Optical disk drive and locking module
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorsJhih-Ming Chen, Meng-Chian Shiu, Chi-Jen Lo
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Abstract
An optical disk drive (ODD) including a shell and a locking module is provided. The shell includes a main body portion and a side portion, and the side portion is connected to the main body portion. A concave space is formed between a side surface of the main body portion and a top surface of the side portion. The locking module is disposed inside the concave space. The ODD is detachably held in a support frame of an electronic device through the locking module. In addition, a locking module is also provided.
Claims27
An optical disk drive (ODD), comprising:
- a shell, comprising a main body portion and a side portion, the side portion being connected to the main body portion, wherein a concave space is formed between a side surface of the main body portion and a top surface of the side portion;
- and
- a locking module, disposed inside the concave space, wherein the ODD is detachably held in a support frame of an electronic device through the locking module,
- wherein the locking module comprises a base, a buckling member and a handle part, the base disposed on the side portion, the buckling member is pivoted to the base such that the buckling member is movably engaged with the support frame, the base has a first perforated slot, the buckling member has a second perforated slot, and the handle part has a sliding axle movably coupled into the second perforated slot and the handle part is adapted to move back and forth to drive the sliding axle to slide along the second perforated slot and to further drive the buckling member to pivot relative to the base, so as to release a structure interference between the buckling member and the support frame.
A locking module, adapted to detachably hold a replaceable module in a support frame of an electronic device or remove the replaceable module out of the support frame along a removing direction and comprising:
- a body, disposed on the replaceable module;
- a buckling member, pivoted on the body and movably generating a structural interference with the support frame;
- and
- a handle part;
- wherein the body comprises a base being disposed on the replaceable module, the base has a first perforated slot, the buckling member has a second perforated slot, and the handle part has a sliding axle movably coupled into the second perforated slot and the handle part is adapted to move back and forth in the removing direction to drive the sliding axle to slide along the second perforated slot and to further drive the buckling member to pivot relative to the body to release the structural interference between the buckling member and the support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.