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Disc drive assembly

Granted 21 Mar 1989 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Teac Corporation · originally TEAC Corporation

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Inventors: Yasushi Noda, Kenji Takeuchi, Yoshiaki Sakai · Examiner: Susan J. Lucas · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
123578
filed 20 Nov 1987
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US D300323
granted 21 Mar 1989

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a disc drive assembly showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof, the eject button panel in the bottom cut-out of the disc drive door being recessed back into the drive, this being the normal position of the eject button when there is no disc in the disc drive; and

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof with a magnetic disc being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes inside of the disc drive, and with the eject button panel moved forward so that it is flush with the surface of the front panel, this being the normal position of the eject panel when a magnetic disc is inserted into the disc drive.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/109

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