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US 2014/0237491 A1Published application
Optical disc drive and main frame of optical disc drive
AssigneeToshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
InventorsHyoung Woo JO, Seong Yeon PARK, Young Sun JUNG, Jeong Hun CHOE
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Abstract
Provided is an optical disc drive that may prevent an optical disc from dropping during an unclamping operation. The optical disc drive includes a main frame to support the optical disc drive and a disc tray in which the optical disc is disposed, and one or more stopper mechanisms to prevent the optical disc disposed on the disc tray from dropping.
Claims19
An optical disc drive, comprising:
- a disc tray configured to support an optical disc;
- a main frame which supports the optical disc drive and the disc tray;
- and
- a stopper mechanism disposed on the main frame and which is configured to prevent the optical disc from dropping while the optical disc is positioned in the disc tray.
1 more element
A main frame of an optical disc drive, the main frame comprising:
- a stopper mechanism configured to prevent an optical disc disposed on a disc tray from dropping,
- wherein the stopper mechanism is configured to prevent dropping of the optical disc when the optical disc drive is tilted at a predetermined angle while the optical disc drive is disposed in a vertical direction.
An optical disc drive, comprising:
- a disc tray comprising a hook that is configured to hold an optical disc while the optical disc drive is disposed in a vertical direction;
- and
- a main frame comprising a stopper mechanism configured to hold the optical disc when the optical disc drive is tilted at a predetermined angle while the optical disc drive is disposed in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.