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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 751 ;
Abstract
Functions regarding a mechanical structure are made common so as to enable both of a CD and an MO cartridge to be used by one apparatus. When the CD as an exposed medium is loaded, the apparatus operates as a CD player. When the MO cartridge as a cartridge enclosed medium is loaded, the apparatus operates as an optical disk drive.