| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 720610000 | Tray locking | 15 |
| 20080229340 | Transfer mechanism and device, and electronic device - A transfer mechanism includes: a tray that includes a placement surface section on which a recording medium is placed, and retention means for keeping hold of the recording medium placed on the placement surface section, and is moved and rotated across an insertion/removal position at which the tray is faced toward the outside of a device body with the placement surface section being substantially horizontal and a recording/reproduction position at which the tray is housed in the device body with the placement surface section being substantially vertical; a clamp member that is supported inside of the device body to allow a main surface section thereof to move and rotate across a substantially-horizontal direction and a substantially-vertical direction, and clamps, with a support mechanism, the recording medium moved and rotated to the recording/reproduction position; and a movement mechanism that moves the tray. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090013340 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - According to one embodiment, an optical disc drive includes a case having a guide portion, a disc tray which is located in the case and carries an optical disc thereon, a guide mechanism which includes a rail slidably mounted on the disc tray and slidably supported on the guide portion of the case and supports the disc tray for movement between a loaded position in which the disc tray is situated in the case and a drawn-out position to which the disc tray is drawn from the case, a locking mechanism, and an ejection mechanism configured to discharge the disc tray from the loaded position to the drawn-out position. The ejection mechanism includes a groove portion formed in the rail or the disc tray, and a compression coil spring located in the groove portion and configured to urge the disc tray toward the drawn-out position. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090150912 | Optical Disk Device with Magnetic Latching Function and the Same in Computer Apparatus - The present invention relates to a computer apparatus and its optical disk device with magnetic latching function. The optical disk device includes a main body and a disk tray moveably provided in the main body to be released or returned into the main body. The disk tray has a magnetic member on one side thereof and corresponds to a variable magnetic member in the main body while the disk tray is returned into the main body. The variable magnetic member is controlled to have the same or the opposite magnetism as the magnetic member has, for attracting the magnetic member to forcedly latch the disk tray in the main body, or for not attracting the magnetic member to free the disk tray. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100262980 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - The present invention provides an optical disk drive that performs a stable lock operation with a small number of components at the time of the insertion of a tray. The optical disk drive has a locking mechanism which engages the inserted tray with the chassis, a reset arm provided in the tray to return the locking mechanism to the initial state, and an engaging boss that is provided in the chassis and is engaged with the reset arm. The tray has a projecting portion for controlling the engagement position between the reset arm and the engaging boss. The projecting portion comes into contact with a back surface of the engaging boss, to control the engaging amount between the reset arm and the engaging boss to be constant. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100293562 | Electronic Device with Optical Disc Drive - An optical disk drive (ODD) disposed in the base of a notebook computer is provided. The front end of the tray of the ODD has a panel having a body with a side edge, a guide member and a fastening member. The guide member is connected to the body, and it can move relatively to the body. The guide member has a guide channel having a first end and a second end. The fastening member has a sheet structure and a guide pillar inserted into the guide channel protruding from the sheet structure. When the guide member is moved to allow the guide pillar to move from the second end to the first end along the guide channel, the sheet structure of the fastening member is driven to protrude from the side edge to be fastened to the base of the notebook computer. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120110604 | LOCKING MECHANISM AND AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE HAVING THE SAME - A locking mechanism for installation on a device body, which includes an actuating element, includes a bezel having a through hole and a first positioning portion spaced apart from the through hole, and a locking element including a front operating portion extending through and movable along the through hole in a left-right direction, at least one guide pin extending in a front-rear direction, and an engaging portion. A press button is mounted slidably on the guide pin, and includes a contact portion adapted to be spaced apart from the actuating element in the left-right direction. The front operating portion is operable to move the press button between non-operative and operative positions, where the contact portion is adapted to be placed out of and in alignment with the actuating element, respectively. The engaging portion engages the first positioning portion when the press button is in the non-operative position. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120174133 | DISK DRIVE - A disk drive that includes (i) a main chassis, (ii) a tray that is configured to have a disk removably mounted thereon and that is installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and that includes a pickup transporting unit configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a radial direction of the disk, and (iii) a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, that is driven by the pickup transporting unit, and that releases a lock of the tray from the main chassis. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174134 | DISK DRIVE HAVING A TRAY LOCK RELEASING UNIT AND A METHOD OF RELEASING A TRAY LOCK USING THE TRAY LOCK RELEASING UNIT - A disk drive including a main chassis; a tray on which a disk is to be removably mounted, the tray being installed to slide into/out of the main chassis, and including a pickup transporting unit that is configured to move a pickup base back and forth in a straight line in a radial direction of the disk. The pickup base includes an optical pickup installed thereon, The disk drive also includes a lock releasing unit that is arranged on the tray, is driven by receiving a driving force of the pickup transporting unit, and releases lock of the tray from the main chassis. The disk drive drives a lock releasing unit by using driving force of a pickup transporting unit. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120260269 | DISC DRIVE WITH LOCK RELEASE UNIT - Provided is a disc drive including a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc. The disc drive also includes a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which includes a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit, and a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120260270 | DISK DRIVE WITH ENHANCED LEAD SCREW - Provided is a disc drive including a main chassis, and a tray, which may receive a disc thereon, and is arranged to slide into and out of the main chassis. The tray includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc and includes a step motor and a lead screw. The lead screw includes a plurality of sections with different diameters. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130125151 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive including a case, a traverse, a guide rod, an optical pick-up head and at least a locking member is provided. The traverse is disposed in the case and includes at least a cantilever part and at least a locking hole. The cantilever part protrudes from a carrying surface of the traverse and is integrated with the traverse. The guide rod leans against a bearing end of the cantilever part. The optical pick-up head is slidably disposed on the guide rod. The locking member includes a leaning part and a locking part. The locking part is locked into the locking hole and the leaning part presses an upper side of an end of the guide rod for making the bearing end generate a bending displacement toward the carrying surface through the guide rod. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130283300 | TRAY LOCKING DEVICE OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A tray locking device of an optical disc drive adapted to lock and release a tray is provided. The optical disc drive has an optical head engaged with a lead screw and driven to move by the lead screw. The tray locking device includes a pushing member disposed on the optical head, a latching hook for latching and releasing a pin, and a transmission assembly disposed between the pushing member and the latching hook. The transmission assembly includes first and second lever elements. The first lever element pivoted in the tray has a slide slot having a first protrusion portion therein. The second lever element has a second protrusion portion adapted to move within the slide slot. When the tray is to be ejected, the lead screw drives the pushing member to push the second lever element, such that the second protrusion portion is aligned with the first protrusion portion. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130298144 | TRAY LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A tray locking device adapted to an optical disc drive for locking and releasing a tray is provided. The optical disc drive has an optical head connected to a lead screw and driven to move by the lead screw. The tray locking device includes a pushing member driven to move by the lead screw, a latching hook for locking and releasing a protruding pin, and a transmission assembly configured between the pushing member and the latching hook. The transmission assembly includes a first rod and a second rod movably configured in the tray. The first rod has a first driving portion, and the second rod has a second driving portion. When the transmission assembly is located at an initial position, the first driving portion is located on a moving path of the pushing member, while the second driving portion is not located on the moving path of the pushing member. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130347012 | MAGAZINE BOX - There is provided a magazine box for removably storing a plurality of disc-storing magazines used in a disc apparatus for feeding a disc to each of a plurality of disc drives; wherein the magazines each include a tray for storing the disc, a case for removably storing the tray, and a first locking mechanism for releasably locking the tray to the case; the magazine box further includes a second locking mechanism for releasably locking the case of each of the plurality of magazines to the magazine box, and the second locking mechanism maintains the locked state at least during the automatic tray-ejection from the case in the disc apparatus is conducted. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20160019928 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc device is provided. The optical disc device comprises: a comprising an optical pickup and a transfer unit for linearly moving the optical pickup in a radial direction; and a locking module that is mounted on a rear side of the tray for unlocking the tray from the body, the locking module comprising: a locking part comprising a hook for engaging a locking projection formed on the body and being mounted to be rotatable; a circular gear being mounted to be rotatable in connection with the transfer unit; a first connecting for rotating by a linear force transmitted through the transfer unit moving outward; and a second connecting part for rotating by a force transmitted sequentially from the first connecting part and the circular gear and to transmit torque to the locking part to cause the hook to be unlocked from the locking projection. | 01-21-2016 |
