Inventor
INATANI AKIHISA
JP20 patents
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SONY CORP
18 patentsUS5959958ASep 28, 1999
Disc changer device increasing the distance between a gripped disc and neighboring discs on both sides of the gripped disc
SONY CORP41 citations92
US5953293ASep 14, 1999
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disk-like recording medium
SONY CORP29 citations92
US6167014ADec 26, 2000
Disc loading device for loading a cartridge containing therein a disc or a disc cartridge
SONY CORP16 citations83
US5644558AJul 1, 1997
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc-shaped recording medium
SONY CORP18 citations82
US6181653B1Jan 30, 2001
Disc reproducing and recording apparatus with display of the amount of data in a buffer memory
SONY CORP13 citations73
US5970041AOct 19, 1999
Disc changer device increasing the distance between a gripped disc and neighboring discs on both sides of the gripped disc
SONY CORP11 citations73
US5978324ANov 2, 1999
Disc recording/reproducing unit elastically supported on a main body of the apparatus including a lock mechanism for the elastic support device
SONY CORP11 citations72
US5828633AOct 27, 1998
Disc recording and/or reproducing changer with disc transporting mechanism and disc detector
SONY CORP7 citations72
US6396794B1May 28, 2002
Disc recording and/or reproducing devices with disc exchanging function
SONY CORP11 citations68
US5872752AFeb 16, 1999
Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing disk-like recording medium
SONY CORP3 citations62
US7313800B2Dec 25, 2007
Disk centering system
SONY CORP5 citations61
US7103894B2Sep 5, 2006
Disk loading mechanism, and disk recording and/or reproducing device
SONY CORP5 citations60
US6683829B2Jan 27, 2004
Disc changer apparatus
SONY CORP2 citations60
US7540001B2May 26, 2009
Apparatus for and method of mounting disks having different diameters
SONY CORP3 citations59
US6952834B2Oct 4, 2005
Disc chucking device and disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus
SONY CORP6 citations57
US6590842B1Jul 8, 2003
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disklike recording medium
SONY CORP3 citations56
US5959951ASep 28, 1999
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for disc-shaped recording medium
SONY CORP1 citations51
US7881163B2Feb 1, 2011
Recording medium changer and reproducing apparatus
SONY CORP0 citations37