G11B 17/051
Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means
G11B17/051 (Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means) appears on 577 US grants and 594 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 577
- Published applications
- 594
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 838
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 20 | 24 |
| 2003 | 25 | 47 |
| 2004 | 25 | 41 |
| 2005 | 37 | 87 |
| 2006 | 49 | 75 |
| 2007 | 39 | 65 |
| 2008 | 37 | 58 |
| 2009 | 36 | 67 |
| 2010 | 55 | 42 |
| 2011 | 53 | 23 |
| 2012 | 44 | 16 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical disc drive with conveyor and centering mechanism29 Sep 2026US 12,749,506 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment12 Nov 2024US 12,142,295 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment11 Jun 2024US 12,009,010 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment7 May 2024US 11,978,480 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment30 Apr 2024US 11,972,776 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179653 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment30 Jan 2025US 2025/0037741 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment25 May 2023US 2023/0162760 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment18 May 2023US 2023/0154495 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Optical disc drive and electronic equipment18 May 2023US 2023/0154496 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Front loading disk player55US 4,979,160 APioneer Electronic Corporation · 1990
- Power-operated device for assisting loading and unloading a disc player48US 4,682,320 AStaar S. A. · 1987
- Automatic disc loading apparatus44US 4,498,162 AStaar S. A. · 1985
- Loading apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium43US 5,204,850 ASony Corporation · 1993
- Loading mechanism for optical disk player42US 5,416,763 AKabushiki Kaisha Kenwood · 1995