Sony Interactive Entertainment Assigned Patent

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (12009010) developed by Hirose; Kenji, and Yoguchi; Aki, Tokyo, Japan, for “optical disc drive and electronic equipment.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Provided is an optical disc drive that can implement a conveying roller position manipulation mechanism, a centering mechanism, and a chucking pulley operation mechanism, while allowing the number of components to be reduced. A base frame includes a spindle motor and an optical element. An inner case houses the base frame, and supports a conveying mechanism configured to convey an optical disc to the position of the spindle motor. An outer case houses the inner case. The base frame is fixed in the inner case via a first damper, and the inner case is fixed in the outer case via a second damper.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-03-25 (17/913327).