IP Library Granted Patent US 7,404,197
Granted Patent B2
US 7,404,197 · App. 11/111,961 · Granted Jul 22, 2008

Disk drive

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Patent No.
US 7,404,197
App. No.
11/111,961
Granted
Jul 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disk drive including a lower case, a tray to be attached and detached to and from the lower case while sliding in the lower case and having a turntable on which a disk is seated, and an upper case installed to cover an upper portion of the lower case. The upper case has at least one deviation-prevention element extending toward the lower case to prevent the disk from deviating from the turntable by an external force on the disk drive by reducing a distance between the upper case and the disk seated on the turntable.

Claims (34)

1. A disk drive to operate a disk, comprising:

a lower case;

a tray attached to slide in the lower case;

a turntable on which the disk is seated;

an upper case to cover an upper portion of the lower case and having at least one deviation-prevention element protruding towards the lower case and preventing the disk from being deviated from the turntable by an external force applied to the disk drive by reducing a distance between the upper case and the disk,

wherein the at least one deviation-prevention element faces a noninformation area of the disk,

a guide rail on a side of the tray, comprising a protrusion;

a guide unit comprising a stopper, the stopper protruding from the guide unit to contact the protrusion; and

a reinforcement unit, protruding from the guide unit opposite the stopper.

2. The disk drive of claim 1 , wherein the deviation-prevention element is not formed opposite to an area in which the tray is attached to and from the lower case.

3. The disk drive of claim 2 , the at least one deviation-prevention element is a plurality of deviation-prevention elements spaced from each other.

4. The disk drive of claim 2 , wherein the at least one deviation-prevention element is formed of an adhesion sheet.

5. The disk drive of claim 2 , wherein the at least one deviation-prevention element is formed as one piece with the upper case.

6. The disk drive of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the at least one deviation-prevention element and the disk is less than a distance between the upper case and the disk.

7. The disk drive of claim 1 , wherein the at least one deviation-prevention element has a U-shape.

8. The disk drive of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement unit has a length longer than a length of the stopper along an axis in which the tray is attached and detached to and from the lower case.

9. A disk drive comprising:

a lower case;

a tray attached and detached to and from the lower case;

a guide unit installed at opposite sides of the lower case to slidably guide the tray in the lower case;

a stopper protruding from the guide unit; and

a reinforcement unit, protruding from the guide unit opposite the stopper, and having a length longer than a length of the stopper along an axis in which the tray is attached and detached to and from the lower case.

10. The disk drive of claim 9 , wherein the guide unit further comprises a protrusion to collide with the stopper when the tray slides in the lower case.

11. The disk drive of claim 9 , wherein the guide unit further comprises a spacing portion having a thickness less than a thickness of a portion of the guide unit from which the stopper protrudes, to thereby space the spacing portion from the lower case.

12. The disk drive of claim 11 , wherein the guide unit further comprises a plurality of guide rail on each side of the tray.

13. The disk drive of claim 12 , wherein the spacing portion is elastically deformed when the guide rails are assembled in the guide unit.

14. A case to contain a disk operated on by a disk drive having a turntable to secure the disk, the case comprising:

a cover portion to cover the disk;

a protrusion protruding towards the disk from the cover,

the disk remaining secured to the turntable even when an external force is received by the case,

wherein the protrusion faces a noninformation area of the disk,

a guide rail on a side of the turntable, comprising a protrusion;

a guide unit comprising a stopper, the stopper protruding from the guide unit to contact the protrusion; and

a reinforcement unit, protruding from the guide unit opposite the stopper.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: TS-OPTICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060390/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2022
From: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORP.
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060390/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060390/0021 →