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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Takashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a disk drive apparatus including a chassis having a disk insertion slot through which a disk-type recording medium is inserted and/or ejected; a disk transfer mechanism by which the disk-type recording medium is transferred between a disk ejection position and a disk loading position. The apparatus further includes a rotational drive mechanism including a disk loading portion; an optical pickup configured to record and/or reproduce an information signal on the disk-type recording medium; a pickup movement mechanism by which the optical pickup is moved along an information recording surface of the disk-type recording medium. The apparatus still further includes a base member with the rotational drive mechanism, the optical pickup and the pickup movement mechanism; and a base movement mechanism; and an attitude adjustment mechanism.