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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369219 ; 369244 ; 369249 ;
Abstract
An optical pickup carrying system includes a base on which a turn table can be disposed rotatably for placing a disk thereon, an optical pickup movably disposed in the base for reading a signal recorded on the disk, a guide rail disposed in the base and provided with sliding surfaces on which a level positioning member secured to the optical pickup and a plate spring can slide, respectively, for guiding and supporting the optical pickup in cooperation with the level positioning member and plate spring when the optical pickup moves, and a groove formed in the sliding surface for storing grease.