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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Akira Yasaki, Kawagoe, JP;
Hideki Kinoshita, Kawagoe, JP;
Shigeru Kojima, Kawagoe, JP;
Jun Togashi, Kawagoe, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuyuki Noboribayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Yasaki, Kawagoe, JP;
Hideki Kinoshita, Kawagoe, JP;
Shigeru Kojima, Kawagoe, JP;
Jun Togashi, Kawagoe, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuyuki Noboribayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A support () that is substantially cylindrical so as to be received by a disk hole (NA) and has a positioning portion () on a circumference adjacent to a first axial end is provided with a concave portion () of which both ends open to the circumference along a radial direction. A first engaging portion () protrudes from around the circumference at which a first axial end of the concave portion opens substantially opposes to the positioning portion with a gap equal to or more than a thickness of an optical disk (N). A moving member () is disposed in the concave portion in a manner movable along a radial direction of the support. A second engaging portion () protrudes on an end of the moving member at a position corresponding to a second axial end of the concave portion.