IP Library Granted Patent US 7,802,269
Granted Patent B2
US 7,802,269 · App. 12/188,888 · Granted Sep 21, 2010

Electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,802,269
App. No.
12/188,888
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an optical disc drive includes a disc tray, a cover, an advancing/retreating mechanism, a driving unit and an optical head. The cover includes a flat plate portion, an opening portion, wall portions and an opening part. The flat plate portion is opposed to a surface of the disc tray and has a frame shape corresponding to respective side portions of the disc tray. The opening portion is provided in a central part of the flat plate portion. The wall portions erect from outer peripheral parts of the flat plate portion and surround a periphery of the disc tray excluding a front part of the disc tray. The opening part is formed in a manner to open a region opposed to another surface of the disc tray.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

an optical disc drive accommodated in the housing, the optical disc drive including:

a rectangular disc tray having one surface on which an optical disc is mounted,

a cover which covers the disc tray,

an advancing/retreating mechanism which is provided between the disc tray and the cover and advances/retreats the disc tray relative to the cover in a forward/backward direction,

a driving unit which is provided on the one surface of the disc tray and rotates the optical disc, and

an optical head which is provided on the one surface of the disc tray and executes at least one of information recording and information reproduction by radiating light on the optical disc, and

the cover including:

a flat plate portion which is opposed to the other surface of the disc tray and has a frame shape corresponding to respective side portions of the disc tray,

an opening portion provided in a central part of the flat plate portion,

wall portions erecting from outer peripheral parts of the flat plate portion and surrounding a periphery of the disc tray excluding a front part of the disc tray, and

an opening part which is formed in a manner to open a region opposed to the one surface of the disc tray, and is positioned near the housing,

wherein the housing includes an attachment portion for attachment of a keyboard, and the attachment portion including:

frame portions which are formed in a lattice shape and are disposed along the wall portions of the cover, and

a plurality of through-holes which are formed inside the frame portions.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the disc tray includes a bottom plate portion having a level in position which is substantially equal to a level in position of the flat plate portion, the bottom plate portion being accommodated in the opening portion, and the driving unit and the optical head being mounted on the bottom plate portion,

the flat plate portion includes a flat-shaped coupling portion corresponding to a front side portion of the disc tray, and

the coupling portion is disposed at a position more away from the optical disc than the bottom plate portion.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the housing includes a recess portion which is formed to have such a concave shape as to trace a shape of the driving unit.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

an optical disc drive accommodated in the housing, the optical disc drive including:

a rectangular disc tray having one surface on which an optical disc is mounted, and

a cover which covers the disc tray, the cover including:

a flat plate portion which is opposed to the other surface of the disc tray and has a frame shape corresponding to respective side portions of the disc tray,

an opening portion provided in a central part of the flat plate portion,

wall portions erecting from outer peripheral parts of the flat plate portion and surrounding a periphery of the disc tray excluding a front part of the disc tray, and

an opening part which is formed in a manner to open a region opposed to the one surface of the disc tray, and is positioned near the housing,

wherein the housing including an attachment portion for attachment of a keyboard, the attachment portion including:

frame portions which are formed in a lattice shape and are disposed along the wall portions of the cover, and

a plurality of through-holes which are formed inside the frame portions.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2008
From: TSUJI, HIROYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 021364/0114 →