Patent ID: 7287261

Claim:
A disc-positioning mechanism for a car-mounted disc player, comprising: a drive chassis comprising a turntable and a pickup; a clamper-supporting member; a clamper rotatably supported on the clamper-supporting member, the clamper operable to clamp a disc between the clamper and the turntable; and at least one positioning member abutting against an outer periphery of a disc inserted from a slot, the at least one positioning member comprising an abutment and a regulatory portion, the abutment operable to make contact with the outer periphery of the disc and the regulatory portion extending farther toward the slot than the abutment; wherein the clamper-supporting member is operable to move with respect to the drive chassis from a first position where the disc is inserted from the slot to a second position where the disc is clamped between the clamper and the turntable; and wherein the at least one positioning member is supported on the drive chassis and the regulatory portion abuts against the clamper-supporting member when the clamper-supporting member is at least at the first position.