公开(公告)号：US20200243112A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16641406

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroshi TAKAHASHI ,  Yukio MORIOKA ,  Hirohito TSURUTA ,  Takuto YAMAZAKI

IPC: G11B17/05 ,  G11B33/04 ,  G11B17/26

Abstract: The disc device that includes a disc tray which stores a plurality of stacked discs, a tray carrier which transports the disc tray, and a disc selector which supplies one disc of the plurality of discs stacked on the disc tray to a drive unit. The disc selector includes a disc selector spindle that supports the plurality of discs, a disc press on which an upper surface of an uppermost disc of the plurality of discs supported by the disc selector spindle abuts, a displacement amount detection mechanism that detects a displacement amount of the disc press displaced according to thicknesses of the plurality of supported discs, and a thickness detection unit that detects a thickness of each of the plurality of discs based on the detected displacement amount of the disc press.

公开(公告)号：US20170325368A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15659862

申请日：2017-07-26

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takuto YAMAZAKI ,  Eiji FUJITA

IPC: H05K13/00 ,  H05K13/04 ,  H05K13/02

CPC classification number: H05K13/00 ,  G11B17/225 ,  G11B23/0323 ,  H05K13/021 ,  H05K13/0404

Abstract: A conveyance robot apparatus of this disclosure includes: a plurality of modules arranged in a row in a first direction; a robot capable of moving each of the plurality of modules in the first direction; a pinion mounted on the robot; a plurality of racks which are respectively supported on the plurality of modules in a slidable manner in the first direction, are meshable with the pinion, and are arranged in a row in the first direction; and a rack connecting mechanism configured to connect adjacent racks each other with respect to the plurality of racks arranged in a row in the first direction, by making at least one of the racks positioned at one terminal end slide toward at least one of the racks positioned at another terminal end.