Pickup arm suspension for video disc cartridge
AssigneeRCA Corporation
InventorsErnest T. Manson, Byron K. Taylor
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AssigneeRCA Corporation
InventorsErnest T. Manson, Byron K. Taylor
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A video disc signal pickup cartridge is described wherein the stylus arm is coupled to the cartridge body by a highly compliant relatively long, flat member suspended vertically from the top wall of the cartridge. The stylus arm is coupled to the member by passing one end of the arm through a tight fitting hole in the distal end of the member. The member is necked down near the hole to increase torsional compliance with respect to axial rotation of the stylus arm. The proximate end of the member has an expanded compliant region which is compressed for passage through a mounting hole in the cartridge body and allowed to re-expand to compressively retain the member in the hole.
A structure for suspending a stylus arm in a cartridge enclosure comprising:
An element for suspending a stylus arm in a cartridge enclosure comprising a relatively thin, flat rectangular member which is relatively long compared to its width, having a hole in the vicinity of a distal end for receiving said stylus arm, having an expanded region at a proximate end, said element being designed to hang vertically from a horizontal top wall of the cartridge, a portion of said element being positioned vertically through an aperture in said top wall such that said expanded region contacts the under surface of the top wall and restrains said element from further movement through the aperture, and wherein said element is formed from a compliant material to afford bending of the element about an axis parallel with a minor axis of the rectangle and twisting about an axis normal to the flat surface.
A video disc pickup cartridge for supporting a signal pickup stylus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.