Disc drive with lock release unit
AssigneeToshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
InventorHag-Ryeol Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a disc drive including a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc. The disc drive also includes a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which includes a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit, and a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis.
Claims15
A disc drive comprising:
- a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and comprises a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc;
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- a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which comprises:
- a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit;
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- a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis.
The disc drive of claim 3, wherein the supporting hole protrudes from the rear surface of the body to a predetermined height.
A disc drive comprising:
- a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of the main chassis, and comprises a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc;
- a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit, which comprises:
- a supporting hole formed for rotating the lock lever unit;
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- a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis;
- a link unit which is rotatably installed on the tray and comprises a power transmitting unit which receives a rotational force by being combined with the pickup transporting unit;
- a connecting unit which is rotatably installed on the tray, is connected to the lock lever unit and the link unit, and rotates the lock lever unit via a rotational force of the link unit;
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- a spring which is fixed to the lock lever unit and the connecting unit and applies an elastic force in the direction in which the hook unit is combined with the locking protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.