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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Aki Yoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takamasa Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaho Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Okuyama, Chiba, JP;
Aki Yoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takamasa Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaho Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Okuyama, Chiba, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk apparatus for preventing a disk from being dropped while being inserted or removed therein, including a housing on which an opening through which a disk is inserted into and extracted from is formed; a carrying unit for performing carrying-in and carrying-out of the disk into the housing; first and second motors for driving the carrying means, and for rotating the disk; an optical unit for reading and recording information to/from the disk; and a control unit for controlling the entire apparatus; the carrying unit including a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of the disk in the proximity of the ends of the opening such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent to the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other.