JP3092366U6 - Composite device of thin optical disk drive and flash memory card drive - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a multifunction device in which a flash memory card insertion slot is installed in an unused space of a thin optical disk drive machine base.
The apparatus mainly includes a machine base, an optical disk plate, and a flash memory card insertion slot. The machine is provided with first and second installation spaces 11 and 12 having a circuit board 13 and a drive unit 14, and an optical disk plate having a rotating shaft 23 and a pickup head 24 is installed on the machine. The panel corresponding to the second installation space position at the front end of the optical disk plate has an insertion port 26 installed therein. The flash memory card insertion slot in the second installation space corresponds to the insertion slot of the optical disk plate, and inserts the flash memory card 32. A terminal end in the insertion slot is connected to a circuit board, and an opposite end is electrically connected to a flash memory card to perform a read / write operation.
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Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a composite device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composite device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive in which a flash memory card insertion slot is installed in an unused space of a kind of a thin optical disk drive machine, and the thin optical disk drive also has a function of a flash memory card drive.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A flash memory card is a kind of memory card manufactured by a silicon chip, and is also called a portable memory card. The flash memory card is thin and small, consumes little power, has a large storage capacity, is resistant to vibration, and has the advantages of being able to perform repeated writing. Therefore, it is used as a storage medium in the field of information home appliances and many portable digital products such as PDAs, digital cameras, and MP3s.
In addition, since flexible disks and optical disks are inferior to flash memory cards in terms of size, vibration resistance, shock resistance, power consumption, etc., flash memory cards are used as peripheral equipment for information appliances (often used for recording digital media). Besides being applied,
It is gradually being applied to consumer products.
That is, in the storage media market, flash memory cards have become another mainstream along with optical disks.
However, when using a flash memory card, the output port on the portable digital product must be connected to the computer CPU system, or a flash memory card drive (card reader) must be purchased separately. Compared to the standard optical disk drive of the computer, the use of the flash memory card requires a new expense for the consumer, which may hinder the spread of the flash memory card.
Of course, it is possible to equip a computer's CPU system with a flash memory card drive and deploy it as standard, but this would increase the cost of manufacturing the computer CPU and occupy more computer space .
[0003]
The known thin optical disk drive structure shown in FIG. 1 includes a machine base 1, which has an installation space 2, and a circuit board 3 and a drive unit 4 in the installation space 2. A fixing plate 5 is provided on the side of the machine base 1 to fix a housing (not shown) of the apparatus.
The optical disk plate 6 is installed on the machine base 1 and can mount an optical disk thereon. The optical disk plate 6 includes a rotating shaft 7 and an optical disk pickup head 8. The optical disk plate 6 is driven by the drive unit 4 and slides on the machine base 1. The optical disk pickup head 8 is connected to the circuit board 3.
After the user operates and slides out the optical disk plate 6 from the machine base 1, the optical disk is set on the optical disk plate 6. Subsequently, the optical disk plate 6 is slid and set on the machine base 1, and a read / write operation is performed on the optical disk by the operation of the rotating shaft 7 and the connection relationship between the optical disk pickup head 8 and the circuit board 3. Do.
In the above-mentioned structure, the length and width of the machine base 1 and the optical disk plate 6 are such that the optical disk can be set, and the machine base 1 is located in the installation space 2 below the optical disk plate 6. Although the circuit board 3 and the drive unit 4 are installed, the width of the installation space 2 does not need to use the entire width of the machine 1. The fixing plate 5 extends from the side and fixes the housing of the device. Therefore, an unused space 9 is naturally formed below the fixing plate 5, but in recent years, the need for a smaller and thinner digital product is extremely high, and this unused space 9 is very regrettable.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In order to solve the drawbacks of the known structure, an object of the present invention is to provide a composite device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive.
That is, a flash memory card insertion slot is provided in an unused space of a thin optical disk drive machine base, so that the thin optical disk drive can also have the function of a flash memory card drive.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following composite device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive.
It mainly consists of a machine base, an optical disk plate, and a flash memory card insertion slot.
The machine has a first installation space and a second installation space, and a circuit board and a driving unit are installed in the first installation space.
The optical disk plate is set on the machine base and can set an optical disk, and includes a rotation axis and an optical disk pickup head. Receiving the drive of the drive unit, the drive unit slides on the machine base, and has a panel at the front end of the optical disk plate, the panel corresponding to the second installation space position, and an insertion slot installed.
The flash memory card insertion slot is installed in a second installation space of the machine. The insertion opening of the insertion slot corresponds to the insertion opening of the optical disk plate, and one of three types of flash memory cards (SD card, MM card, MS card) of different standards can be inserted. The flash memory card insertion slot has a plurality of terminals, one end of the plurality of terminals is connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to the flash memory card in the insertion slot. Performs a read / write operation with respect to.
[0006]
[Embodiment of the invention]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the present invention comprises a machine base 10, an optical disk plate 20, and a flash memory card insertion slot 30.
The machine base 10 has a generally concave shape, can be fixed to an apparatus housing (not shown), and has a first installation space 11 and a second installation space 12. A circuit board 13 and a drive unit 14 are installed in the first installation space 11.
On the circuit board 13, a small number of ICs 121, a memory (ROM) 122, and other necessary electronic components are provided.
The drive unit 14 is installed in the first installation space 11 and slide rails 141 are provided.
, A propulsion unit 142. The propulsion unit 142 is a small electromagnetic valve.
[0007]
The optical disk plate 20 is installed above the machine base 10, and a rail 21 corresponding to the slide rail 141 is installed at a lower portion, whereby the optical disc plate 20 slides back and forth on the machine base 10. The optical disk plate 20 is provided with a lock component (known technology, not shown) corresponding to the drive unit 14, and is driven by the drive unit 14 to slide outward and open, or locked inward. . An optical disk 22 can be set on the optical disk plate 20 and includes an optical disk pickup head 24 connected to the rotating shaft 23 and the circuit board 13. A panel 25 is provided at the front end of the optical disk plate 20, and the panel 25 is provided with an insertion slot 26 corresponding to the position of the second installation space 12.
When the optical disk plate 20 is driven by the drive unit 14 and slides outward to open, the optical disk 22 is set, and the optical disk 22 is positioned above the machine base 1 and is positioned. The optical disk pickup head 24 connected to the circuit board 13 reads and writes data from and to the optical disk 22.
[0008]
The flash memory card insertion slot 30 is provided in the second installation space 12 of the machine base 10.
Install inside. The insertion slot 31 of the insertion slot 30 corresponds to the insertion slot 26 of the optical disk plate 20, and one of three types of flash memory cards 32 (SD card, MM card, MS card) having different standards can be inserted. . The flash memory card insertion slot 30 has a plurality of terminals 33 therein.
Is connected to the circuit board 13 at one end. The opposite end is a contact end 332 for making an electrical connection with the flash memory card 31 in the insertion slot 31 and transmitting signals bidirectionally to the circuit board 13. Thereby, the flash memory card 32
Performs a read / write operation with respect to.
[0009]
After the optical disk plate 20 is driven by the drive unit 14 and slides outward to open, the user sets the optical disk 22 on the optical disk plate 20 and returns the optical disk plate 20 to the machine base 10 for localization. I do. At this time, the position on the panel 25 corresponds to the insertion opening 26 of the second installation space 12 and is exactly aligned with the insertion opening 31 of the flash memory card insertion slot 30. In this way, the user can use three types of flash memory cards 32 (SD card, MM card, MS
Of the optical disk 22 and the harmful flash memory card 32 at the same time.
Of course, the user can also perform data read / write operation only on the flash memory card 32. At this time, the optical disk plate 20
Need not be opened, and in the closed state, the insertion slot 26 constantly corresponds to the insertion slot 31.
In the present embodiment, since the optical disk plate 20 and the flash memory card insertion slot 30 are simultaneously connected and installed on the same circuit board 13, the shapes of the circuit board 13 and the machine base 10 and FIG. The shape of the known thin optical disk machine base is somewhat different. However, the overall length, width, and height conform to the standards for thin optical disk drives.
[0010]
In another embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the present invention includes a base 10, an optical disk plate 20,
It is constituted by a flash memory card insertion slot 30.
The machine base 10 has a generally concave shape and includes a first installation space 11. A fixing plate 111 is installed on the side of the first installation space 11, and is fixed to an apparatus housing (not shown). The second installation space 12 is installed below the fixing plate 111. The first installation space 11
The first circuit board 131 and the drive unit 14 are installed therein, and the second installation space 12
Inside, a second circuit board 132 is provided.
The circuit board 131 and the second circuit board 132 are connected by a flexible circuit board connector (IDE interface). The first circuit board 131 and the second circuit board 13
A small number of ICs 121, a memory (ROM) 122, and other necessary electronic components are provided on each of the components 2. The drive unit 14 is the same as in the first embodiment.
[0011]
The optical disk plate 20 is installed above the machine base 10 and slides back and forth on the machine base 10. The optical disk 22 can be set on the optical disk plate 20 and includes an optical disk pickup head 24 connected to the rotating shaft 23 and the first circuit board 131. A panel 25 is provided at the front end of the optical disk plate 20, and the panel 25 is provided with an insertion slot 26 corresponding to the position of the second installation space 12.
When the optical disk plate 20 is driven by the drive unit 14 and slides outward to open, the optical disk 22 is set, and the optical disk 22 is positioned above the machine base 1 and is positioned. The optical disk pickup head 24 connected to the first circuit board 131 reads and writes data from and to the optical disk 22.
The flash memory card insertion slot 30 is installed on the second circuit board 132 in the second installation space 12. The insertion slot 31 of the insertion slot 30 corresponds to the insertion slot 26 of the optical disk plate 20, and one of three types of flash memory cards 32 (SD card, MM card, MS card) having different standards can be inserted. .
A plurality of terminals 33 are provided in the flash memory card insertion slot 30, and one ends of the plurality of terminals 33 are connected to the second circuit board 132 at fixed ends 331. The opposite end is a contact end 332 for making an electrical connection with the flash memory card 31 in the insertion slot 31 and transmitting signals bidirectionally to the second circuit board 132. As a result, a data read / write operation is performed on the flash memory card 32.
The optical disk plate 20 and the flash memory card insertion slot 30 are provided with three types of flash memory cards 32 (SD
Card, MM card, MS card), the first circuit board 131 and the second circuit board 132 are connected to the optical disk 22 and the flash memory card 32.
, Respectively.
[0012]
[Effect of the invention]
As described above, the present invention can provide the function of the flash memory card drive without increasing the volume of the thin optical disk drive due to the space configuration constituted by the machine base, the optical disk plate, and the flash memory card insertion slot. This eliminates the need for the consumer to purchase a flash memory card drive separately, and increases the added value of the optical disk drive.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional exploded view of a known thin optical disk drive.
FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an operation instruction diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an operation instruction diagram 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Machine stand 11 First installation space 12 Second installation space 121 IC
122 memory 13 circuit board 131 first circuit board 132 second circuit board 14 drive unit 141 slide rail 142 propulsion unit 20 optical disk plate 21 rail 22 optical disk 23 rotation axis 24 optical disk pickup head 25 panel 26 insertion slot 30 flash memory card insertion slot 31 insertion Port 32 Flash memory card 33 Terminal 331 Fixed end 332 Contact end

Claims (8)

It mainly consists of a machine stand, an optical disk plate, and a flash memory card insertion slot,
The machine base has a first installation space and a second installation space, and a circuit board and a drive unit are installed in the first installation space;
The optical disk plate is installed on the machine base, and is provided with an optical disk pickup head connected to a rotating shaft and the circuit board for reading and writing data to and from the optical disk. Sliding, the optical disc plate front end is provided with a panel, the panel is provided with an insertion opening corresponding to the second installation space position,
The flash memory card insertion slot is installed in the second installation space of the machine base, the insertion slot of the insertion slot and the insertion slot of the optical disk plate correspond, and a flash memory card of a different standard can be inserted, The flash memory card insertion slot has a plurality of terminals, one end of the plurality of terminals is connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to the flash memory card in the insertion slot. A combined device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive, wherein the combined device performs a read / write operation on the device. 2. The thin optical disk drive and flash memory according to claim 1, wherein a small number of ICs, memories, and other electronic components required for assisting reading and writing of the optical disk and flash memory card are provided on the circuit board. Multifunction device of card drive. The drive unit is installed in the first installation space, includes a slide rail and a propulsion unit, a rail is installed at the bottom of the optical disc plate corresponding to the slide rail, and a lock component is installed corresponding to the drive unit. 2. The composite device of claim 1, wherein the drive unit is driven to slide outward and open, or locked inward and positioned. 2. The flash memory card insertion slot according to claim 1, wherein the flash memory card insertion slot is an insertion slot in which three functions are integrated, and any one of an SD card, an MM card, and an MS card can be inserted. Composite device of thin optical disk drive and flash memory card drive. It mainly consists of a machine stand, an optical disk plate, and a flash memory card insertion slot,
The machine base has a generally concave shape, includes a first installation space, a fixing plate is installed on a side of the first installation space, and is fixed to the device housing, and a second installation space is installed below the fixing plate. Then, a first circuit board and a driving unit are installed in the first installation space, a second circuit board is installed in the second installation space, and a space between the first circuit board and the second circuit board is provided. Connected by a flexible circuit board connector,
The optical disk plate is set above the machine base, and the optical disk can be set thereon. The optical disk plate includes an optical disk pickup head connected to the rotating shaft and the first circuit board. Performing a sliding movement on the optical disk plate, comprising a panel at the front end of the optical disk plate, the panel corresponding to the second installation space position, installing an insertion slot,
The flash memory card insertion slot is installed on the second circuit board in the machine second installation space, and the insertion slot of the insertion slot and the insertion slot of the optical disk plate correspond to each other, and a flash memory card of a different standard is inserted. The flash memory card insertion slot has a plurality of terminals, one end of the plurality of terminals is connected to the fixed end and the second circuit board, and the other end and the flash memory card in the insertion slot are A composite device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive, wherein the thin optical disk drive and the flash memory card drive perform an electrical connection and perform a data read / write operation on the flash memory card. 6. The thin optical disk drive according to claim 5, wherein a small number of ICs, memories, and electronic components required for assisting read / write operations of the optical disk are installed on the first and second circuit boards, respectively. And a flash memory card drive combined device. The drive unit includes a slide rail and a propulsion unit, a rail is provided at the bottom of the optical disk plate corresponding to the slide rail, and a lock component is provided corresponding to the drive unit. 6. The combined device of a thin optical disk drive and a flash memory card drive according to claim 5, wherein the thin optical disk drive and the flash memory card drive are positioned to be opened and slid toward the inside or locked toward the inside. 6. The flash memory card insertion slot is an insertion slot in which three functions are integrated, and any one of an SD card, MM card, and MS card can be inserted. Composite device of thin optical disk drive and flash memory card drive.

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