Mitsumi Electric Company Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshiaki Aboshi

Takashi Watanabe

Masahiro Ando

Kaname Suwa

Yoshihito Otomo

Mamoru Takahashi

Naoki Tamiya

Hiroyuki Saito

A recording medium drive unit includes an insertion opening through which a recording medium is inserted, a holder receiving the recording medium inserted through the insertion opening, a connector, a holder drive part moving the holder to a loading position so that the recording medium is connected to the connector, and a clamp mechanism pressing opposing sides of the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted into the holder. The clamp mechanism is provided to a side of the holder so as to be slidable thereon, and holds the recording medium by the opposing sides thereof.

Recording medium drive unit

A bearing structure for a rotating shaft wherein a frame through which a motor is mounted on a device body is press-worked; a bearing section for supporting the rotating shaft of the motor is formed into a body that is separate from the frame; a mounting hole for securing the bearing section to a motor mounting position of the frame is arranged; a shaft hole for supporting the rotating shaft of the motor is formed on one end side of the bearing section; a bearing housing into which a bearing is fitted is formed on the other end side thereof; and a socket joint portion to be press-fitted into the mounting hole of the frame is formed on an outer circumference on the one end side having the shaft hole of the bearing section is formed.

Bearing structure for rotating shaft

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Tendo, Japan

Yoshiaki Aboshi