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Slot-in disk drive device and method

US7934225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 2007
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/0515
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A slot-in disk drive device and a method thereof. The device includes a drive unit for providing power to move a slider. A loading unit moving with the slider drives a loading stick to push a disc into the device. The slider has a sliding slot. An ejecting unit with a bar-linkage mechanism has one end driven by the sliding slot, and the other end for rotating an ejecting bar to guide or push the disc out. A receiving unit has a receiving bar for guiding the disc, and has a positioning bar disposed between the loading unit and the ejecting unit. A sensing unit includes a plurality of sensing switches respectively disposed near the moving paths of the receiving bar, the ejecting unit and the positioning bar. The drive unit is enabled to load the disk is determined according to the order of actuating the switches.

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