Patent 7904919 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A disk apparatus comprising a chassis outer sheath having a base body 10 and a lid, in which a front surface of the chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening 11 into which a disk is directly inserted, a lever which is operated when the disk is inserted or discharged is provided in the chassis outer sheath, the lever is provided at its movable side end with a guide 17, and the disk is guided by the guide 17, wherein