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| 20080216104 | Optical Disc Device Having Means For Protecting the Optical Pickup Unit - An optical disc device comprising a tray ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080216105 | Disc device - When a disc is loaded in or unloaded from a disc device, even if the disc is pushed in the direction opposite to the transmission direction by external force to return or is pulled to return, it is possible to prevent the mechanism that transmits the disc from being damaged and to improve the reliability of the disc device. In a disc device for loading the disc inserted by the pivoting of the arm mechanism therein and for unloading the disc accommodated therein to the outside thereof, a lock mechanism, by which a lock state in which driving force for pivoting the arm mechanism is transmitted from a driving mechanism is released when force more than a predetermined amount is applied to the arm mechanism in the loading direction of the disc or in the unloading direction of the disc, is formed. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080229337 | DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A disk drive apparatus includes: a disk table on which a disk recording medium inserted into a disk insertion port for loading is mounted; an eject lever rotatably supported by a chassis, and having a disk holding part that holds the inserted medium; and a support lever rotatably supported by the chassis and having a disk holding part, wherein these levers are rotated between a waiting position at which the disk holding part waits for the inserted medium and a drawing position at which the medium held by the disk holding part is drawn, wherein when the eject lever and the support lever are at the waiting positions, the disk holding parts are each positioned at a position which is located more on the disk insertion port side than a centering projecting part of the disk table and is not overlapped with the insertion direction of the medium. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080235714 | Optical Disc Device - When storage of an optical disc in which information has been recorded is started, a pair of rollers rotate while holding the optical disc inserted through an insertion/ejection slot of a body of an optical disc device, so that the rollers convey the optical disc to the inside of the body. On this occasion, circumferential edge sensing units provided in the inside of the body sense a circumferential edge of the inserted optical disc continuously to thereby sense the outer diameter, shape and insertion state of the inserted optical disc. The optical disc is ejected when decision is made that there is abnormality. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080235715 | Optical disc apparatus - To eliminate scratches on a disc surface of an optical disc in an emergency eject operation, there is provided an optical disc apparatus including: an emergency eject detector for detecting an emergency eject instruction; a rotation speed detector for producing a signal corresponding to the rotation speed of the optical disc; and a logical circuit unit which is operated by a first signal from the emergency eject detector and a second signal from the rotation speed detector, and when the second output signal is not more than a reference level, produces a third signal so as to input a control signal for instructing stop of the actuator control into an actuator controller. After detection of the emergency eject instruction, the apparatus performs the actuator control without producing the third signal until the rotation speed is not more than a predetermined value. Thus the objective lens is made in a focus control state or in a saving state in which the objective lens is separated from the disc surface. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080235716 | Electronic Apparatus - The present invention is an electronic apparatus including: an electronic apparatus main body | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080244626 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - An optical disk device includes: a disk motor for rotating an optical disk D inserted into a package; an optical pickup that moves in a radial direction of the optical disk, for controlling recording information on the optical disk or reading information from the optical disk; a chassis that is a base for supporting the disk motor and the optical pickup to chuck the optical disk directly inserted into the package to the disk motor; a motor plate that secures the disk motor to the base and that has one side, where the optical pickup is not located, supported by the base and the other side overhanging; and a raised portion for buffering elastic deformation of the optical pickup side of the disk motor plate. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244627 | DISC TRANSPORT WITH CAROUSEL - The present invention provides an improved media device having an improved design for providing efficient operation and improved print and recording speed to one or more storage devices. In one aspect, the present invention provides a media device having a rotatable disc carousel that has a plurality of disc receptacles for storage of storage media and a disc transport that is configured for movement along multiple disc engagement axes for transportation of storage media to the plurality of receptacles of the rotatable disc carousel and to the media components of the media device. In another aspect, the present invention provides a media device having a disc carousel with rotational means adapted to operate independently of the disc transport. In yet another aspect, the present invention meets the above needs by providing a media device having printer means adapted to operate independently of a disc transport. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244628 | Optical disk device - A loader chassis is provided with a tray-out switch and a switch lever which is configured to operate the tray-out switch. A disk tray is mounted in the loader chassis in a movable manner between a mounted position and a ejected position in a moving direction and formed with a switch rib which has a first slope surface. The first slope surface has a concave curve shape with respect to the moving direction. When the disk tray is being ejected toward the ejected position, the first slope surface of the switch rib pushes the switch lever so that the switch lever operates the tray-out switch, thereby stopping a voltage supply to a drive motor of the disk tray. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080250436 | Medium transporting unit and medium processing apparatus - A holding mechanism is operable to hold a top medium from a plurality of plate-shaped media accommodated in a stacker in a stacked manner. A transport arm supports the holding mechanism. The transport arm is provided with a separation mechanism operable to separate a second medium positioned just below the top medium which is held by the holding mechanism. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080250437 | Medium transporting unit and medium processing apparatus - A holding mechanism is operable to hold a top medium from a plurality of plate-shaped media accommodated in a stacker in a stacked manner. A transport arm supports the holding mechanism. When the lift mechanism lifts down the transport arm, one of a first elastic pressing force and a second elastic pressing force greater than the first elastic pressing force is selectively applied from the holding mechanism to an upper surface of the top medium. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080271062 | Optical disc apparatus - To prevent deformation of a chassis due to an impact force in an optical disc apparatus, there is provided a tray for inserting/ejecting an optical disc into/from an apparatus body, with the chassis connected thereto through vibration proof materials in plural portions in a surface opposite a disc placing surface. The tray has projecting portions projecting in a chassis direction in positions facing the chassis in peripheral portions of the plural connecting portions. The projecting portion is located at a position higher than a tray plane with which the vibration proof material comes into contact, and lower than the surface of a chassis facing the tray. When the vibration proof material is compressed and deformed due to the impact force, the projecting portion comes into contact with the chassis facing surface, to reduce the amount of deformation of the vibration proof material and thereby prevent deformation of the chassis. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080282269 | Disk device - A slider is mounted on a chassis forming a frame so as to be movable in a first direction, and is configured to start a movement in conjunction with an operation in which an optical pickup is switched from an operation mode into a non-operation mode and returns to an initial position. A disk tray is mounted on the chassis so as to be movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, is configured to move in conjunction with the movement of the slider, and is provided with a first groove extending in the first direction. A protrusion is provided in the slider and is engaged with the first groove when the disk tray moves, thereby preventing the disk tray from moving in the second direction. A second groove is provided in the disk tray, communicates with the first groove, and introduces the protrusion into the first groove when the disk tray is moved. A first drive mechanism is configured to move the disk tray and includes a first pinion provided in the chassis and a first rack provided in the disk tray. The second groove is provided with an opening by cutting a portion of a groove wall of the guide groove. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080282270 | Disc drive adapted to be downsized - When an optical sensor | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080295122 | OPTICAL DISK PLAYER | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080301720 | Disc Drive - There is provided a disc drive by which the fluid loss of a disc is reduced and the electric power consumption of a spindle motor can be decreased. In the disc drive according to the present invention, a rotation load reducing member is provided between a top cover and the disc. The rotation load reducing member is movably supported by a clearance adjustment member. While the disc is rotating, the rotation load reducing member is moved in the direction approaching the disc. Thereby, the thickness of an air layer on the upper surface of the disc is decreased. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080301721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a control method of an information processing device, includes measuring a movement amount of a body with a sensor, invalidating an operation of a switch which ejects an optical disc held in an optical disc drive, in a case where the movement amount of the body is a threshold value V1 or more, and validating the operation of the switch in accordance with a measured value of the sensor, after invalidating the operation of the switch. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080320504 | Media processing apparatus and controlling method of the same - A medium is transferred and loaded to a media tray provided with a media processing unit which is operable to perform information processing on the medium, by using a transfer arm of a media transfer mechanism. A distance from a surface of the medium loaded on the media tray to a reference position of the transfer arm is acquired. A difference between the acquired distance and a predetermined distance from a reference surface of the media tray to the reference position of the transfer arm is calculated. It is determined that a double transfer of the medium to the media tray occurs when the calculated difference is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090007163 | Optical Disc Device - An optical disc device capable of sensing exactly whether or not a disc is present is provided. In an optical disc device includes a main body having a disc slot, and a carrying roller for carrying a disc between the disc slot and a disc loading position of the main body, a swinging lever whose base end is supported turnably in an inside of the main body by a supporting shaft and to which a disc arriving switch is fixed, and a sensing lever whose base end is supported turnably by the supporting shaft and whose top end contacts the outer periphery of the disc, which is loaded in the disc loading position, to operate the disc arriving switch are provided. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090007164 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a disk storage apparatus including a base, a transmission unit, an actuation unit, and a tray. The transmission unit is disposed on the base. The transmission unit is movably connected to the actuation unit. The tray is provided to support at least one disk. The tray and the transmission unit are movably connected to each other. The actuation unit drives the transmission unit to cause the tray to move relatively to the base. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090013339 | Disk Apparatus - A disk apparatus comprising a chassis outer sheath having a base body and a lid, in which a front surface of the chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted, a spindle motor and a pickup are held by a traverse provided on the base body, a slider mechanism is disposed on one end of the traverse, the slider mechanism includes a vertically moving cam mechanism which brings the traverse close to and away from the base body, wherein a cam groove of the vertically moving cam mechanism comprises a first cam portion which moves together with the slider mechanism and a second cam portion which is displaced with respect to the first cam portion, when a vertically moving pin of the vertically moving cam mechanism exceeds a predetermined height in the cam groove, the second cam portion rises and the second cam portion limits movement of the vertically moving pin, and when the vertically moving pin is equal to or lower than the predetermined height in the cam groove, the second cam portion is held at its lowered position. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090031332 | DISK DEVICE - A lift frame supports a turntable unit, and moves between a lower-most position and a read/write position in conjunction with slide movement of a follower slider. The follower slider has a pressing member and a cam groove. Pressed to a bottom plate of a device chassis by a coil spring, the pressing member stabilizes the movement of the follower slider. The cam groove fits onto a lifting pin of the lift frame. At the read/write position, the cam bottom wall is constituted of a pin pushing portion. The pin pushing portion is pushed upward by the coil spring to press the lifting pin to a cam groove upper wall when the lift frame is in the read/write position. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037942 | DISK DEVICE - A disk device includes a disk tray, a spindle motor, a chucking section, a loading motor, a tray-in switch, a tray-out switch and a loading motor drive voltage generating section. The loading motor drive voltage generating section generates a drive voltage for the loading motor so that a torque of the loading motor is gradually increased after the tray-out switch detects that the disk tray is not located at a predetermined range between an eject position and a retract position until the tray-in switch detects that the disk tray is located at the retract position. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090044206 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Flexible Cable Used for The Same - An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a tray | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090044207 | DISC DRIVE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a disc drive apparatus includes a main frame having sidewalls and first and second guides disposed on the sidewalls and opposed to each other, a recording medium holder configured to hold a disc recording medium, a medium drive section, and an ascent/descent retaining member which supports the medium drive section and is attached to the main frame for ascent and descent. The retaining member includes a pair of arm portions, a connecting portion which connects respective one-end portions of the arm portions, pivotal portions arranged on the respective other end portions of the arm portions and supported on the sidewalls, and first and second engaging portions disposed on the respective one-end portions of the arm portions for engagement with the first and second guides, respectively. The first guide is formed of a leaf spring and configured to urge the retaining member toward the second guide. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090055846 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an optical disk drive apparatus has a case, a disk tray, a first connector, a second connector, and a positioning mechanism. The first connector is provided on the case. The second connector is provided on the disk tray, has a conduction with the first connector when the disk tray is in a first position, and is separated from the first connector when the disk tray is in a second position. The positioning mechanism is provided between the case and the disk tray, and positions the second connector with respect to the first connector when the disk tray moves from the second position to the first position. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090064209 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - An information handling system includes an optical disc drive. The optical disc drive is connected to an auxiliary power source so that a drive tray of the optical disc drive can be opened or closed, or a disc inserted or ejected from the optical disc drive when the information handling system is in a low-power mode. In response to these actions in the low-power mode, information is stored to record that the drive tray has been opened or closed. Accordingly, when the information handling system returns to a normal mode, it can take appropriate action, such as dismounting a logical volume associated with a disc that was previously in the drive. Because the optical disc drive can be physically accessed in the low-power mode, the information handling system does not have to enter the normal power mode in order for discs to be retrieved or inserted. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090064210 | Media Storage System - A media storage system includes a disc input element for receiving a media disc, a disc output element for ejecting a disc, and a media reader for reading information from a disc. If insufficient information is readable from a disc, it may be obtained through a computer network. The system includes a disc transporter for moving received discs to respective internal storage locations. The system includes a data input device for entering disc catalogue data and a data output device such as a display for displaying disc catalogue data. The data input and output devices may be input buttons and a display on a remote control. Each disc and related information is associated with an identifier such that access to disc data may be by restricted by user identifier or content ratings. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090083770 | RECORDING MEDIUM PLAYBACK DEVICE - A recording medium playback device, which enables to decrease time and labor required for a passenger to exchange the recording media, is provided. A CD player | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090100449 | Media device - A media device including a disc tray moved by two motors. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100450 | GEAR HOLDER IN AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - The invention is to provide a gear holder in an optical disk drive, wherein a bolt upwardly protrudes from the bottom of a casing. A screw hole is disposed in the center of the bolt inserted by a wheel hole on the center of a gear. The height of the wheel hole is lower than the height of the bolt. A ring flange protrudes under the peripheral of a through hole disposed on a support cover. The width of the ring flange is equal to the width of the bolt, and the height thereof is equal to the height difference from the bolt to the wheel hole. The support cover is fastened on the bolt by a screw screwed in the screw hole, and then the gear is held and rotates between the casing and the support cover. The ring flange presses on the top of the bolt to maintain a rotation space. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090119689 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive suitable for reading a data in an optical disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a housing, a tray suitable for carrying the optical disc, and a panel. The housing has a first opening, and the panel is disposed at the first opening. The tray is disposed in the housing. The tray has a blocking plate. The blocking plate is disposed on a front edge of the tray, and multiple protrusions are disposed on an upper edge of the blocking plate. Furthermore, the panel has a second opening, and the second opening has multiple notches corresponding to the protrusions. The tray is suitable for exiting out of the housing through the second opening, and the protrusions are suitable for passing through the notches. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125921 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive for reducing impact forces in driving an optical pick-up unit is provided. The optical disc drive for driving an optical disc includes an optical pick-up unit, a guide bar, a rack, and a driving unit. The optical pick-up unit is configured for reading data from or writing data to the optical disc. The guide bar penetrates through the optical pick-up unit for supporting the optical pick-up unit. The rack engagably receives a part of the optical pick-up unit. The rack defines a slot therein. The slot extends along a direction substantially parallel with an extending direction of the guide bar. The driving unit is mechanically coupled to the rack. The driving unit drives the rack and the optical pick-up unit to move along a radial direction of the optical disc to track the optical disc. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125922 | DISC DRIVE APPARATUS - A disc drive apparatus includes an external frame | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090133043 | Transfer Device and Recording Medium Driving Device - A disc unit includes: a slide stopper adapted to switch a state of the unit between an initial state, a guide-restricted state and a movement-unrestricted state by sliding in right or left direction; and a first plate spring and a second plate spring for biasing the slide stopper in the guide-restricted state or the movement-unrestricted state in a direction to return to an initial position. With this arrangement, the slide stopper can be constantly returned to the initial position unless in the guide-restricted state and the movement-restricted state. Thus, with a simplified arrangement, the disc unit can be switched between the initial state, the guide-restricted state and the movement-unrestricted state. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090133044 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive to prevent entry of dust through a front side of a tray and includes a housing including a first opening, a shielding member disposed to shield the first opening at a distance from a front side of the housing, and including a second opening, and a tray inserted in the first and the second openings to shield the second opening and loaded into and unloaded from the housing. Thus, since sponge or padding is not dedicatedly used, cost can be saved. In addition, since the manufacturing process is simplified, productivity can be improved. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090144760 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc device capable of removing an optical disc not to damage an optical disc and an optical disc device even if two piled optical discs are inserted into the optical disc device is provided. Even if two piled optical discs | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090150911 | DISK DEVICE - A disc device includes a casing, a disc processor, a drive motor, a transfer unit and a disc clamper. The transfer unit transfers an optical disc while holding the optical disc by driving the drive motor. The disc clamper switches a drive transmission of the drive unit in accordance with a holding condition of the optical disc with different diameters by the transfer unit to pivotally move the disc processor. The drive of the single drive motor effects both the transfer of the optical disc and the pivotal movement of the disc processor. A timing for transferring the optical disc and a timing for pivotally moving the disc processor can be suitably adjusted in accordance with the diameter of the optical disc. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090165028 | Method and device for protecting slot-in optical disc drive - A method and device for protecting slot-in optical disc drive are provided. A first sensing switch is for detecting the action of an unloading unit, a second sensing switch is for detecting the action of a receiving unit, and a third sensing switch is for detecting the action of a positioning bar. A disc is inserted as the optical disc drive is at the initial state, and the states of the first, second and third sensing switches are detected. The transmission unit is activated to automatically load the disc as all sensing switches are turned on, and whether the state of the third sensing switch changes is checked. When the state of the third sensing switch changes, the extraction of the disc is detected, so the transmission unit is immediately reversed to execute the unloading of the disc, so as to protect the optical disc drive. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090172716 | Disk Device - A relative-moving-side projection is formed on a front surface and a fixed-side groove that can engage with a fixed-side projection is formed on a rear surface of a tray. The fixed-side projection is formed on a bottom surface of a chassis. A relative-moving-side groove that can engage with the relative-moving-side projection is formed on a ceiling surface of an upper case. When the tray is moved from a disk loading position to a disk reproducing position, a state where the relative-moving-side projection and the fixed-side projection respectively engage with the relative-moving-side groove and the fixed-side groove is maintained. The relative-moving-side projection moves with respect to the fixed-side projection while the tray is moved. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090172717 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND NOTEBOOK COMPUTER USING THE SAME - An exemplary optical disk drive for a notebook computer includes a tray, and a supporting bracket rotatably connected to the tray for supporting the tray when the tray extends from the notebook computer. A notebook computer employing the optical disk drive is also provided. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090178064 | Disk apparatus - The present invention provides a disk apparatus capable of obtaining sufficient rigidity and preventing motion failure caused by deformation of a chassis outer sheath even if material having low rigidity such as aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy is used. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090183188 | DISC RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MIST ADSORBING METHOD OF THE DISC RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a disc mounting unit to which a disc recording medium is removably mounted, the disc mounting unit rotating the disc recording medium; a print head which discharges an ink drop towards a label surface of the disc recording medium that is rotationally driven by the disc mounting unit; and a mist attracting unit which, by applying a voltage, attracts mist of the ink drop discharged from the print head, the mist attracting unit provided near the disc recording medium mounted to the disc mounting unit. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090187930 | DISK APPARATUS - A disk apparatus includes a chassis, a disk tray and a tray panel unit. The tray panel unit includes a panel main body and a spring body. The spring body has a coil part, a pair of end attachment parts and a middle attachment part. An axial direction of the coil part is aligned with a width direction of the tray panel unit. The pair of end attachment parts extends from both axial ends of the coil part, respectively. The end attachment parts are fixedly coupled to one of the panel main body and a front end part of the disk tray. The middle attachment part is provided to an axial middle portion of the coil part. The middle attachment part is fixedly coupled to the other of the panel main body and the front end part of the disk tray. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090193446 | Apparatuses for Transportation of Disc in Connection with Recording Data and Apparatus for Such Recording - An apparatus for the transport of discs for duplication of data onto the discs. The apparatus may include a transportation mechanism, control device, power module and optionally a disc recording mechanism and housing. The transportation mechanism may include an arm, and one or more gear assemblies. Further, the apparatus may also include a drawer device and a plurality of disc holders. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090193447 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus, comprising an optical disk drive having an eject button for opening/closing a disk tray and a first controller for controlling the eject button. A tray open/close button controls the disk tray. A second controller controls the disk tray. A mechanism for operating the eject button of the optical disk drive, is disposed within a housing of the electronic apparatus and is operated from outside of the housing. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090199221 | EJECTING MECHANISM CAPABLE OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL TOUCH AND DISK DRIVE USING THE SAME - An ejecting mechanism capable of preventing an accidental touch is disposed in a housing having a tray and used for ejecting the tray out of the housing. The ejecting mechanism includes a tray ejecting button and a front cover. The front cover is disposed at the housing and located at the ejecting direction of the tray. The front cover has a sliding key including a pressing body and a triggering body connected to one end of the pressing body. When the pressing body drives the triggering body to slide until the triggering body aligns to the tray ejecting button, the pressing body is capable of being forced to drive one end of the triggering body to trigger the tray ejecting button to eject the tray. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090199222 | Optical Disc Drive - A optical disc drive is disclosed. The optical disc drive includes a housing and a tray configured to accommodate a disc therein. The optical disc drive also includes an automatic return-type eject switch, a drive controller, and an eject controller. Mounted in the housing, the automatic return-type eject switch is configured to generate an eject signal. In response to the eject signal, the drive controller ejects the tray. In response to the eject signal, the eject controller supplies an electric power to the optical disc drive, and transmits a pseudo eject signal to the drive controller to eject the tray by way of a line through which the eject signal has been transferred after a predetermined time period from the supply of the electric power has lapsed. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090210891 | Optical disk device and adjusting method thereof - An adjustment holding portion ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090222844 | Optical Disc Apparatus - There are provided a disk motor arranged on a chassis, an optical pickup that performs recording and reproducing of a signal from an information recorded surface of an optical disk, a pair of guide shafts arranged on the optical pickup to guide the optical pickup radially of the optical disk, adjustment screw that move at least one ends of the guide shafts in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the chassis, a leaf spring arranged on a frame body to bias the one end of the guide shaft toward the surface of the chassis, and the leaf spring includes a support surface that supports the one end of the guide shaft, and a stopper portion projecting from the support surface to define a clearance between the support surface and the surface of the chassis. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090235287 | Conveyance Device and Recording Meduim Drive Device - A disc unit includes a push arm for providing a predetermined clearance between a periphery of a large-diameter disc and a guide lever used for guiding insertion and ejection of the large-diameter disc. The clearance is formed by moving the guide lever toward a left wall when the large-diameter disc is clamped on a turntable. With this arrangement, when the large-diameter disc is mounted on the turntable, the rotation of the large-diameter disc is not hindered. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090241138 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a housing, a fixing part, a flexible flat cable and an electronic component is provided. The fixing part is disposed in the housing. The flexible flat cable is disposed in the housing and includes a first and a second portions. The first portion has a component-disposed region whose backside is in contact with the fixing part. The second portion has a conductive surface, and the second portion is connected with and opposite to the first portion. The component-disposed region is located between the fixing part and the conductive surface. Additionally, the first optical disc drive is disposed on the component-disposed region. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090241139 | TRAY USED IN AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - The present invention relates to a tray used in an optical disc drive. At least two aligning means arranged in the tray for marking an aligning line at a front side and a back side of the tray, respectively. The aligning line is used determining the dimensional accuracy of each component located on the front side and back side of the tray, respectively. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090249375 | STORED OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE - A stored object detecting device includes a transferring device and a detecting device. The transferring device fetches a first object from a storage cell and moves parallel to a first direction with the first object being held in a holding portion of the transferring device. The detecting device detects a second object stored in the storage cell. The detecting device is mounted to the transferring device such that the detecting device is offset parallel to the first direction from the transferring device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090265725 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc apparatus capable of being thinned and lightened while ensuring a mechanical strength and a stiffness, and also capable of restraining sticking of an FPC and reducing the sliding resistance of the FPC, comprises a frame, a motor arranged in the frame, for rotating an optical disc loaded in the optical disc apparatus, an optical pickup arranged in the frame so as to be movable in a radial direction of the optical disc, for carrying out at least one of recording and reproduction of signals onto and from a data recording surface of the loaded optical disc, an FPC arranged in the frame, for connecting between the optical pickup and a circuit board, and a unit cover for covering the frame on the mounting surface side of the optical disc, the unit cover having a first zone including an area made into contact with the FPC, and second zones projected toward the mounting surface side of the optical disc from the first zone and located on opposite sides of the first zone so as to interpose a part of the area made into contact with the FPC. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265726 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical disc drive comprises: a disc tray | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271809 | Disk drive - There is provided a disk drive including first and second sliding members ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271810 | OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS - Provided is an optical disk apparatus in which an interlocking slider engaged with a main slider directly drive an eject lever and a boss for performing a disk chucking operation. The optical disk apparatus includes a housing having a slot to receive a disk, a main unit having a turn table to rotate the disk, the main slider configured to move in first and second directions corresponding to insertion and ejection of the disk, the eject lever configured to eject the disk inserted into the housing through the slot, and the interlocking slider. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271811 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport roller that transports recording materials, a holding tray for setting a first recording material, which is configured to be advanced and retracted between a first position wherein the first recording material can be transported by the transport roller and a second position wherein the holding tray is retracted from the first position, and a path forming member for guiding a second recording material from above or below the second position to a position wherein the recording material can be transported by the transport roller, in which a front end portion of the holding tray being retracted to the second position protrudes to a position located between a guide path formed by the path forming member and the transport roller. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090282424 | RECORDING MEDIUM LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS THAT CAN PREVENT LIGHT FROM FALLING ON RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a recording medium loading and unloading apparatus for loading and unloading a recording medium that is housed in a case and forms a cartridge and on which information is optically recorded. This recording medium loading and unloading apparatus | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090282425 | OPTICAL DISC HANDLING FOR STANDARD SLIM DRIVE - A media library appliance comprises optical disc handling robotics developed for dual standard slim drives in a vertical orientation. The disc handling robotics comprise a disc transfer assembly for transferring discs to and from a rotatable circular carousel surrounding the optical drives. Each slim drive resides in a separate field-replaceable unit (“FRU”) that can be replaced by a customer in the field without powering down the appliance. The FRU includes various features that allow accurate 3-axis alignment and registration of the optical drive within the appliance. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090282426 | Optical Disk Player Capable of Monitoring the Optical Disk Status - An optical disk player, which comprises: a shell, a plummer fixed in the shell, an optical disk transport mechanism, a guiding mechanism, an optical disk loading final position detection mechanism, and a control part; the shell is 80-90 millimeters wide at the optical disk insertion direction; the detection parts of the guiding mechanism are located between the plummer and the delivery roll of the transport mechanism; the optical disk loading final position detection mechanism comprises a support part and a trigger bar; one end of the support part is rotatablely fixed to the upper base plate near the detection part of one detection bar, and its middle is provided with an assorted part interacting with the detection bar; the middle of the trigger bar is rotatablely fixed to the free end of the support part, of which one end is provided with a contact part for contacting the periphery of an optical disk, and the other end is connected to the control part. When an optical disk is at the playing position, a part of the optical disk will be exposed out of the shell of the optical disk player, so, when the optical disk is played, the status of the optical disk in the optical disk player can be intuitively seen from the outside. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090293076 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293077 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - An optical disk device in which the thickness of the device is not increased, and interference between the bottom surface of an optical pickup unit (OPU) and a bottom case of the device is prevented upon emergency ejection of an optical disk without moving the optical pickup unit to an outermost peripheral position of the disk in the event of abnormality such as power shutdown during an operation in the optical disk device. A support mechanism having a coil spring is provided at shaft-holders in three of four positions of a guide main shaft and a guide sub shaft to support an OPU, to perform skew adjustment. In another position, a support mechanism having a plate spring is provided such that, upon emergency ejection, the interference between the bottom surface of the OPU and the bottom case is mitigated. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090300664 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a tray in which a recording material is to be set, the tray being reciprocated between a first position where the tray is exposed to allow the recording material to be set therein and a second position shifted from the first position in a first direction, where the tray is stored; a transporting mechanism that applies transportation force for reciprocating the tray; and a transportation-force transmitting member that is connected to the tray to mediate transmission of the transportation force to the tray and is capable of increasing or decreasing a space occupied by the transportation-force transmitting member in the direction of reciprocation. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090320053 | DISC DRIVE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - A disc drive apparatus includes: an apparatus body to which a disc is inserted and from which the disc is ejected; a disc recording and reproducing unit having a disc loading unit configured to load the disc inserted into the apparatus body, a disc rotation drive mechanism configured to rotate the disc loaded onto the disc loading unit, an optical pickup configured to record and/or reproduce a data signal with respect to the disc, and a pickup feeding mechanism configured to convey the optical pickup in a radial direction of the disc; a disc conveying mechanism configured to insert the disc into the apparatus body and eject the disc from the apparatus body; and a conveyance drive mechanism provided in the apparatus body and configured to drive the disc conveying mechanism; wherein the apparatus body includes a shoulder which is reduced in thickness in the vicinity of an insertion end of the disc. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090328082 | PANEL ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR DISK TRAY - A panel attachment structure for a disk tray includes an attachment frame, a decoration panel, a spring body, a restricting mechanism and a positioning mechanism. The attachment frame is non-movably coupled to a front end portion of the disk tray. The disk tray is movable between an ejected position and a retracted position through a tray opening of a cabinet. The decoration panel is movably coupled to the attachment frame. The spring body includes a compression coil spring. The spring body elastically couples the decoration panel to the attachment frame and biases the decoration panel against the attachment frame. The restricting mechanism restricts displacement of the decoration panel relative to the attachment frame. The positioning mechanism selectively positions the decoration panel relative to the attachment frame in a predetermined position and releases the decoration panel from the predetermined position when the disk tray is retracted to the retracted position. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100023956 | METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EJECT SERVICE FOR A REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE - Embodiments provide systems and methods for ejecting a removable disk drive. To prevent data corruption from the eject operation, a shell extension can be stored in the server requesting the eject. The shell extension can monitor and intercept eject commands from the operating system of the server and send the commands to an eject service. The eject service, in embodiments, checks the status of the removable disk drive and ejects the removable disk drive only when the removable disk drive is not busy with another operation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023957 | Optical Disc Apparatus - An optical disc apparatus for enabling reduction of fluid noises accompanying with disc rotation, effectively, comprises a tray | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100031277 | TRAY OF OPTICAL DISK DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISK DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A tray of an optical disk device and an optical disk device including the tray are provided. In a tray rear portion located at a higher level than a tray bottom portion, a first tapered surface as a draft taper and a second tapered surface sloping more gently than the first tapered surface are formed. An upper end of the second tapered surface is located farther from a center of rotation of an optical disk than a lower end, and thus air in a peripheral portion of the optical disk generated during rotation of the disk is introduced along the tapered surface to a rear. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031278 | DISK DRIVE - A disk drive comprises a cartridge holding mechanism which has a small size and reduces a damper load. The disk drive comprises: a spindle motor | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100037245 | Disc Autoloader and Duplicator Having One-Dimensional Robotic Arm Movement - The present invention relates to design and construction of a mini and compact optical disc autoloader. By way of a flip-flop device positioned and pivoted between two disc trays, the robotic arm movement is simplified to a one-dimensional linear fashion and greatly reduces the cost of production and also cost of maintenance. The present invention also allows for multiple write drives to be easily built into present invention, creating an efficient duplicating system. It can be used for the home and small business environment for small volume optical duplication, storage and management. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037246 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - An optical disk device which highly precisely positions a disk tray in an ejection position is provided. A controller of an optical disk device drives the disk tray from a storage position toward an exposed position. When a position immediately before the ejection position is detected by a detecting switch, the velocity is reduced, to allow the disk tray to contact a mechanical stopper, for positioning. The controller measures a movement time to the position immediately before the ejection position, and adjusts the drive voltage to increase or decrease the drive voltage for contact with the mechanical stopper according to the measured time. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100050191 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A disk drive device includes: a device body having a front surface that forms a disk insertion and ejection opening; a pair of arms supported at proximal end portions thereof pivotally from the front surface of the device body to a downstream side in a disk insertion direction; transport rollers respectively rotatably supported at distal ends of the arms and transporting the disk to an inside or outside of the device body by being brought into contact with a side surface of a disk; an urging member urging the arms so that the transport rollers supported respectively by the arms approach each other; and a transport roller rotation mechanism driving at least one of the transport rollers, supported respectively by the arms, for rotation, wherein the arms synchronously pivot the transport rollers in such a manner that the pivotally supported proximal end portions are coupled to each other. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050192 | DISK CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND DISK DEVICE - A disc device includes. a case having an opening; and a tray that is movable to and retractable from the case and is provided on one surface thereof with an arc recess capable of holding an optical disc. The tray includes a cutout portion that is provided near a rear face of the arc recess and guides an inserted distal end of the optical disc toward a bottom side of the tray lower than an upper face of the arc recess. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050193 | RECORDING DEVICE - Provided is a recording device including: a holding tray which is reciprocally transported to a set position for setting a recordable material and another position; a transport roller which applies transport force to the holding tray; and a wrong insertion preventive member of the recordable material, which is provided so as to advance into or retract from the holding tray in a region facing a surface of the holding tray, on which the recordable material is set, when the holding tray is positioned at the set position. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100058368 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A protrusion is formed by bending a part of a skirt at the periphery of a TRV mechanism, or a protrusion is formed at the periphery of a traverse cover, and the protrusion faces a disc tray forming a slight gap in between. When impact is imposed, the protrusion is brought into contact with the disc tray and thereby the TRV mechanism is prevented from largely deforming without adding another part in order to enhance the resistance. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058369 | OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS - The present invention provides an optical disk apparatus which allows for accurate centering of an optical disk regardless of its placed attitude and in which reliability of chucking operation has been improved, and the apparatus includes a first disk guide | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058370 | OPTICAL PICKUP GUIDE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISC DEVICE - A disc device includes. a sub-shaft; a sub-shaft support for supporting the sub-shaft; a holder body for holding an optical pickup; and a pair of engagement slide portions disposed in the holder body in a manner that the sub-shaft slide surfaces are opposed to each other. The cross section of the sub-shaft is provided in a shape other than a perfect circle with a maximum external diameter larger than the slide-surface distance and the sub-shaft is rotatably supported by the sub-shaft support. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058371 | PATH MECHANISM AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING THE PATH MECHANISM - A path mechanism and an information processing device having the path mechanism can guide disc media to a predetermined position without the data recording area of the disc being affected. The path mechanism has a stacker tray | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100077412 | LIFT DEVICE OF A SLOT-IN DISK DRIVE - The present invention provides a lift device of a slot-in disk drive, which includes two straight slots formed on a side of a sliding component, two sliding pins protruding from a side of base adjacent to the sliding component or protruding from a fixing plate of a casing, a cover covering with the sliding component, two guiding pins protruding from an inner surface of the cover corresponding to the two straight slots for inserting into the two straight slots respectively, an one-humped traverse slot with two ends of different heights formed on a lateral side of the cover adjacent to the sliding bolt whereinto the sliding bolt inserts, and two lifting slots separately formed on the other lateral side of the cover whereinto the two sliding pins insert. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100077413 | Traverse with Splash-Proof Device - The invention provides a traverse with a splash-proof device which disposes a spindle on one end of a body and is covered by a protection plate. A feeding device utilizes a feeding motor to rotate a screw bar, and two guiding bars, paralleling the screw bar are individually disposed on the two sides of the body. A pick-up head is disposed across two guiding bars and one side is driven h)y the screw bar to slide along the two guiding bars. The splash-proof device utilizes stick slices between the guiding bars and the protection plate to prevent lubricant from splashing. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100088710 | Drive device for driving optical pick-up unit - The present invention relates to a drive device for driving optical pick-up unit, which comprises an optical pick-up unit (OPU) for reading the information recorded on a disk; a pick-shaft for guiding the OPU's moving direction; two guiding elements which are provided on the pick-shaft and connected with the OPU for moving the OPU on the pick-shaft along its direction; a gear rack for driving the OPU moving forward and back; and a gear wheel for driving the gear rack; the drive device is characterized that the gear wheel engages with the gear rack always outside the area between the two guiding elements during the movement of the OPU. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100125860 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE HAVING TRAY FOR LOADING DISC - Provided is an optical disc drive having a tray to receive a disc. The tray includes a hollow portion having a bottom corresponding to the disc and a wall surrounding a portion of the bottom, and a plurality of supporting portions formed on the bottom of the hollow portion to locally support a bottom surface of the disc. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100125861 | DISK SORTER AND DISK PROCESSOR - A disk sorter for DVDs, CDs or other disks includes a sorter frame. Plural sorting trays are contained in the sorter frame in a multi-level arrangement, respectively have a front tray end and a rear tray end, are inclined downwards toward the front tray end, for containing a disk on a side higher than the front tray end upon reception with the rear tray end. A movable chute structure is disposed behind the rear tray end, movable up or down, inclined downwards toward the rear tray end, for supplying one of the sorting trays with the disk by guiding to the rear tray end. A disk transfer device holds the disk, and places the disk on the chute structure, to transfer to the one sorting tray. Furthermore, a lifting device moves up or down the chute structure, and positions the chute end at the rear tray end. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100146524 | DISK DRIVE AND TRAY CONTROL MECHANISM | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100162278 | EJECTION DEVICE FOR EJECTING AN OPTICAL DISK AND RELATED METHOD - The invention provides a method for ejecting an optical disk and a related ejection device for a slot-in disk drive. The ejection device includes a block disposed on a contact end of an unloading bar. The block stretches out of the contact end of the unloading bar along a longitudinal direction of the unloading bar for pushing a small size optical disk so that a distance between a center of the small size optical disk and a contact end of a loading bar exceeds a predetermined distance. When the small size optical disk is unloaded, the unloading bar backs to an initial position, the slot-in disk drive idles to load and unload the small size optical disk continuously for pushing the small size optical disk outwardly further. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169901 | Device and Method for Automatically Turning over a Disc - A device and a method for automatically turning over a disc relate to a guide rod provided with a movable member. The movable member is assembled to a rotating member via a pivot member in such a manner that the movable member can axially move along and radially rotate around the guide rod. The pivot member is disposed between the movable member and the rotating member and powered to rotate. The rotating member is provided with a disc-carrying device in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member for taking the disc. The pivot member drives the disc to rotate via the rotating member, so as to turn over the disc, so that the rotating member makes the disc slide down into the tray in an inclined manner. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100192168 | DISC DEVICE - A disc device that performs insertion and ejection of a disc into and from a main unit by using a conveying roller includes a slider member for performing an operation of upwardly and downwardly moving the above-mentioned conveying roller, an operation of upwardly and downwardly moving an arm clamp for pressing the above-mentioned disc onto a turntable to hold the above-mentioned disc, and an operation of locking and unlocking a playback base on which the above-mentioned turntable is disposed. An engagement part for engaging with both an engagement part of the above-mentioned arm clamp and an engagement part of the above-mentioned playback base at a point is disposed in the above-mentioned slider member. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100199292 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND COMPUTER - The present invention provides an optical disc drive and computer. The optical disc drive comprises: a tray for laying a disc therein; a drive means connected to the tray; and a control circuit for connecting the drive means and a power supply of a computer connected to the optical disc drive, wherein the drive means establishes an electrical connection with the power supply via the control circuit. The control circuit comprises: a determination unit for determining whether a optical disc drive power-off condition is valid and acquiring a determination result; and a power supply control unit for transmitting a power-off instruction to a computer host when the determination result indicates that the optical disc drive power-off condition is valid. The power-off instruction is configured for instructing the computer to control the power supply to stop supplying power to the control circuit and the drive means. The present invention enables complete power-off of the optical disc drive so that electrical power consumption is reduced to a maximum degree. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100205620 | DISC APPARATUS - A disc tray is ejectably accommodated in a main chassis, and mounts a disc thereon. A motor rotates in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction. A traverse chassis has a turn table for clamping the disc, and is moved between a first position and a second position. The traverse chassis is moved toward the first position by a rotation of the motor in the first direction and toward the second position by a rotation of the motor in the second direction. A detector detects that the traverse chassis is disposed in a first position. A controller allows the motor to rotate. In a case that the detector does not detect that the traverse chassis is disposed in the first position during the controller allows the motor to rotate in the first direction for a first time period, the controller allows the motor to rotate in the second direction for a second time period, and to rotate in the first direction again after an elapse of the second time period. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100218203 | DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM AND RECORDING AND/OR PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A door opening and closing mechanism includes an apparatus body, a door configured to open and close a side face of the apparatus body, a closing mechanism configured to move the door from an open position to open the side face to a close position to close the side face, a control switch provided in the apparatus body, the control switch being operated from an operation hole opening in the side face, and a control button provided in the door and configured to press the control switch from the operation hole at the close position of the door. The control switch is provided at a position shifted from the operation hole toward the interior of the apparatus body. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223634 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc apparatus comprises the followings within housing thereof: an optical pickup, which is configured to conduct recording or reproducing of a disc, as an information recording medium; a rotation mechanism of said disc; a transfer mechanism, which is configured to move said optical pickup from an inner periphery of said disc up to an outer periphery thereof; a mechanical chassis, which is configured to mount said optical pickup, said disc rotation mechanism and said transfer mechanism thereon; a disc tray, which is configured to conduct storing and taking out of said disc; and a connector, which is configured to electrically connect between a circuit board for conducting driving control of said rotation mechanism and an external electronic apparatus, wherein a projection portion is provided on a reverse surface of said disc tray, at a portion facing to said connector at a position when said disc tray is stored, to be inserted into a gap between periphery of said connector and said housing, and thereby preventing fluid sounds (or wind sounds) generating due to high-speed rotation of the disc when high-speed recording/reproducing, from leaking into an outside of the apparatus, so as to reduce the noises therefrom. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100235849 | RECORDING MEDIUM INSERTION AND EJECTION DEVICE - A recording medium insertion and ejection device which realizes reliable insertion and ejection by simple constitution is provided. The device has a first frame, a second frame, and a latch member provided between the first frame and the second frame. The first frame is inserted in the second frame. Insertion and removal of the medium are performed to the first frame. The latch member guides the first frame to a first position where the recording medium is inserted and removed and a second position where the recording medium is used. If the medium is pushed and inserted in the first frame at the first position, the latch member will guide the first frame to the second position and maintain the first frame at the second position. If the medium is pushed again at this state, the latch member will return the first frame to the first position. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100251271 | System And Method For Assembly Of Component Devices Into An Information Handling System - An information handling system component contained within an information handling system housing uses the information handling system housing as at least a portion of a safety enclosure for hazardous functions of the component. A lock out device disables the hazardous function if the information handling system housing is moved relative to the component. For example, an optical disc drive laser is disabled if a Hall effect sensor in the chassis of the optical disc drive no longer senses a magnet placed in a portion of the information handling system housing used to enclose the optical disc drive. Alternatively, the component couples to the information handling system housing to enclose the hazardous function within the interior of the information handling system housing so that the component is inaccessible from the exterior of the housing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100281493 | SLIM OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - The invention is to provide a slim optical disk drive, which includes several braces extended from two edges of an upper cover. Each brace extends two fixing parts with a buckle hole from the center and the bottom. The upper and lower surface of each guide of a guide unit is concaved to form position recesses with a wedge. The guide places between two fixing parts, the fixing part and engages in the position recess, and the wedge is inserted into the buckle hole. A tray covered a base plate on bottom is supported by two bars sliding in two guides. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281494 | SLOT-IN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - A slot-in optical disk drive includes a power unit to drive a sliding component to rotate a loading bar, so as to process loading procedure of the slot-in optical disk drive. A base covers on a main board disposed on a rear side of a casing of the slot-in optical disk drive. A first linking bar is pivoted to a center of the base. An end of the first linking bar is driven by the sliding component, and a haul slot is for driving a right positioning bar. The other end of the first linking bar is pivoted to a second linking bar of the base. The second linking bar is for driving the unloading bar pivoted to the base. The end of the unloading bar is close to a lateral side of the casing, so as to keep away from a breach on the base. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100299683 | BURNER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF INVERTING AN OPTICAL DISC AND INVERTER THEREOF - A burner system capable of inverting an optical disc has a control module, a burning module, a mechanical arm and an inverter. The control module controls the mechanical arm to grab the optical disc from a burner in the burning module and release the optical disc into the inverter. The optical disc passes through the inverter due to gravity, one side of the optical disc is tilted by the inverter so the optical disc is inverted. Therefore, the burner system automatically inverts the optical disc for double-sided data processing. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110004890 | Tray Control Method for a Disk Drive - A tray control method for a disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to adjust a voltage applied to a DC motor and the speed for moving the tray to the different positions such that the tray moves stably when retracting into and ejecting from the disk drive. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110035761 | DISK APPARATUS - The tray of the disc device includes the ground member including the base cover that substantially covers the electronic component and the ground extension portion, and the front projection located forward in the tray-out direction relative to the ground extension portion. The casing includes the casing-side ground contacting portion that contacts the ground extension portion in a tray-in state. In the tray-in state, the ground extension portion and the casing-side ground contacting portion are contacted so that static electricity is flowed to the casing via the ground member, thereby preventing the static electricity from flowing and damaging the electronic component. Even when the ground extension portion is deformed in the tray-out direction, the contact between the ground extension portion and the front projection prevents excessive deformation of the ground extension portion. Thus, the disc device can be easily handled without fearing damage to the ground extension portion. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110047559 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive includes a main body and a tray. The main body includes a housing and two rails disposed in the housing. The tray is slidably coupled to the two rails, and is operable to be switched between a first state and a second state. The tray is received in the housing in the first state, and protrudes out of the housing in the second state. The main body further includes a first resisting member. The tray includes a second resisting member. The first resisting member is adapted to apply a resisting force to the second resisting member in the first state to secure the tray. The first resisting member is away from the second resisting member in the second state. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110055855 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive includes a main body and a tray. The main body includes a housing, a first resisting member, and two rails. The first resisting member and the two rails are disposed in the housing. The tray is slidably coupled to the two rails, and is operable to be switched between a first state and a second state. The tray is received in the housing in the first state, and protrudes out of the housing in the second state. The tray includes a second resisting member, which is capable of being elastically compressed along a resisting direction substantially perpendicular to a sliding direction of the tray. The second resisting member is resisted by the first resisting member along the resisting direction to secure the tray in the first state. The second resisting member is away from the first resisting member in the second state. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055856 | Optical disc apparatus - An optical disc apparatus, presenting recording quality without degradation by an extreme temperature rise in an objective-lens drive mechanism in an optical pickup, includes a mechanical chassis on which a disc rotation mechanism, an optical pickup, and a transfer mechanism are mounted, a decorative plate that is a plate-shaped member located between the disc and the optical pickup and fixed on the mechanical chassis, a disc tray for loading and removing the disc, a circuit board for operation control, and an apparatus housing containing the components. A recess is formed in an indented shape in a portion of the mechanical chassis facing an outer peripheral region of the disc recording surface. An incline is formed in a position close to an opening of the disc tray for mounting the mechanical chassis and opposite the outer peripheral region of the disc recording surface, and slopes gently down to the recess. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110093873 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A reproduction device of a recording medium and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The reproduction device of a recording medium comprises a recording medium loading unit loading the recording medium, and inputting and/or outputting data of the recording medium; a main board provided with a central processing unit implementing reproduction of the recording medium in accordance with an input signal or a previously set program; and a key operation unit directly connected with a loader of the recording medium loading unit. Accordingly, the sub application processing open and/or close of the recording medium loading unit is actuated after a power supply of the reproduction device is turned, whereby the time required to detach or insert the recording medium from or to the reproduction device can be reduced. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110107361 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - In an optical disc device, the device effectively reduces noise generated during the time of optical disc revolution and at the same time prevents a tray and an optical disc placed on the tray from coming into contact with each other or a circuit board mounted on the tray from undergoing electrostatic destruction. A circuit board for controlling a spindle motor and a pickup is mounted on a tray for placing an optical disc on the reverse side of the rear area. There are formed through-holes crookedly piercing through the tray in the thickness direction in the rear area of the tray. The through-holes are so constructed that their openings on tray's reverse side are invisible from their openings on tray's face side. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119690 | EJECTING MECHANISM - An ejecting mechanism suitable for being disposed in a housing of an electronic device is provided. The ejecting mechanism includes a guiding plate, a pair of stopping elements, and a moving element. The guiding plate is disposed on the housing. The stopping elements are disposed on the guiding plate, and the stopping elements are adapted to move away from each other or close to each other in a first direction. The moving element is disposed at the housing and movable in a second direction. The moving element has two pushing portions disposed on a second surface of the moving element that faces the stopping elements. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119691 | DISC LOADING MECHANISM - A disc loading mechanism transporting a disc between a disc cartridge and a recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a loading arm having at a leading end thereof claw members which comes into contact with an outer circumference of the disc and performs drawing of the disc into the recording and reproducing apparatus and insertion of the disc into the disc cartridge; an arm driving mechanism which slides the loading arm in a disc transport direction; a disc extruding lever which extrudes the disc up to a contact position with the claw members when discharging the disc; and a lever driving mechanism which drives the extrusion lever, wherein each of the claw members includes a draw-in surface portion and an insertion surface portion provided at the opposite side to the draw-in surface portion. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110154380 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes a housing with a protrusion and a tray capable of sliding in and out of the housing. The tray includes a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is partially recessed to form a receiving space for accommodating an optical disc. The second surface defines a channel, and forms a blocking portion at one end of the channel. The protrusion slides in the channel to guide the tray to slide in and out of the housing, and cooperates with the channel to prevent the tray from vibrating. When the tray is fully extended from the housing, the protrusion is located at the end of the channel forming the blocking portion, thus the protrusion is blocked by the blocking portion from sliding too far so that the tray is prevented from sliding off the housing. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110185372 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - A housing included in an optical disc device | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110219388 | Slim Optical Disc Drive - The present invention discloses a slim optical disc drive comprising a case with an upper cover and a lower cover, a disc tray for loading and unloading an optical disc, a first circuit board disposed on the lower cover, a second circuit board disposed on the disc tray, and a flexible flat cable for connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The flexible flat cable comprises a fixed portion and a movable portion, and a patch is adhered to the movable portion of the flexible flat cable. The patch has a first end and a second end, and the width of the first end is larger than that of the second end. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110239234 | Drive Bay Assembly - An exemplary assembly includes a drive that includes two substantially parallel sides and, for receipt of media, a substantially rectangular opening; a plate that includes a tab; a positioning mechanism to position the plate with respect to either one of the two parallel sides of the drive; and a bay configured to at least partially receive the drive, with the plate, in first and second orientations of the substantially rectangular opening with respect to the bay where the bay includes a lower slot configured to receive the tab if the plate is positioned with respect to one of the two parallel sides of the drive in the first orientation of the opening and where the bay includes an upper slot configured to receive the tab if the plate is positioned with respect to the other of the two parallel sides of the drive in the second orientation of the opening. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110265103 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER - An optical disc player includes a lower housing, an upper housing, and a tray. The upper housing is adapted to combine with the lower housing to form a receiving space. The tray is adapted to load an optical disc. The tray divides the receiving space into a lower space and an upper space. The tray defines at least one through hole for communicating the lower space and the upper space. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110276988 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes a housing, a disc tray, a connector, a spindle motor, an OPU, a motor drive, and a control circuit. The disc tray may slide into or out of the housing through its opening. The connector is installed on the housing for transmitting host signals to the disc tray. The control circuit is installed on the disc tray for processing the host signals, thereby operating the spindle motor and the OPU accordingly. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110283298 | DISK DEVICE FOR LOADING OF DISK - A disk device includes a disk moving mechanism for moving a disk between loading and unloading positions. There is a reader/writer for recording or playback of data with the disk in the loading position. In the disk device, a housing includes a main containing region, having a first base wall, for containing the reader/writer. An intermediate containing region is disposed to extend from one side of the main containing region, for partially containing the disk moving mechanism, the intermediate containing region having a second base wall positioned higher than the first base wall, for space saving below. A peripheral containing region is disposed to extend from one side of the intermediate containing region, for containing a portion of the disk protruded from the intermediate containing region, the peripheral containing region having a third base wall positioned higher than the second base wall, for space saving below. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110289521 | DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A tray assembly for mounting a disk drive includes an enclosure; and a tray mounted to the enclosure. The tray includes a tray body configured to receive the disk drive, a handle pivotably mounted to the tray body, and a securing member pivotably mounted to the tray body. The handle is configured to secure the tray body to the enclosure as the handle rotates. The securing member is configured to engage the handle as the tray body is in a secured state. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120005694 | Anti-breakage tray structure of optical disc drive - The present invention is to provide a breakproof tray structure of an optical disc drive, which includes a tray and a resilient member. The resilient member has one side connected to an end of the tray and an opposite side connected to a loading/ejecting mechanism of the optical disc drive. The resilient member is made of a flexible material such as rubber. Thus, when the tray is subjected to an external force while being pushed out from an opening of the optical disc drive by the loading/ejecting mechanism, the resilient member will deform elastically for absorbing the external force and support the tray Effectively preventing the tray from being damaged by the external force and, once the external force is removed, the resilient member will return to its original shape for allowing the tray to be pushed back into the optical disc drive by the loading/ejecting mechanism through the opening. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120030693 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic apparatus includes a disk drive unit, a first casing and a second casing. The disk drive unit is provided inside the electronic apparatus and has an insertion slot into which a disk medium is to be slid or placed. The first casing covers an upper side of the disk drive unit and includes a cover portion covering an upper edge of the insertion slot. The second casing joins to the first casing and provides a housing portion housing the disk drive unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120084800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an optical disk device; an optical disk device controller which opens a tray provided in the optical disk device; a receiver which receives a command for instructing to open the tray; a detector which detects a movement of the information processing apparatus which incorporates the optical disk device; a power controller which controls supply of power to each component of the information processing apparatus; and a power determining module which determines whether the information processing apparatus is connected to an external power supply. The power controller starts the supply of power to the optical disk device if the command is received while stopping the supply of power to the optical disk device and if the movement is not detected and the information processing apparatus is connected to the external power supply. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120096479 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a conductive plate provided on a front surface of a disc tray. The conductive plate includes a structure of a hook portion at two places on the right and left and a structure of a pressure bar spring on the side end, in which the conductive plate is fixed using hook holes provided on the disc tray and the pressure bar spring presses and grounds a cabinet with the disc tray loaded in the inside of the cabinet. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120102508 | DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A NOISE REDUCTION UNIT AND METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE BY USING THE DISK DRIVE - A disk drive that includes a noise reduction unit, and a method of reducing noise by using the disk drive. The disk drive includes a main chassis; a tray operatively coupled to the main chassis such that the tray is slidable relative to the main chassis, the tray including a disk accommodation portion configured to accommodate a storage medium such that the storage medium is rotatable relative to the disk accommodation portion; and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce a pressure concentration on an end portion of the storage medium as the storage medium rotates to reduce noise. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120124599 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE EJECTION - A host computer is connected to an optical disk drive via an interface. An optical disk drive eject switch located on the host computer triggers a media ejection mechanism on the optical disk drive. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120151506 | OPTICAL DISK RECORD AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PICKUP PROTECTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention avoids a case in which a pickup lens and a lens protector come into contact with a structure of a disk cartridge and are damaged. When an operation distance is short and there is a disk cartridge | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120174125 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive is provided. The optical disc drive may include a housing, a tray that is received in the housing, an optical pickup device that is operatively coupled to the tray, connector that is installed in the housing and outputs a signal obtained from the optical pickup device, and a ribbon cable having an end portion connected to the connector, a fixed portion, and a movable portion folded so as not to be disposed parallel to the fixed portion. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174126 | DISC TRAY AND A DISC DRIVE USING THE SAME - A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a spindle motor including a rotator having built therein a permanent magnet, a stator including a magnetic coil, and a rotation axis supporting portion that is configured to support a rotation axis of the rotator and fixed to the tray. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174127 | DISC DRIVE AND A HOUSING FOR A DISC DRIVE - A disc drive that includes: a housing configured to receive a tray, a pickup mounted on the tray; a connector installed on the housing for outputting signals obtained from the optical pickup; a ribbon cable that includes a first end which is connected to the connector, including a plurality of wire layers, and a part installed adjacent to a side of a body of the housing; and at least one penetration hole formed in a side of the body of the housing so as to reduce a capacitive coupling between the ribbon cable and the body of the housing. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174128 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a main circuit board installed on the tray and connected to the pickup device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174129 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a housing, a tray that is installed in the housing and that is configured to receive an optical disc, which has a spoke region on a surface thereof, an optical pickup unit which is attached to the tray, a main circuit board which is installed on the tray and is operatively connected to the optical pickup unit, and a spoke sensor which is arranged on the main circuit board and corresponds to the spoke region of the optical disk. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120204194 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - A drive device for an optical disc apparatus, wherein the tooth comprises a tooth body fixed to an optical pickup; support pieces projecting from the tooth body toward a lead screw; resin spring pieces extending from the support pieces in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the lead screw; a plate part formed in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the lead screw from the resin spring pieces; meshing cogs formed on the plate part on the side near the lead screw; a cover projecting above the lead screw from the plate part disposed above the meshing cogs, straddling the lead screw, and bending sharply downward at the distal end; and a handle projecting from the tooth body. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120204195 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - A drive device for an optical disc apparatus, wherein the tooth comprises a tooth body fixed to an optical pickup, two support pieces projecting from the tooth body toward a lead screw, two resin spring pieces provided with a base part on the projecting end of each of the support pieces and extending in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the lead screw, a plate part having a base part on the extending ends of the resin spring pieces and formed in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the lead screw, meshing cogs formed on the plate part on the side near the lead screw, and a linking part formed across the space between the resin spring pieces. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120324485 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive includes a housing, a tray, a detecting switch, a slide actuating member, and a restricting structure. The tray is received in the housing for carrying a disk and is slidable relative to the housing to interchange between a closed position and an open position. The detecting switch is disposed in the housing for being actuated and detecting the position of the tray. The slide actuating member slidably engages with the housing and is capable of actuating the detecting switch under the drive of the tray. The restricting structure is disposed between the tray and the slide actuating member for restricting the slide actuating member from disengaging from the tray after the detecting switch is actuated. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120331490 | Optical Disc Drive and Tray Driving Device Thereof - A tray driving device of an optical disc drive in provided to comprising: a driving motor; a belt wheel, disposed on a driving shaft of the driving motor; a belt idler, connected to the belt wheel through a belt, wherein the belt idler has a belt groove for containing the belt, and a guiding inclined plane is protruded on the top of the belt idler; and a gear assembly, connected under the belt idler and connected to a tray. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331491 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An example of an optical disc apparatus includes a top case and a bottom case. The top case includes a tab extending downward from one end of the top case. The tab includes a protrusion protruding inward. The bottom case includes a lower-side folded portion formed by folding inward an upper end of one side surface of the bottom case. The lower-side folded portion includes a cantilever spring. The cantilever spring includes a spring portion extending in a vertical direction and a curved portion formed by folding inward an upper part of the spring portion. The protrusion comes into contact with the curved portion when the top case is being affixed to the bottom case and is in contact with the spring portion under a state where the top case is affixed to the bottom case. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130007777 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A disc drive for suppressing warpage deformation of a disc tray generated as initial deformation during molding is provided. A supporting structure of a disc tray | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007778 | STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A storage device includes a first loading tray to comprise a loading surface on which to abut a non-recording surface of said portable recording medium, a second loading tray to comprise a loading surface, parallel with the loading surface of said first loading tray, on which to abut a recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded in the way of being turned in the same direction as that of the recording surface of said portable recording medium loaded into said first loading tray, and an access unit disposed on the side of the recording surface to access the recording surface of said portable recording medium even in such a case that said portable recording medium is loaded into any one of said first loading tray and said second loading tray. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130031571 | PICKUP DAMPER AND DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE SAME - A pickup damper is provided. The pickup damper is configured to be installed adjacent to a plurality of guide shafts installed on opposite sides of an opening of a base chassis, configured to collide with a pickup and relieve shock via at least three steps in response to an external shock being applied, and configured to prevent the pickup from colliding with the guide shafts to protect the pickup. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130036432 | SKEW ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE INCLUDING THE SAME - A skew adjusting apparatus is provided. The skew adjusting apparatus includes a plurality of skew support members provided on a base mold coupled to a base chassis to have an elastic force, and a plurality of skew screws configured to couple a motor plate that supports a spindle motor to the base mold. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130047170 | DISC LOADING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - A disc loading apparatus includes a frame base, and a sub-frame disposed on the frame base and including a turntable configured to drive a disc. The disc loading apparatus also includes a loading lever disposed on the frame base and configured to load the disc on the turntable. The disc loading apparatus includes an eject lever disposed on the frame base and configured to eject the disc from the turntable to the outside of the frame base, and an eject roller disposed at a leading end of the eject lever and configured to contact an edge of the disc. An elastic skirt portion in the disc loading apparatus includes a skirt, disposed adjacent to the eject roller, and an elastic extension portion extending from the skirt. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047171 | SLIM TYPE OPTICAL DISC DRIVE USING A FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE - An optical disc drive according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a case; a tray for loading an optical disc; and a flexible flat cable for connecting a first connector installed at the rear of the case and a second connector of a printed circuit board installed at the rear surface of the tray, where insulating tape for impedance matching may be attached to the flexible flat cable. The insulating tape may be attached to a bottom surface of a fixed part of the flexible flat cable. Also, tape with meshed lines of conductive material may be attached to a surface of the moving part of the flexible flat cable come into contact with the printed circuit board while the tray stays in the case. Therefore, the present invention allows low cost flexible flat cables to be used for SATA interface without generating errors due to impedance mismatch. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130104152 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE INCLUDING SPINDLE MOTOS ASSEMBLY - Provided is an optical disc drive including a tray on which a spindle motor assembly is mounted. The spindle motor assembly may include a turntable, a conductive plate to which a motor is fixed, a frame to which the conductive plate is fixed, a flat cable that is connected to the spindle motor and includes a ground line, and a first coupling member that passes through the flat cable and the conductive plate and is coupled to the frame. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130125148 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive including a case, a tray, a traverse, a plurality of washers, a plurality of fastening elements and a plurality of adjustment elements is provided. The tray is suitable for carrying an optical disc and includes a plurality of hollow alignment pillars. The traverse is disposed on the tray and includes a plurality of alignment holes for containing the corresponding hollow alignment pillars. Each washer is disposed in each of the alignment holes and leans between each of the alignment holes and each of the hollow alignment pillars. The fastening elements lock the traverse onto the tray. Each adjustment element leans between each of the washers and the tray, and bears an engagement pressure. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125149 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus has a magazine, an optical disc drive, a transport mechanism, and an inner shell. The magazine stores a plurality of optical discs. The optical disc drive has an insertion portion to be closed with a tray for holding an optical disc. The transport mechanism transports the optical disc between the magazine and the optical disc drive. The inner shell includes a mounting portion for holding the magazine and a seal mechanism for closing a path communicating exterior and interior. The inner shell isolates at least the loading slot, the insertion portion and the transport mechanism from the exterior while the magazine is inserted in the mounting portion. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125150 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR AN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - Provided is a driving circuit for an optical disc drive. The driving circuit includes a digital control processor (DCP) comprising an input port to which a signal for driving a tray is input, and an output port outputting a voltage representing an operating state of the optical disc drive. The driving circuit also includes a tray switch that is connected to the input port, an operation display lamp that is connected in parallel with the tray switch, and an electric connection device for connecting the input port and the output port to each other. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130139187 | Information Processing Apparatus and Drive Control Method - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, an optical disc drive provided in the main body, and a drive management module provided in the main body. The optical disc drive is configured to output an eject signal to an outside in response to an operation of an eject button. The drive management module is configured to supply power to the optical disc drive when the eject signal is received from the optical disc drive which is in a power-off state, to determine, after supplying the power to the optical disc drive, whether the optical disc drive is in a ready state or not, and to send to a signal instructing opening of a tray of the optical disc drive when it is determined that the optical disc drive is in the ready state. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130167164 | FRONT PANEL OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A front panel of an optical disc drive is provided. The optical disc drive further includes a LED indicator for displaying a working status of the optical disc drive. The front panel includes a light-transmissible zone corresponding to the LED indicator. A thickness of the light-transmissible zone is smaller than an average thickness of the front panel. The light-transmissible zone is integrally formed with the front panel. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167165 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device for reading a compact disc includes a housing including oppositely spaced-apart first and second inner surfaces, and two oppositely spaced-apart third inner surfaces each connected between the first and second inner surfaces. The first, second and third inner surfaces cooperatively define a passage. A compact disc drive is disposed in the housing and includes a base disposed in the passage, and a tray disposed on and movable relative to the base. The tray has an upper surface for the compact disc to be disposed thereon. The upper surface of the tray is immediately adjacent to and faces the first inner surface of the housing. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130185741 | SLIM-TYPE OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A slim-type optical disc drive includes a casing and a tray. A first circuit board is disposed within the casing. A second circuit board is disposed on the tray. A spring switch is disposed on the second circuit board. A first end of the spring switch is fixed on the second circuit board. A resistor is connected between the first end of the spring switch and a first power source. A second end of the spring switch is extended outside the second circuit board. In a tray-out status, the second end of the spring switch is not contacted with any object, so that a first status signal is generated. In a tray-in status, the second end of the spring switch is contacted with a conducting zone of a second power source, so that a second status signal is generated. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130198765 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND EJECTION MECHANISM THEREOF - The instant disclosure relates to an optical disc drive, which includes a tray, a front cover fixed to the tray, and an eject key. The tray has a control surface facing the ejecting direction and an ejection switch disposed thereon. The front cover has a base portion and a switch opening formed thereon. The eject key has a control portion, an abutting portion connected to the control portion, and at least one elastic member. The control portion is slidably disposed on the outer surface of the front cover toward a first direction diagonal to the ejecting direction. The elastic member is disposed in between the control portion and the front cover. The control portion can be displaced toward the first direction in causing the abutting portion to generate a horizontal displacement parallel to the ejecting direction toward the ejection switch. The instant disclosure also describes an ejection mechanism. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130219416 | LOAD DRIVE DEVICE AND DISK REPRODUCTION DEVICE USING SAME - A load drive device ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130254784 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive is disclosed to fix a main board in the casing and a second board under the tray. A flat cable on the bottom of the casing connects the main board with one end, and forms a bent portion to connect the connector of the second board at the other end. A cable protection device close to the connector is fixed under the tray to face the bent portion with an incline for preventing the bent portion from bending. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130283299 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVER - The disclosure provides an optical disc driver for loading or loading/writing an optical disc and accessing at least one memory card. The optical disc driver includes a housing and a rectangular body. The rectangular body formed mainly for loading an optical disk includes a front panel disposed at a front side of the rectangular body; a main space for loading or loading/writing the optical disk, and an optical loading device is disposed in the main space; and a spare space for accessing the at least one memory card, and a plurality of electrical pins disposed in the spare space. The rectangular body moves in relative to the housing along a left-right direction of the front panel, the main space and the spare space are formed downward from a same plane, and the spare space is a small section extending from one of two sides of the front panel. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130339985 | BUILT-IN DISK DRIVER AND RELATED THIN COMPUTER DEVICE - A computer device with a built-in disk driver is disclosed in the present invention. The thin computer device includes a casing for accommodating at least one electronic component. A sunken structure is disposed on a surface of the casing. The thin computer device further includes a disk driver movably disposed inside the sunken structure. The disk driver includes a tray, a drive motor, a track set, and an optical read-in module. The tray movably connected to the casing for holding an optical disk. The drive motor disposed on the tray. The track set disposed on the tray. The optical read-in module slidably disposed on the track set. The optical read-in module reads information from the optical disk when the tray holds the optical disk and is located outside the sunken structure. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140047462 | SLIM TYPE OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - There is provided a slim type optical disc drive. The slim type optical disc drive includes a cabinet including an upper chasse and a lower chasse, a tray to be introduced to an inside of the cabinet or withdrawn to an outside of the cabinet, a sub-printed circuit board (PCB) provided in the tray, a main PCB provided on one side of an internal rear surface of the lower chasse, and a cable divided into a first part and a second part based on a line folded in a direction that does not run parallel with the wiring lines to electrically connect the main PCB and the sub-PCB. The second part connected to the sub-PCB does not run parallel with the first part connected to the main PCB in a state where the cable is folded but floats in accordance with a movement of the tray. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140096151 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE WITH STORAGE DEVICE - An optical disk drive includes a disk drive body and a storage device. The drive body includes a receiving bracket and a support tray received in the receiving bracket. The support tray is used for supporting a disk. The support tray includes a tray body. The tray body defines an inserting slot. The storage device includes a main body and an inserting head connected to the main body. The inserting head is received in the inserting slot. The optical disk drive has a storage device which can be used by people to copy data. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140237491 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND MAIN FRAME OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - Provided is an optical disc drive that may prevent an optical disc from dropping during an unclamping operation. The optical disc drive includes a main frame to support the optical disc drive and a disc tray in which the optical disc is disposed, and one or more stopper mechanisms to prevent the optical disc disposed on the disc tray from dropping. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140245330 | TILT ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE USING THE SAME - Provided is a tilt adjusting apparatus of an optical disc drive for adjusting a tilt of an optical pickup unit. The tilt adjusting apparatus includes an optical pickup unit moving in a radial direction of the disc, along first and second guide shafts. The tilt adjusting unit also includes a fixing support unit that fixes the first guide shaft and an adjustment supporting unit that supports the second guide shaft and enables the height of both ends of the second guide shaft to be adjusted. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245331 | BEAM CONTROLLING METHOD AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - Provided is an optical pickup device that compensates for an aberration caused by a beam splitter. When a beam of light is reflected from a disc and proceeds towards a beam splitter, the beam splitter is designed to allow the reflected beam to pass therethrough. However, the beam splitter can cause an astigmatism in the reflected beam due to diffraction. According to various aspects herein, an optical pickup device may include a compensation device that generates an inverse astigmatism to compensate for the astigmatism generated by the beam splitter. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140380342 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS, SHEET MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING OBJECTIVE LENS - The present application discloses optical disc apparatus including: drive mechanism for rotating medium including processing surface to be subjected optical information process; housing for storing drive mechanism; tray mechanism for displacing medium between storage position, at which medium is stored in housing, and ejection position, at which medium is ejected from housing; at least one objective lens for condensing light onto processing surface of medium situated at storage position to perform information process; and first displacement mechanism for displacing at least one objective lens along processing surface between first position and second position which is more distant from rotational center of medium rotated by the drive mechanism than first position is. Tray mechanism defines at least one opening in position closer to second position than first position. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150095924 | STOPPER AND DISK DRIVE - The disk drive includes: a box-shaped exterior casing having an opening on one side face; a tray stored in the exterior casing and having a mounting face; a pickup; and a rail being a recessed portion formed on the mounting face as a path along which the pickup moves. The stopper is formed of a sheet member having a self-restoring property which allows the sheet member to return to a flat plate shape, and includes: a restricting portion; a connecting portion; and a tab portion, which are formed by folding the sheet member. When the stopper is stored in the disk drive, the stopper is disposed such that the restricting portion is disposed in the inside of the rail, the connecting portion is disposed on the mounting face, and the tab portion projects outside through a gap formed between the tray and the exterior casing. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150380043 | DISC DEVICE - A disc device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of magazines each having a tray that stores a plurality of discs, a plurality of disc drives that performs recording or reproducing of information on or from a disc, respectively, a picker that draws out the magazine tray from one magazine selected from the plurality of magazines and that conveys the magazine tray to a position near the plurality of disc drives, and a disc separating and supplying device that, at the position near the disc drives, holds the plurality of discs stored in the magazine tray, that separates at least one disc from the held plurality of discs, and that supplies the separated disc to the disc drive. | 12-31-2015 |
