Optical disc device
AssigneeHitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc.
InventorTaesung Kim
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Abstract
An optical disc device includes an optical pickup and a transfer unit for linearly moving the optical pickup in a radial direction; and a locking module that is mounted on a rear side of the tray for unlocking the tray from the body, the locking module including a locking part having a hook for engaging a locking projection formed on the body and being mounted to be rotatable; a circular gear being mounted to be rotatable in connection with the transfer unit; a first connecting part for rotating by a linear force transmitted through the transfer unit moving outward; and a second connecting part for rotating by a force transmitted sequentially from the first connecting part and the circular gear and to transmit torque to the locking part to cause the hook to be unlocked from the locking projection.
Claims12
An optical disc device comprising:
- a tray configured to hold an optical disc and be slidably pulled out from/inserted into a body of the optical disc device, the tray comprising an optical pickup for writing or reading data to or from the optical disc and a transfer unit for linearly moving the optical pickup in a radial direction of the optical disc;
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- a locking module that is mounted on a rear side of the tray for unlocking the tray from the body,
- the locking module comprising:
- a locking part comprising a hook for engaging a locking projection formed on the body and being mounted to be rotatable;
- a circular gear being mounted to be rotatable in connection with the transfer unit;
- a first connecting part being mounted in such a way as to rotate by a linear force transmitted through the transfer unit moving outward;
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- a second connecting part being mounted in such a way as to rotate by a force transmitted sequentially from the first connecting part and the circular gear and to transmit torque to the locking part to cause the hook to be unlocked from the locking projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.