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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Hideyuki Onuma, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kajiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kenya Tanimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Onuma, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kajiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kenya Tanimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
NOK Corporaiton, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a traybeing provided to be movable between a first position where an optical disc can be loaded therein and a second position where information is readout from said optical disc loaded; and a housingsupporting said tray to be slidable, and including an electronic circuit board in a part thereof, wherein the tray mounts thereon various kinds of parts including a pickup, a disc motor, and a control portion for controlling them, and is electrically connected between the electronic circuit board of the housing through a flexible cable, which is provided under condition of being bent within the housing, wherein a reinforcing sheet shapedinto waveform at the end portion thereof for dispersing the stresses is adhered in a part of a bent region of the flexible cable, which moves accompanying with movement of the tray when the tray moves between the first position and the second position.