Apparatus and method for locking tray of disc drive
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-Taek Yoo
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for locking a tray to prevent a tray from being broken by an abnormal operation are provided. The tray-locking apparatus for a disc drive comprising a motor, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The motor is driven to move the tray into or out of the disc drive. The power supply unit supplies power supply to the motor. The control unit controls the power supply unit to cut off the power supply supplied to the motor, if a tray-locking command is input. The tray can be prevented from being opened and broken by carelessness of a user. Further, a current consumption of the disc drive is reducable by cutting off the power supply supplied to the loading motor.
Claims33
An apparatus for locking a tray of a disc drive, comprising:
- a motor driven to move the tray into or out of the disc drive;
- a power supply unit to supply a power supply to the motor;
- and
- a control unit to control the power supply unit to cut off the power supply supplied to the motor, if a tray-locking command is input.
A method of locking a tray for a disc drive, comprising:
- receiving a tray-locking request;
- and
- cutting off a power supply supplied to a motor driven to move the tray into or out of the disc drive, if the tray-locking request is received.
An apparatus for locking a tray of a disc drive, and including a motor to move the tray into or out of the disc drive and a power supply unit to power the motor, comprising:
- a control unit to control the power supply unit to stop the motor, if a tray-locking command is input.
A method of locking a tray for a disc drive, comprising:
- receiving a tray-locking request;
- and
- cutting off a supply of power to a motor to prevent a movement of the tray into or out of the disc drive, after the tray-locking request is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.