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  3. /G11 · Information storage
  4. /G11B · Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  5. /G11B 17/00 · Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of
  6. /G11B 17/02 · Details
  7. /G11B 17/04 · Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit
  8. /G11B 17/041 · Specially adapted for discs contained within cartridges
  9. /G11B 17/044 · Indirect insertion, i.e. with external loading means
  10. /G11B 17/047 · With sliding loading means
  11. /G11B 17/0473
G11B 17/0473

Adapted for discs of different sizes

Official title: {adapted for discs of different sizes}

G11B17/0473 (Adapted for discs of different sizes) appears on 5 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. GPhysics
  2. G11Information storage
  3. G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  4. G11B 17/00Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of
  5. G11B 17/02Details
  6. G11B 17/04Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit
  7. G11B 17/041Specially adapted for discs contained within cartridges
  8. G11B 17/044Indirect insertion, i.e. with external loading means
  9. G11B 17/047With sliding loading means
  10. G11B 17/0473Adapted for discs of different sizes
Granted patents
5
Published applications
0
Assignees
5
Inventors
12
Latest grant
28 Jan 2003

Filings by year

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G11B 17/0473: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Optical recording/reproducing apparatus and method for using various sizes, and types of recording/reproducing mediums therein28 Jan 2003US 6,512,731 B1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Disc driving device17 Jul 2001US 6,262,960 B1Sony Corporation
  • Disc transfer mechanism12 Dec 2000US 6,160,781 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Disk drive using disk tray27 Jul 1999US 5,930,218 AMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Disk loading device for an optical disk driver26 Jan 1999US 5,864,529 ALite-On Technology Corporation

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Disk drive using disk tray22US 5,930,218 AMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. · 1999
  • Optical recording/reproducing apparatus and method for using various sizes, and types of recording/reproducing mediums therein13US 6,512,731 B1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2003
  • Disk loading device for an optical disk driver7US 5,864,529 ALite-On Technology Corporation · 1999
  • Disc driving device7US 6,262,960 B1Sony Corporation · 2001
  • Disc transfer mechanism2US 6,160,781 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2000

Top assignees

Documents
  • Lite-On Technology Corporation1
  • MEMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.1
  • Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.1
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1
  • Sony Corporation1
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