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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Akira Otsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kurita, Tokyo, JP;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A recording medium driving apparatus to be used with a recording medium comprises a unit having a driving section receiving a loaded recording medium recording information in the recording medium and/or reproducing the information recorded in the recording medium, and a holding member holding the recording medium and movable in an inserting direction toward the driving section and in a discharging direction leaving the driving section together with the recording medium; an elastic support member supporting the unit against a fixed section; an intermediate member movably supported by the fixed section and connected to the holding member; and a driving member connected to the intermediate member and causing, by the moving force thereof, the holding member to move in the inserting direction or in the discharging direction via the intermediate member; wherein a transmitting section for transmitting a driving force of the driving member to the intermediate member and a relief section for making the intermediate member movable relative to the driving member after the completion of movement of the holding member in the inserting direction are provided on a connecting section of the driving member and the intermediate member. By using this configuration, it is possible to reduce the weight of the unit to be elastically supported, and downsize and reduce thickness of the vibration preventive space and the entire apparatus.
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