Automatic tonearm lifter
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Jun 8, 2021
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Sep 10, 2020
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Abstract
An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
- YA HORNG ELECTRONIC CO. LTD.; THORENS GMBH
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Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Huang, Jin-Yi | Tainan, TW | 12 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Kuerten, Gunter | Bergisch-Gladbach, DE | 1 | 1 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 1 |
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