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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. 14, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hirotoshi Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/302 ;
Abstract
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus, employing a disc cartridge housing a disc with a diameter of approximately 64 mm, small enough to be placed in a user's pocket for easy transportation. The disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus has a spindle motor and optical pickup device mounted such that a surface of the spindle motor and the pickup is fitted into the base to reduce the thickness of the apparatus.