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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Isamu Nakade, Ishikawa, JP;
Tsukasa Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Nishida, Ishikawa, JP;
Isamu Nakade, Ishikawa, JP;
Tsukasa Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Nishida, Ishikawa, JP;
Panasonic Corp., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc device and a disc changer drive capable of achieving a reduction in cost and number of articles and a reduction in size of the disc drive with a simple configuration rather than the prior art and also carrying out a stable playing/writing operation are provided. An optical disc device includes a playing chassis which is supported turnably on a main body of the disc drive and on which a turntable is installed, a substantially Y-shaped cam groove formed on the playing chassis, a driving lever on which a substantially T-shaped cam groove is formed and which transmits a power to a holding portion of the disc, and a turning lever supported turnably on the main body and engaged with the playing chassis and the cam groove of the driving lever via a driving shaft, wherein a turning of the turning lever is followed by a turning of the playing chassis and a movement of the driving lever that follows the turning of the playing chassis to hold a disc as a series of operations.