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US 8,898,683 B2Granted
Disc drive unit and apparatus having the same
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsHitoshi Higaki, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tatsuro Nishi, Norikatsu Yoshida
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Abstract
A disc drive unit is configured with a plurality of disc drives as one unit. At least one of a pair of opposed disc drives arranged on an identical horizontal plane is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of the other disc drive when the tray is ejected. The tray support member is capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the same.
Claims7
A disc drive unit comprising a plurality of disc drives as one unit, wherein
- at least one of a pair of the plurality of disc drives, the pair of disc drives opposing each other and being arranged on an identical horizontal plane, is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of another of the pair of disc drives when the tray is ejected, the tray support member being capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the one disc drive.
A disc apparatus for feeding a disc to each of a plurality of disc drives, the disc apparatus
- comprising a disc drive unit configured with at least a part of the plurality of disc drives as one unit, wherein
- in the disc drive unit, at least one of a pair of disc drives, the pair of disc drives opposing each other and being arranged on an identical horizontal plane, is provided with a tray support member for supporting a front end of a tray of another of the pair of disc drives when the tray is ejected, the tray support member being capable of protruding from the one disc drive and withdrawing into the one disc drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.