Patent ID: 7802270
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk reproducing apparatus comprising: a clamper which is elastically deformable and presses a disk against a turntable; and a clamp plate composed of a fixed portion fixed to a clamp holder, a contact portion, located in a central axis thereof, in contact with the clamper, and a connection portion which is elastically deformable and connects the fixed portion and the contact portion, and a pair of brackets, wherein the fixed portion is located radially around the central axis, wherein the clamp plate is supported on the clamp holder by the pair of brackets, wherein the fixed portion and the pair of brackets are integrally formed, and wherein one of the pair of brackets extends in one direction from the fixed portion and the other one of the pair of brackets extends in the opposite direction from the fixed portion.