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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Kouji Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Tokita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Clarion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/08 (2006.01); G11B 7/085 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive and drive unit driving mechanism includes a disk holder with a plurality of holder plates that can receive individual hold disk in a stacked configuration. Disk selectors can form a space above and below a desired disk to be played by contacting and raising and/or lowering the holder plates. A drive base can move a drive unit into the space that is formed between the holder plates. Disk selectors can be provided with cams of a web shaped configuration to co-act with the protrusion provided whereby the holder plates can be moved in a vertical direction.