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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/314 ;
Abstract
A disc drive apparatus performing recording and/or reproduction on a disc-shaped recording medium in which the top plate of a body is in close proximity to the disc-shaped recording medium and the top plate is provided with air passages that extend in radial directions of the disc-shaped recording medium. This disc drive apparatus prevents floatation of the disc-shaped recording medium without causing cost increase.