Cover member and method for an optical disc drive
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorPaul V. Begley
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Abstract
An optical disc drive is disclosed wherein the optical disc drive has a cover member to protect an optical pickup unit located within the optical disc drive. The cover member is movably associated with the optical disc drive and has a first operating position and a second operating position. The position of the cover member dictates whether the optical disc drive is in a non-operative condition or an operative condition. The non-operative condition is a condition in which the cover member is positioned at the first operating position, adjacent the optical pickup unit. The operative condition is a condition in which the cover member is positioned at the second operating position, spaced from the first position.
Claims11
An optical disc drive comprising:
- a housing;
- a chassis comprising an optical pickup unit movably associated relative to said housing, said chassis having a first operating position and a second operating position, wherein said chassis is in said first operating position when said chassis is substantially located within said housing, and wherein said chassis is in said second operating position when said chassis is not substantially located within said housing;
- a cover member movably associated with said chassis, said cover member having a first operating position and a second operating position;
- wherein said chassis being in said first operating position causes said cover member to be in said first operating position;
- and
- wherein said chassis being in said second operating position causes said cover member to be in said second operating position.
A method of operation for an optical disc drive of the type including a housing, a chassis movable between a position substantially within said housing and a position not substantially within said housing, and a movable optical pickup unit mounted to said chassis, said method comprising:
- providing a cover member movably associated relative to said optical disc drive;
- deactivating said optical disc drive by moving said chassis from a position substantially within said housing to a position not substantially within said housing, wherein said moving causes said optical pickup unit to be protected by said cover member;
- and
- activating said optical disc drive by moving said chassis from a position not substantially within said housing to a position substantially within said housing, wherein said moving causes said optical pickup unit not to be protected by said cover member.
An optical disc drive comprising:
- a housing;
- a rail affixed to said housing;
- a chassis movably associated with said housing, said chassis having a chassis first operating position and a chassis second operating position, wherein said chassis is in said chassis first operating position when said chassis is substantially located within said housing, and wherein said chassis is in said chassis second operating position when said chassis is not substantially located within said housing;
- a cover member movably associated with said chassis, said cover member having a first operating position and a second operating position;
- wherein said chassis being in said chassis first operating position causes said cover member to contact said rail, said contact with said rail causing said first cover member to be in said first operating position;
- and
- wherein said chassis being in said chassis second operating position causes said cover member not to contact said rail, said cover member not contacting said rail causing said cover member to be in said second operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.