IP Library Granted Patent US 8,607,255
Granted Patent B2
US 8,607,255 · App. 13/461,385 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Optical disc drive and damper positioning structure thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,607,255
App. No.
13/461,385
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an optical disc drive and a damper positioning structure thereof. The optical disc drive includes a top cover, a traverse, and a chassis, and the damper positioning structure comprising: a bent element provided on the top cover and having an extension portion and a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion has a through hole; a positioning pillar provided on the chassis; and a damper for supporting and securing the traverse on the chassis, wherein the damper has a positioning hole through which the positioning pillar is insertable; wherein, when the top cover is assembled to the chassis, the positioning pillar passes through the through hole of the fixing portion, and the fixing portion presses against the damper.

Claims (17)

1. A damper positioning structure of an optical disc drive, wherein the optical disc drive includes a top cover, a traverse, and a chassis, and the damper positioning structure comprising:

a bent element provided on the top cover and having an extension portion and a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion has a through hole;

a positioning pillar provided on the chassis; and

a damper for supporting and securing the traverse on the chassis, wherein the damper has a positioning hole through which the positioning pillar is insertable;

wherein, when the top cover is assembled to the chassis, the positioning pillar passes through the through hole of the fixing portion, and the fixing portion presses against the damper.

2. The damper positioning structure of claim 1 , wherein the bent element is L-shaped and extends substantially vertically downward from an edge of the top cover.

3. The damper positioning structure of claim 1 , wherein the extension portion is bent downward, and extends downward, from the top cover, and the fixing portion is substantially perpendicular to the extension portion.

4. The damper positioning structure of claim 1 , wherein the chassis has a rear side provided with a stop wall such that, when the top cover is assembled to the chassis, the stop wall is located on an outer side of the extension portion of the bent element.

5. An optical disc drive, comprising:

a traverse;

a top cover having a bent element, the bent element having an extension portion and a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion has a through hole;

a chassis having a positioning pillar; and

a damper for supporting and securing the traverse on the chassis, wherein the damper has a positioning hole through which the positioning pillar is insertable;

wherein, when the top cover is assembled to the chassis, the positioning pillar passes through the through hole of the fixing portion, and the fixing portion presses against the damper.

6. The optical disc drive of claim 5 , wherein the bent element is L-shaped and extends substantially vertically downward from an edge of the top cover.

7. The optical disc drive of claim 5 , wherein the extension portion is bent downward, and extends downward, from the top cover, and the fixing portion is substantially perpendicular to the extension portion.

8. The optical disc drive of claim 5 , wherein the chassis has a rear side provided with a stop wall such that, when the top cover is connected to the chassis, the stop wall is located on an outer side of the extension portion of the bent element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: LITE-ON IT CORP.
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032892/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2012
From: LIN, CHIA-YUAN; HSU, CHENG-CHUNG; HO, CHUNG-LUNG
To: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028138/0103 →