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US 2012/0260270 A1Published application
Disk drive with enhanced lead screw
AssigneeToshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
InventorHaq-Ryeol Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a disc drive including a main chassis, and a tray, which may receive a disc thereon, and is arranged to slide into and out of the main chassis. The tray includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc and includes a step motor and a lead screw. The lead screw includes a plurality of sections with different diameters.
Claims16
A disc drive comprising:
- a main chassis;
- and
- a tray which receives a disc thereon, is arranged to slide into and out of the main chassis, and comprises a pickup transporting unit,
- wherein the pickup transporting unit linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc and comprises:
- a step motor;
- and
- a lead screw which is connected to the step motor, rotates, and comprises a plurality of sections with different diameters.
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A disc drive comprising:
- a main chassis;
- a tray which receives a disc thereon, is arranged to slide into and out of the main chassis, and comprises a pickup transporting unit;
- and
- a lock release unit which is arranged at the tray and is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis,
- wherein the pickup transporting unit linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc and comprises:
- a step motor;
- and
- a lead screw which is connected to the step motor, rotates, and comprises a plurality of sections with different diameters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.