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AssigneeTEAC Corporation
InventorsTakashi Watanabe, Nobuhiko Fujimura, Yo Kamei
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A disk device includes a chassis having a printed circuit board provided therein. A moving unit on which a recording disk is held has a sub-chassis and electrical parts on the sub-chassis, the moving unit being movably supported on the chassis so that the moving unit is movable between an inserted position and a disk-change position in an insert direction and an eject direction. A first connector is arranged on the sub-chassis of the moving unit, the first connector being electrically coupled to the electrical parts of the moving unit. A flexible printed circuit cable has a first connector portion fitted to the first connector so that the electrical parts of the moving unit are electrically connected to the printed circuit board of the chassis, the first connector portion being arranged under the sub-chassis of the moving unit.
A disk device comprising:
A disk device comprising:
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Indirect insertion, i.e. with external loading means: with sliding loading means
Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules: the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
The apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device: arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches
Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
Term ended 9 Apr 2016 (estimated)
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a disk device, and more particularly to a CD-ROM disk device, built in a casing of a small-size personal computer, wherein a moving unit on which a CD-ROM is held is movable between an inserted position and a disk-change position in both an insert direction and an eject direction.
(2) Description of the Related Art
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional CD-ROM disk device;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the conventional CD-ROM disk device in FIG. 1;
A description will now be given of the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 3 shows a CD-ROM disk device 140 to which one embodiment of the present invention is applied. The disk device 140 generally has a chassis 141 and a moving unit 142.
FIG. 4 shows the CD-ROM disk device 140 when the moving unit 142 is placed at an inserted position. FIG. 5 shows the CD-ROM disk device 140 when the moving unit 142 is manually moved in an eject direction to a disk-change position. FIG. 6 is a top view of the CD-ROM disk device shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the CD-ROM disk device 140 taken along a line VII--VII in FIG. 4.