Optical disk drive module with an electromagnetic switch
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorChin-Chuan Huang
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Abstract
An optical disk drive module installed in a flat panel display personal computer is provided for lifting up and lowering a disk drive. The optical disk drive module includes a chassis module, a drive carrier, a cover, a switch, a control unit, and an electromagnetic switch. When the switch is depressed, the switch will generate a trigger signal, the control unit will receive the trigger signal and generate a corresponding pulse, the pulse will cause the electromagnetic switch to separate from the cover, and then the drive carrier will swing away from the chassis module to lower the disk drive.
Claims9
An optical disk drive module installed in a flat panel display personal computer for lifting up and lowering a disk drive, the flat panel display personal computer comprising a flat panel display and a computing module coupled to a rear side of the flat panel display, the optical disk drive module comprising:
- a chassis module moveably disposed at the rear side of the flat panel display and having a chassis body;
- a drive carrier rotatably disposed in the chassis module;
- a cover fixed outside the disk drive and slidably fastened within the drive carrier so as to dispose the disk drive in the drive carrier;
- a switch positioned at a front cover of the flat panel display for generating a trigger signal when the switch is depressed;
- a control unit disposed in the computing module and coupled to the switch for receiving the trigger signal and generating a corresponding pulse;
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- an electromagnetic switch moveably disposed on the chassis body and coupled to the control unit;
- wherein when fastening the electromagnetic switch onto the cover, the drive carrier is enclosed in the chassis module;
- when depressing the switch, the switch will generate the trigger signal, the control unit will receive the trigger signal and generate the pulse, the pulse will cause the electromagnetic switch to separate from the cover, and the drive carrier will swing away from the chassis module to lower the disk drive.
An optical disk drive module installed in a flat panel display personal computer for lifting up and lowering a disk drive, the flat panel display personal computer comprising a flat panel display and a computing module coupled to a rear side of the flat panel display, the disk drive having a tray retractably fixed in the disk drive, the optical disk drive module comprising:
- a chassis module moveably disposed at the rear side of the flat panel display and having a chassis body;
- a drive carrier rotatably disposed in the chassis module;
- a cover fixed outside the disk drive and slidably fastened within the drive carrier so as to dispose the disk drive in the drive carrier;
- a computer software installed in the computing module for displaying a user interface on the flat panel display so as to allow a user to generate a trigger signal through the user interface;
- a control unit disposed in the computing module and coupled to the disk drive for receiving the trigger signal and correspondingly moving the tray out of the disk drive;
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- a stopper switch moveably disposed on the chassis body and to be pushed by the tray when the tray moves out of the disk drive, the stopper switch being fastened to the cover so as to fix the drive carrier within the chassis module;
- wherein when a user uses the computer software to generate the trigger signal, the control unit will receive the trigger signal and move the tray out of the disk drive, the tray will push the stopper switch to separate the stopper switch from the cover, and the drive carrier will swing away from the chassis module to lower the disk drive.
A flat panel display personal computer comprising:
- a flat panel display;
- a computing module disposed at a rear side of the flat panel display and
- coupled to the flat panel display;
- an optical disk drive module disposed at the rear side of the flat panel display for lifting up and lowering a disk drive, the optical disk drive module comprising:
- a chassis module moveably disposed at the rear side of the flat panel display
- and having a chassis body;
- a drive carrier rotatably disposed in the chassis module;
- a cover fixed outside the disk drive and slidably fastened within the drive carrier so as to dispose the disk drive in the drive carrier;
- a switch positioned at a front cover of the flat panel display for generating a trigger signal when the switch is depressed;
- a control unit disposed in the computing module and coupled to the switch for receiving the trigger signal and generating a corresponding pulse;
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- an electromagnetic switch moveably disposed on the chassis body and coupled to the control unit;
- wherein when fastening the electromagnetic switch onto the cover, the drive carrier is enclosed in the chassis module;
- when depressing the switch, the switch will generate the trigger signal, the control unit will receive the trigger signal and generate the pulse, the pulse will cause the electromagnetic switch to separate from the cover, and the drive carrier will swing away from the chassis module to lower the disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.