided therein. A moving unit on which a recording disk is held has a sub-chassis and electrical parts on the sub-chassis, the moving unit being movably supported on the chassis so that the moving unit is movable between an inserted position and a disk-change position in an insert direction and an eject direction. A first connector is arranged on the sub-chassis of the moving unit, the first connector being electrically coupled to the electrical parts of the moving unit. A flexible printed circuit cable has a first connector portion fitted to the first connector so that the electrical parts of the moving unit are electrically connected to the printed circuit board of the chassis, the first connector portion being arranged under the sub-chassis of the moving unit.

Disk device having a flexible printed circuit cable providing a

A disk information recording medium is loaded on a tray. The tray is loaded in a frame and rotated when information is read from the disk information recording medium. The tray projects from the frame and causes the disk information recording medium to be exposed from the frame when the disk information recording medium is replaced with another one. A braking member is provided on the frame in a position such that the braking member comes into contact with the disk information recording medium when the tray having the disk information recording medium loaded thereon projects from the frame and exposes the disk information recording medium from the frame.

Disk device with brake mechanism

A disk apparatus includes a metallic chassis unit including a portion being grounded. A movable unit is provided to be movable relative to the chassis unit between an inserted position and a pulled-out position, the movable unit including an optical disk and electric parts for reproducing a signal indicative of information from the optical disk, the movable unit being included in the chassis unit when the movable unit is moved to the inserted position, and being pulled out from the chassis unit when the movable unit is moved to the pulled-out position. A conductive member is provided in the movable unit to protect the electric parts against a discharging of static electricity, the conductive member being electrically connected to the chassis unit when the movable unit is at the inserted position, the electric connection allowing a flow of a discharging current between an operator and the grounded portion of the chassis unit, and the conductive member being separated from the chassis unit when the movable unit is at the pulled-out position.

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