IP Library Granted Patent US 8,291,441
Granted Patent B2
US 8,291,441 · App. 12/696,350 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Storage device and electronic equipment

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,291,441
App. No.
12/696,350
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage device includes a first loading tray to comprise a loading surface on which to abut a non-recording surface of said portable recording medium, a second loading tray to comprise a loading surface, parallel with the loading surface of said first loading tray, on which to abut a recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded in the way of being turned in the same direction as that of the recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded into said first loading tray, and an access unit disposed on the side of the recording surface to access the recording surface of said portable recording medium even in such a case that said portable recording medium is loaded into any one of said first loading tray and said second loading tray.

Claims (20)

1. A storage device to execute at least any one of reading and writing data from and to a portable recording medium, comprising:

a first loading tray to comprise a loading surface on which to abut a non-recording surface of said portable recording medium;

a second loading tray to comprise a loading surface, parallel with the loading surface of said first loading tray, on which to abut a recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded in the way of being turned in the same direction as that of the recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded into said first loading tray; and

an access unit disposed on the side of the recording surface to access the recording surface of said portable recording medium even in such a case that said portable recording medium is loaded into any one of said first loading tray and said second loading tray,

wherein the loading surface of the first loading tray and the loading surface of the second loading tray are different in their loading directions.

2. The storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first button to control an operation of said first loading tray; and

a second button to control an operation of said second loading tray.

3. The storage device according to claim 2 , wherein said first button and said second button are formed on a front surface of said storage device having an entrance port for said first loading tray and said second loading tray,

said first button is disposed close outwardly in a loading direction of said first loading tray, and

said second button is disposed close outwardly in the loading direction of said second loading tray.

4. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein said portable recording medium is an optical disc, and

said access unit is a pickup unit emitting laser beams to the recording surface of said optical disc.

5. Electronic equipment comprising:

a storage device to execute at least any one of reading and writing data from and to a portable recording medium, the storage device including:

a first loading tray to comprise a loading surface on which to abut a non-recording surface of said portable recording medium,

a second loading tray to comprise a loading surface, parallel with the loading surface of said first loading tray, on which to abut a recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded in the way of being turned in the same direction as that of the recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded into said first loading tray, and

an access unit disposed on the side of the recording surface to access the recording surface of said portable recording medium even in such a case that said portable recording medium is loaded into any one of said first loading tray and said second loading tray; and

a processing circuit to issue, to said storage device, a command to execute at least any one of writing and reading data to and from said portable recording medium

wherein the loading surface of the first loading tray and the loading surface of the second loading tray are different in their loading directions.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048750/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2010
From: TAKAYAMA, AKINORI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023889/0841 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2007065071 · Aug 1, 2007
Related Publication 20100138845A1 · Jun 3, 2010