Optical disc drive
AssigneesHitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
InventorsYoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Hideyuki Nagamine, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Tatsuya Yamasaki
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AssigneesHitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
InventorsYoshiaki YAMAUCHI, Hideyuki Nagamine, Seiji Hamaie, Ikuo Nishida, Tatsuya Yamasaki
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From an optical disc drive, internal static electricity has to be discharged to the outside to prevent breakage of electric components such as laser diodes. A grounding spring has been used to discharge static electricity from a unit mechanism to the enclosure of the optical disc drive but it is necessary to improve the reliability of the drive in consideration of the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring. Thus the free end of a grounding spring having a cantilever structure is shaped like an arc and an end of the grounding spring has a curved structure. This configuration improves the dimensional accuracy and workability of the spring, so that the performance of the optical disc drive can be more reliable.
An optical disc drive comprising:
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