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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ootsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunitaka Nerome, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yoshii, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Natsubori, Chiba, JP;
Yoko Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Isoda, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Abiko, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ootsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunitaka Nerome, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yoshii, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Natsubori, Chiba, JP;
Yoko Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Isoda, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Abiko, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc drive apparatus is adapted to be driven when incorporated into a host appliance provided with a see-through section and comprises a disc receiving section for receiving a disc-shaped recording medium, a disc rotary drive mechanism for driving the disc-shaped recording medium to rotate, a recording and/or reproduction mechanism for recording information signals on and/or reproducing information signals from the disc-shaped recording medium and an apparatus main body arranged in correspondence to the see-through section formed in the host appliance and provided with a see-through hole exposing part of the disc-shaped recording medium placed on the disc receiving section to the outside of the host appliance by way of the see-through section.