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Optical compact disk drive with an acoustic-and-vibration attenuator

US6862738B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2002
Grant dateMar 1, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/056
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical compact disk drive includes a housing with a top cover, a disk-supporting tray mounted in the housing for supporting a compact disk thereon and cooperating with the top cover to define a gap therebetween, and an acoustic-and-vibration attenuator mounted in the gap to divide the gap into a plurality of angularly spaced apart compartments around a central axis that passes through a center of the compact disk.

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