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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takafumi Suwa, Tanashi, JP;
Shoji Tomioka, Sagamihara, JP;
Tsutomu Imai, Ohme, JP;
Yosuke Haga, Ohmiya, JP;
Takeharu Sasada, Hachiouji, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A vehicle mount disc player having a small thickness by removing a wasteful space around a reproduction unit chassis when a disc is loaded or unloaded. The vehicle mount disc player has the reproduction unit chassis supported in a floating state by a main chassis via damper mechanisms. The reproduction unit chassis is locked so as to be shifted to a disc motor side along an axial direction of a disc motor and a turntable when the disc is loaded or unloaded.