Slim Optical Disc Drive
AssigneePhilips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation
InventorsChia-Yuan Lin, Jung-Fu Chen, In-Shuen Lee, Chih-Ming Yang
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Abstract
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.
Claims10
A slim optical disc drive, comprising:
- a case comprising an upper cover and a lower cover;
- a disc tray movably disposed in the case 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;
- a flexible flat cable for connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the flexible flat cable comprises a fixed portion and a movable portion;
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- a patch adhered to the movable portion of the flexible flat cable, wherein the patch has a first end and a second end, and the width of the first end is larger than the width of the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.