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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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Shoji Takahashi, Hannou, JP;
Maki Wakita, Sayama, JP;
Takuro Kohyama, Nishitokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive device () comprises a body chassis () and a tray () movable relative to the body chassis (). The body chassis () is provided with a stage () at one side thereof, which is higher than the central bottom face. On the other hand, a part of the disk protective portion () of the tray (), which overlaps the stage (), is cut out at its rear end () in an arc shape. As a result, the disk protective portion () covers the whole area of a disk () and, at the same time, forms a large space between it and the front end () of the stage ().