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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2009
Hitoshi Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Shintaro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Haruka Kaneko, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Nagamura, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Shintaro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Haruka Kaneko, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Nagamura, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cover opening/closing device of the present invention is formed so that a height of a rib to be in contact with a sealing member asymptotically decreases from a shaft toward an edge of a cover opposite to the shaft. With this configuration, the cover can be closed with only a small load imposed on the cover, whereby the operability in the opening/closing of the cover can be improved. Further, air-tightness of a recessed part provided with a disk drive sealed by the cover can be ensured.