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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Hidenori Shinohara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hoshi, Hitachi, JP;
Inventors:
Hidenori Shinohara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hoshi, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic apparatus comprises an optical disk drive having an eject button for opening/closing a disk tray and a first controller for controlling the eject button. A tray open/close button controls the disk tray. A second controller controls the disk tray. A mechanism for operating the eject button of the optical disk drive is disposed within a housing of the electronic apparatus and is operated from outside of the housing.