Loading device for a disk drive
AssigneeQuanta Storage Inc.
InventorsWen-Kuan Peng, Yu-Kuang Chang, Ching-Hung Chang
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Abstract
A loading device for a disk driver includes a transporting unit and a guide unit. The transporting unit includes one roller or two rollers, and the guide unit includes two symmetric or asymmetric cones. When loading a disc, two sides of the disc are individually supported on two cones of the guide unit. Two cones have different cone angles, equal cone angles but unequal lengths, or the same shape but different rotation velocities. The guide unit utilizes different arc speeds on two ends to obliquely convey the disc with any guide rails. The loading device reduces the cost of production and prevents the disc from generating collision and noisy.
Claims11
A loading device for a disk drive comprising:
- a transporting unit which is provided with at least one roller to load a disc;
- and
- a guide unit which covers two ends of the transporting unit, is driven by the transporting unit, and has different arc speeds to obliquely move the disc, wherein the guide unit is two asymmetric cones each having a different cone angle.
An optical disk drive comprising:
- a casing;
- a loading device disposed in the casing, comprising;
- a transporting unit conveying a disc into/out of the optical disk drive;
- and
- a guide unit which covers two ends of the transporting unit to form different arc speeds to obliquely move the disc, wherein the guide unit is two asymmetric cones each having a different cone angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.