Inventor
KANADA TOKIO
JP28 patents
Patents
28 patentsUS5583834ADec 10, 1996
Mini disc player
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US5504730AApr 2, 1996
Disk cartridge loading mechanism for use in disk recording and/or regenerating device having a reduced thickness and reduced complexity
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US5485445AJan 16, 1996
Disc driving apparatus having means for placing a read record head at a predetermined position in the innermost region of a disc
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US6208610B1Mar 27, 2001
Adjustable optical pickup device with means for removing stray light
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US6973661B2Dec 6, 2005
Recording medium driving device
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US6934957B2Aug 23, 2005
Recording medium driving device
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US5835475ANov 10, 1998
Optical device and optical pickup device
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US5768237AJun 16, 1998
Disc cartridge loading device with lid lock detection switch
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US5638351AJun 10, 1997
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording medium
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US5005098AApr 2, 1991
Disk drive with stabilizer block for insuring stable contact between a read/write head and a flexible recording medium
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US7555763B2Jun 30, 2009
Disk cartridge
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US7224656B2May 29, 2007
Disc detection device and associated method
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US7003785B2Feb 21, 2006
Recording medium driving device
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US6993778B2Jan 31, 2006
Recording medium driving device
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US6978468B2Dec 20, 2005
Recording medium driving device
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US6757236B1Jun 29, 2004
Objective lens driving device with focusing coils and a tracking coil, and optical disc apparatus
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US5091812AFeb 25, 1992
Stabilizing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing apparatus of flexible rotary recording medium
SONY CORP2 citations62
US7010799B2Mar 7, 2006
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus
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US7730504B2Jun 1, 2010
Disc cartridge
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US7356827B2Apr 8, 2008
Disk cartridge
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US5153797AOct 6, 1992
Head pad and process for production of same
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US7526783B2Apr 28, 2009
Disk cartridge
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US7263708B2Aug 28, 2007
Cartridge type recording medium, associated apparatus and methodology of disc detection
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US7107599B2Sep 12, 2006
Recording medium driving device
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US7100179B2Aug 29, 2006
Recording medium driving device
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US7596796B2Sep 29, 2009
Disk cartridge, and disk recording and/or reproducing device
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US7492547B2Feb 17, 2009
Cartridge device with an ejection slider having a projection insertable into a positioning recess
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US7003786B2Feb 21, 2006
Recording medium driving device
SONY CORP0 citations41