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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Takashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kanzo Okada, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A disc-shaped recording medium for which information signals are recorded and/or reproduced in a state in which a rotating recording and/or reproducing head is floated a pre-set distance from a signal recording region carrying surface of the disc-shaped recording medium. The disc-shaped recording medium has an area radially outside of the outer perimeter of center opening by at least 0.1 mm clamped by a clamp mechanism. This area is coplanar as each surface of the disc-shaped recording medium carrying the signal recording region. It is possible in this manner to prevent eccentricity of the rotating disc-shaped recording medium and consequent collision of the recording and/or reproducing head against the disc-shaped recording medium.