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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Clarion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267136 ;
Abstract
A guide plate having an arcuate groove (70) is fixed to the chassis. The guide groove (70) has a first bend (71) at one end, a second bend (72) at the other end, and a third bend (73) at an intermediate position therein. A slide member (8) is provided in the guide groove (70). A coil spring (61) is provided between the slide member (8) and an engagement member (11) of the floating section (1). The slide member (8) is engaged in one of the bends (72-73) in accordance with the angle of installation of a disc player to the horizon or vertical. The coil spring (61) is set so as to extend vertically at all times to support the floating section.