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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Ken Kutaragi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigehisa Miyasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk device that can accommodate disks of different diameter sizes and can be used in the horizontal or vertical orientation is provided with a disk tray on which an optical disk is placed, a chucking member that holds an optical disk in place at its center, and a drive motor that rotates the chucking member and is installed on a base member, which is rotatably supported inside the main body of the disk device. The chucking member is movable with the disk tray during the inward and outward movement of the disk tray with respect to the main body of the disk device, while the drive motor is also moved into and out of engagement with the chucking member as the disk tray moves into and out of the main body of the disk device.