Patent ID: 7117511
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A car-mounted disc player comprising: a drive unit elastically supported on a chassis having an elastic member between the drive unit and the chassis, the drive unit including a turntable and a pickup; a clamper-supporting member rotatably supporting a clamper; a clamp mechanism operable to activate the clamper-supporting member to bring a disc in a clamped state or an unclamped state between the turntable and the clamper; a lock mechanism operable to place the drive unit in a locked state or an unlocked state with respect to the chassis; and a change-over mechanism operable to activate the clamp mechanism and the lock mechanism, wherein the change-over mechanism may be halted at a half-locked position where the drive unit is brought in the locked state while the disc is kept in a clamped state by the turntable and the clamper.