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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/312 ; G11B 3/314 ; G11B 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/312 ; G11B 3/314 ; G11B 3/302 ;
Abstract
The optical disk apparatus is provided with a radiation shielding potion including a horizontal section in parallel to a bottom plate , and vertical sections which extend downwardly from both ends of the horizontal section, and provided in the vicinity of a front panel to cross over a disk read section equipped with a pickup . Further, each of the horizontal section and the vertical sections is first shielding planes in parallel to the front panel and second shielding planes perpendicular to the front panel. The vertical sections are secured to the bottom plate at their lower ends.