Disk device
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKen Kutaragi, Shigehisa Miyasaka
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Abstract
A disk device that can accommodate disks of different diameter sizes and can be used in the horizontal or vertical orientation is provided with a disk tray on which an optical disk is placed, a chucking member that holds an optical disk in place at its center, and a drive motor that rotates the chucking member and is installed on a base member, which is rotatably supported inside the main body of the disk device. The chucking member is movable with the disk tray during the inward and outward movement of the disk tray with respect to the main body of the disk device, while the drive motor is also moved into and out of engagement with the chucking member as the disk tray moves into and out of the main body of the disk device.
Claims11
A disk device comprising:
- a) a main body having a base member;
- b) a disk tray loadable into said main body for placement of a disk having a central portion;
- c) a chucking member having an axis of rotation and provided on said disk tray for holding said disk in place at its central portion;
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- d) a drive motor provided on said base member for rotational engagement with said chucking member,
- e) wherein said base member is rotatably supported inside said main body for movement of said drive motor toward said disk tray and away from said disk tray during advancement and retraction of said disk tray with respect to said main body;
- f) wherein said chucking member is constructed so as to be exposed outside of said main body along with the advancement and retraction of said disk tray with respect to said main body;
- g) wherein said drive motor further comprises a motor main unit having an axis of rotation, a rotation shaft and a rotating plate, wherein said drive motor is coupled to said motor main unit and to said rotation shaft and said rotating plate that makes tight contact with said chucking member, and when said disk tray is accommodated in said main body said chucking member makes tight contact with said rotating plate by magnetic force and rotates synchronously with the rotation of said motor main unit;
- h) wherein said rotating plate further comprises a spherical surface having a vertex at a position corresponding to the axis of rotation of said motor main unit, and said chucking member further comprises a base surface that makes tight contact with said rotating plate, said base surface being in the shape of a concave curved surface corresponding to said rotating plate, and the lowest part of said base surface corresponding to the axis of rotation of said chucking member;
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- i) further comprising a protrusion provided on said rotating plate and adapted for engagement with a depression provided in said base surface of said chucking member.
A disk tray for accommodating a disk, said disk having a central portion and an undersurface, said disk tray for use with a disk device that operates with such disk, said disk was comprising:
- a) a seating surface, a rear surface and a thickness defined therebetween,
- b) a chucking member held between said seating surface and said rear surface, said chucking member further comprising an upper portion adapted for the passage of the central portion of a disk and a lower portion adapted for engagement with a drive unit within the disk device, and
- c) holding members disposed along the upper portion of said chucking member for horizontally or vertically retaining a disk on said disk tray,
- d) wherein said lower portion of said chucking member further comprises a concave surface dimensioned to mate with a convex surface on a drive unit in said disk device, and
- e) wherein said concave surface further comprises a guide groove for engagement by a drive unit in said disk device.
A disk device comprising:
- a) a mainbody;
- b) a disk tray loadable into said main body, said disk tray being adapted to receive a disk thereon;
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- c) a drive member for rotation of a disk seated on said disk tray;
- d) wherein said drive member further comprises a first drive unit disposed within said main body and a second drive unit disposed on said disk tray,
- e) wherein said first unit comprises a drive motor and said second drive unit comprises a chucking member,
- f) wherein said chucking member has a concave engagement surface that engages a convex engagement surface on said dive motor, and
- g) wherein said drive motor engagement surface has a protrusion that engages a depression on said chucking member engagement surface to assure synchronous rotation of said drive motor with said chucking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.