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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyoshi Ishii, Chiba, JP;
Hideaki Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mitsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Obata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyoshi Ishii, Chiba, JP;
Hideaki Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mitsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Obata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk drive device includes a device main body in which a disk slot for inserting and removing a disk-like recording medium is provided, a disk holding unit that rotatably holds the disk-like recording medium, a main chassis that supports the disk holding unit and a base unit, an arm unit rotatably supported on one or the other side in a plane parallel to the disk-like recording medium, an urging arm that urges the disk-like recording medium, a first centering member that supports the side of the disk-like recording medium, and a second centering member that supports the side of the disk-like recording medium. The first centering member and the second centering member are regulated in positions to support the side of the disk-like recording medium. The first centering member and the second centering member support the disk-like recording medium in a centering position.