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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. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kwang Mun Choi, Suwon, KR;
Jun Sung Lee, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 37 ; 369 752 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for chucking an optical disk and for driving a tray in an optical disk player. Combined gears 40 includes a plurality of gears. In accordance with the revolutions of the combined gears, an optical disk is chucked, and a tray 12 is loaded. That is, when the combined gears 40 revolve, they are meshed with a first gear unit 50 to load the tray 12. If the combined gears 40 further revolve, then a protruding piece 48 of the combined gears 40 is engaged with a slider cam 37 to activate a chucking means. In a state with the optical disk chucked, if the tray 12 is to be loaded, the combined gears 40 mesh with a second gear unit.