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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Arakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Minemura, Saitama, JP;
Yuji Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kashiwagi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
Abstract
A recording medium for information signals including a substrate, a signal recording layer provided on one major surface of the substrate and a clamp member having a positioning unit at its center portion and formed of a material that can be magnetically attracted by a magnet. The clamp member is unified to the center portion of the substrate so that the surface of the clamp member will be flush with the substrate surface.