| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 720648000 | Environmental control | 24 |
| 20080229346 | Disk Drive Unit Having an Air Flow Guide Element - The invention relates to a disk drive unit for use in a device for reading and/or writing data on a disk. It comprises a housing ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080301724 | Disk recording and/or reproducing device - A disk recording and/or reproducing device includes a disk tray having a concave disk housing portion for putting in and taking out a disk-like recording medium; a tray housing case supporting the disk tray so as to be movable in a direction in which the disk tray is inserted and ejected; and a disk cover mounted to the tray housing case and covering over the disk housing portion of the disk tray when the disk tray is housed in the tray housing case. The disk cover includes an annular contact portion at an outer periphery thereof, extending outwardly and continuous in a circumferential direction thereof, a dimension of a width of the annular contact portion is larger than that of a thickness of the disk cover, and the annular contact portion is brought into contact with an entire periphery of the disk housing portion of the disk tray. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090013341 | Lens holder for optical pickup and optical pickup having same - A lens holder for an optical pickup comprising: a holding portion for holding an objective lens which concentrates a light beam on a recording surface of an optical recording medium; a protector for preventing the collision between the optical recording medium and the objective lens; a protector placing surface on which the protector is placed. The protector placing surface has on its partial region a protruding portion which protrudes outward, and a part of the protector which is placed on the protector placing surface and formed of a resin sheet protrudes along the protruding portion except the circumferential portion of the protector. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100115539 | Optical disk drive comprising dust removing apparatus - An optical disk drive, which includes a main frame, an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the main frame, a tray slidably installed on the main frame, having a door, and adapted to carry a disk, and a front panel coupled to a front end portion of the main frame and having an aperture through which the tray passes, including an air discharging passage between the main frame and the front panel to discharge air and dust introduced into the optical disk drive through a gap between the door and the front panel to an outside of the optical disk drive. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110072445 | Optical Disk Drive with Reduced Noise - An optical drive includes a drive chassis and a front panel. The drive chassis includes a single sleeve unit having a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. The single sleeve unit is a single piece of material such that the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel, and the back panel are continuous. Additionally, the single piece of material is bent at an intersection of each of the top, first side, second side, bottom, and back panels. The front panel is snap fitted onto the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the bottom panel of the single sleeve unit of the drive chassis. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110202938 | Disk Device - This disk device includes a rotating portion holding and rotating a disk and a cover member provided to cover a surface of the disk, while the cover member includes a protrusion protruding from a lower surface of the cover member toward the disk, and the protrusion has a substantially sectorial shape including a pair of side portions broadening from a portion closer to a rotation center axis of the rotating portion toward a radial outer side and an outer periphery in plan view. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110239236 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive is disclosed. The optical disc drive comprises an optical pickup base including an optical pickup movable in the radius direction of an optical disc; and a main base holding the optical pickup base, wherein the main base comprises a guide rib protruding from the main base and guiding the air flow generated by the rotation of the optical disc to the optical pickup. Further, the optical pickup comprises an air spoiler for preventing contamination of an objective lens included in the optical pickup. The optical disc drive is able to control the temperature of an optical pickup unit by guiding the air flow generated by the rotation of an optical disc to the optical pickup. Moreover, the optical disc drive can reduce contamination of the objective lens of the optical pickup due to the air flow generated by the rotation of the optical disc. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239237 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive is disclosed. The optical disc drive comprises a housing including an upper housing and a lower housing; and a herringbone pattern that is protruded toward the inner space of the housing on the inner surface of the upper housing and causes an air flow generated by the rotation of an optical disc to be switched to the direction of the optical disc. The herringbone pattern comprises at least one inflection point, and makes an acute angle at the inflection point relative to the direction of the air flow formed along the inner surface of the upper housing. Accordingly, the optical disc can be stably chucked and rotated by switching the air flow generated by the rotation of the optical disc to the direction of the optical disc. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20130152110 | OPTICAL DRIVE SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE AND DRIVE DEVICE WHICH ARE USED IN OPTICAL DRIVE SYSTEM, AND CLEANING METHOD FOR OPTICAL DRIVE SYSTEM - The present application discloses an optical drive system, including: a cartridge with a wall portion which defines a storage room to store a rotatable record medium with a light receiving surface scanned by light; and a drive device with a rotary driver, which rotates the record medium, an optical element, which irradiates the light, and a movement driver, which moves the optical element between inner and outer positions. The wall portion is provided with an outlet at the outer position. Air in the storage room is exhausted from the outlet by air flow resulting from rotation of the record medium. The outlet is divided into first and second opening regions by a movement track of the optical element. The first opening region is larger than the second opening region at an upstream position of the first opening region in a rotational direction of the record medium. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130212605 | DISK DEVICE - There is provided a disk device that prevents entering of foreign matters, and that forms an opening/closing lid using an inclined surface of a front wall so that the disk device has a design according to which the thickness is not noticeable. A front wall | 08-15-2013 |
| 720649000 | Cooling | 7 |
| 20080244630 | Cooling and Selective Dust Shielding of Optical Pick-Up Unit in Dvd Disc Drive - A DVD data drive ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080250439 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a housing configured to include an optical component including a laser diode emitting a laser beam, the housing being made of metal; and a heatsink configured to dissipate heat generated from the laser diode, the heatsink being made of metal different from the metal of the housing; the heatsink being fixed to the housing with one screw and adhesive. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080295123 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090328084 | PICKUP APPARATUS - A pickup device ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120174136 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATION AIRFLOW PATH - An exemplary electronic device includes a cover, a circuit board and a driving module both mounted on the bottom cover, an electronic component fixed on the circuit board, a heat dissipating plate mounted on the circuit board and thermally contacting the electronic component, and a top cover covering the bottom cover. The driving module has a rotating shaft adapted for supportively driving an optical disk to rotate. The electronic component generates heat during operation. Through holes are defined in the top cover and located at a periphery of the rotating shaft. Two opposing elongated extending portions extend downwardly from the heat dissipating plate towards the circuit board. An airflow channel is formed between the two extending portions under the heat dissipating plate and aligned with the electronic component. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130055297 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - In one embodiment of a data storage device, the inside of its housing | 02-28-2013 |
| 20140245332 | COOLING APPARATUS COMBINED WITH OPTICAL DISK DRIVE MODULE - Provided is a cooling apparatus of a portable computer. The cooling apparatus includes one or more ventilation holes formed on the body thereof, and a cooling fan module mounted in the body. An optical disk drive (ODD) module mounted in the body drives the cooling fan module thereby reducing power consumption of the cooling module. | 08-28-2014 |
| 720650000 | EMI shielding or electrical grounding | 3 |
| 20090249377 | CD-Audio System Having Electronic Shock Protection - A CD-Audio System includes a CD-module and a host unit. The CD-module reads audio data from a disc, checks the audio data for errors, and provides the checked audio data to the host unit at greater than 1 times CD audio rate. The host unit stores the received audio data in an electronic shock protection memory included in the host unit. When the CD-module determines an error in the audio data, the CD-module notifies the host unit of the position in the audio data of the error and when notified of a position in the audio data of an error, the host unit replaces stored audio data at that position and all subsequently already received data with retransmitted audio data. Then the host outputs only validated audio data via speakers. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20120260272 | DISK DEVICE - Provided is a disk device, including: a disk mounting portion; a pickup slider; a shaft configured to move the pickup slider; a conductive wire that contacts or is arranged in the vicinity of at least the shaft; and a ground component arranged such that the ground component contacts the conductive wire. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20140223455 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE CONFIGURED TO DISCHARGE STATIC ELECTRICITY - Provided is an optical disc drive that may discharge static electricity externally. The optical disc drive may include a step motor that is configured to move an optical pickup back and forth and a cover disposed below the optical pickup. In one aspect, the cover includes an electrostatic discharge mechanism for moving static electricity generated on the step motor through the cover. | 08-07-2014 |
| 720651000 | Vibration suppression | 4 |
| 20090044212 | Assembly with a vibration-isolated cover - An inventive vibration-generating device comprises a cover and isolating device arranged between the cover and the assembly. The isolating device reduces the propagation of vibrations from the vibration-generating assembly to the outer casing of the cover and is hereby supported according to the embodiment so that they float in relation to the assembly and/or the cover. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090138900 | APPARATUS OF DYNAMIC ANTI-VIBRATION FOR STORAGE DEVICE - An apparatus of dynamic anti-vibration for a storage device to support a storage device in a housing is provided. The apparatus includes a base board for holding the storage device, a plurality of damping elements coupled to the base board and the housing which have damping characteristics to dissipate kinetic energy and reduce the vibration of the base board, and at least one actuator coupled to the base board and the housing. The actuator electrically connected to the control unit is driven by the control unit, so as to generate a force to neutralize the vibration of the base board. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20130232512 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND DAMPER POSITIONING STRUCTURE THEREOF - The present invention provides an optical disc drive and a damper positioning structure thereof. The optical disc drive includes a top cover, a traverse, and a chassis, and the damper positioning structure comprising: a bent element provided on the top cover and having an extension portion and a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion has a through hole; a positioning pillar provided on the chassis; and a damper for supporting and securing the traverse on the chassis, wherein the damper has a positioning hole through which the positioning pillar is insertable; wherein, when the top cover is assembled to the chassis, the positioning pillar passes through the through hole of the fixing portion, and the fixing portion presses against the damper. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130290990 | CASING STRUCTURE OF SLIM OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - A casing structure of a slim optical disk drive is provided. The casing is formed by an upper casing and a lower casing. A notch is formed on the upper casing or the lower casing. The notch can receive a tag. The depth of the notch is larger than or equal to the thickness of the tag. The tag adhered to the notch does not cross over the notch and jut out from the casing, so that the gap is avoided and the noise is reduced. | 10-31-2013 |
