Inventor
SHIOMI TETSUHIRO
JP23 patents
Patents
23 patentsUS6473392B2Oct 29, 2002
Disc cartridge
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Assembly for a disc cartridge
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US6356527B1Mar 12, 2002
Shutter assembly for a disc cartridge
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US6175544B1Jan 16, 2001
Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
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US6754154B1Jun 22, 2004
Optical disk driving apparatus, optical disk driving method and optical disk apparatus
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US6341103B1Jan 22, 2002
Optical disk apparatus capable of correcting the drive current waveforms of stepping motor
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Disk player
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US6614748B2Sep 2, 2003
Mounting assembly for mounting a disk drive upon a turntable of a disk drive assembly
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US7003788B2Feb 21, 2006
Disc cartridge
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US6789260B2Sep 7, 2004
Disk drive apparatus
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US6711113B2Mar 23, 2004
Disk drive apparatus
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US6044054AMar 28, 2000
Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
SONY CORP8 citations74
US6021104AFeb 1, 2000
Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
SONY CORP5 citations74
US5493459AFeb 20, 1996
Cassette loading apparatus having a resilient arm adapted to deform upon the insertion of a large size cassette therein
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US5402405AMar 28, 1995
Cassette loading apparatus
SONY CORP8 citations74
US6751182B1Jun 15, 2004
Head feed mechanism for disk drive apparatus
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USD436947SJan 30, 2001
Pickup for an optical disc player or recorder
SONY CORP6 citations73
USD433676SNov 14, 2000
Drive unit for an optical disc player or recorder
SONY CORP8 citations73
US6810005B2Oct 26, 2004
Disc cartridge
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US6717907B2Apr 6, 2004
Disc cartridge
SONY CORP4 citations63
US6556519B1Apr 29, 2003
Disk charger with circular disk housing and centrally arranged playback unit
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US5629817AMay 13, 1997
Cassette loading apparatus having a cassette holder and a pair of sliders which are shorter than the cassette holder in one direction
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US7336570B1Feb 26, 2008
Apparatus and method for adjusting the tilt angle of an optical pickup device
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