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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a disk drive apparatus or a base unit which can prevent contact between an FPC (flexible Printed Circuit board) and an optical disk. The FPCis connected at one end portion thereof to an optical pickupand is extended in one of feeding directions thereof (for example, in a substantially leftward direction), curved and turned back intermediately and then extended in the other one of the feeding directions (for example, in a substantially rightward direction). The top coveris attached between the FPCand the optical disk and covers part of the FPC. A guide partis attached to a portion which corresponds to a framework of a dotted line on the lower face of the top coverfor guiding the posture of the FPCso that a portion of the FPCwhich is not covered with the FPCand the optical disk are spaced away from each other. The present invention can be applied to a drive apparatus for an optical disk such as a DVD or a CD.