IP Library Granted Patent US 7,055,159
Granted Patent B2
US 7,055,159 · App. 10/638,727 · Granted May 30, 2006

Disc reading apparatus with a structure for preventing a cracked from jetting out

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Patent No.
US 7,055,159
App. No.
10/638,727
Granted
May 30, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disc reading apparatus for preventing a cracked disc from jetting out is provided. The disc reading apparatus includes a disc tray and a housing. The disc tray includes a recess for receiving a disc, and the recess defines a recess flange. The housing includes an upper plate parallel to the disc tray, and the upper plate includes a barrier portion. The barrier portion further includes a plurality of bending boundaries and prevents a cracked disc from jetting out.

Claims (18)

1. A disc reading apparatus, comprising:

a disc tray including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed with a recess for receiving a disc, the recess defining a recess flange, the second portion being in a form of an extension plate; and

a housing defining an inner space and including an upper plate parallel to the disc tray, the upper plate including a barrier portion, the barrier portion including a plurality of bending boundaries, the plurality of bending boundaries being disposed above the disc tray, at least one of the plurality boundaries being in a form of a flat plate, the flat plate being in the inner space and substantially parallel and directly opposite to the extension plate, a slot being defined by the flat plate and the extension plate and formed in the inner space and between the flat plate and the extension plate;

wherein, the plurality of bending boundaries of the barrier portion prevent a cracked disc from jetting out and if the cracked disc moves into the slot, then a friction force provided by the surfaces of the flat plate and the extension plate stops the cracked disc.

2. The disc reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the barrier portion increases the strength of the upper plate to avoid cracked discs being jetted out due to the upper plate deformation.

3. The disc reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bending boundaries includes a first bending boundary and a second bending boundary.

4. The disc reading apparatus of claim 3 , wherein of the first bending boundary is located between the recess flange and the front flange.

5. The disc reading apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first bending boundary is in a form of a partial-cylinder.

6. A disc reading apparatus, comprising:

a disc tray including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed with a recess for receiving a disc, the recess defining a recess flange, the second portion being in a form of an extension plate; and

a housing including an upper plate parallel to the disc tray and a front flange, the upper plate including a barrier portion and a housing flange, a projection of the barrier portion on the disc tray is between the recess flange and a projection of the housing flange on the disc tray, the barrier portion being disposed above the disc tray, the barrier portion including a second bending boundary in a form of a flat plate, the flat plate being substantially parallel and directly opposite to the extension plate, a slot being defined by the flat plate and the extension plate and formed in the inner space and between the flat plate and the extension plate;

wherein, a slot exists between the flat plate and the disc tray, and the barrier portion prevents a cracked disc from jetting out, and if the cracked disc moves into the slot, then a friction force provided by the surfaces of the flat plate and the extension plate stops the cracked disc.

7. The disc reading apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the barrier portion is a plate stretching downward from the upper plate.

8. The disc reading apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the barrier portion further includes a first bending boundary.

9. The disc reading apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first bending boundary is located between the recess flange and the front flange.

10. The disc reading apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first bending boundary is in a form of a partial-cylinder.

11. The disc reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing and the barrier portion are integrally formed in one piece.

12. The disc reading apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the housing and the barrier portion are integrally formed in one piece.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2010
From: QISDA CORPORATION
To: BENQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023972/0642 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2008
From: BENQ CORPORATION
To: QISDA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020704/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2003
From: CHIU, HSIEN-TSUNG; LEE, YI-LING
To: BENQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014389/0577 →