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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Kozo Ezawa, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Inata, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Tomita, Nara, JP;
Kozo Ezawa, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Inata, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Tomita, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disk apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a disk drive portion for housing a disk medium having an information recording surface and for recording and/or reproducing information; and a lid body including a display for displaying information, and closed and opened with respect to the apparatus body in such a way that the display is postured face down and up. The apparatus body further includes: a drive-portion cover which is movable in a bottom direction of the apparatus body and inserts and ejects the disk medium into and from the disk drive portion; and a lock hook and a cover hook locking the disk medium housed in the apparatus body. A locking state of the lock hook and the cover hook is kept when the lid body is in the open state with respect to the apparatus body.