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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Mitsuhiro Hamada, Tamana-gun, JP;
Masanari Esaki, Tikugo, JP;
Yuichi Uchikawa, Miyaki-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical disk apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing, a tray retractably mounted in the housing, and a bezeladapted to close an opening of the housingwhen the tray is accommodated in the housing. An electrically conductive metallic memberis disposed in at least one of main flat portions in the bezel. When the tray is accommodated in the housing, at least one surface of the conductive metallic memberis in contact with the housing.