TWI395205B - Optical disk drive - Google Patents

Description

Disc drive

The present invention relates to a disc drive, and more particularly to a portable disc drive.

With the advancement of society and the development of the economy, optical disc drives such as portable disc players, computer disc drives, and home video disc players have become important equipment in people's lives and work. The CD-ROM drive is an important audio-visual device that can read dynamic and static information such as video, audio, and text data stored on CDs, DVDs, and the like.

Because portable optical disc drives have the advantage of being portable, portable optical disc drives are becoming more popular with users. Generally, a portable optical disc drive includes a main body and a disc cover, wherein the main body is provided with a spindle motor, an optical pickup, and the like. The central portion of the main body is recessed to form a disc accommodating area for accommodating the optical disc. The disc cover can be covered on the optical disc accommodating area to prevent the optical disc from being detached from the optical disc accommodating area. When you need to read the disc: first, place the disc in the disc receiving area; then, start the disc drive, the internal spindle motor drives the disc to rotate, and the optical pickup slides in the radial direction of the disc to read Take the information on the disc.

When the reading is completed, stop the disc drive and remove the disc to avoid the disc being scratched during the carrying process or when the disc drive is vibrated. Therefore, when the user needs to carry the optical disc drive out, it is inconvenient to place the optical disc.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a disc drive that is convenient for a user to carry a disc.

A disc drive includes a host for reading a disc, the host having a disc carrying area for reading the disc when the disc is read, the disc drive further comprising a disc for storing the disc on the host The latching device is provided with a latching portion, the latching portion includes a stopping portion, and the disc placing device comprises a disc placing portion and a hook portion disposed on the disc placing portion, the hook portion including A hook hooked on the stop.

In use, the disc to be carried can be placed in the disc placement device, so the above disc drive can facilitate the user to carry the disc when going out.

1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the optical disc drive 99. The optical disk drive 99 includes a host 100 and a disk placement device 800 that can be hooked on the host 100.

The main body 100 includes a body 10 and a cover 20 rotatably mounted on the body 10. The optical disc placement device 800 is mounted on a surface of the cover 20 opposite to the body 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the body 10 includes a disc carrying area 11 for accommodating the optical disc for the host 100 to read the optical disc, and a disc cover 13 which is disposed on the optical disc carrying area 11 to prevent the optical disc from being detached from the optical disc carrying area 11. The cover body 20 includes a cover plate 21 and a bottom plate 23 engageable with the cover plate 21. A display screen 25 is further disposed between the cover plate 21 and the bottom plate 23 for displaying information read by the host computer 100.

The optical disc placement device 800 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped optical disc placement portion 801. The optical disc placement portion 801 is provided with a plurality of placement slots 810 for receiving the optical disc. (not shown), the number and size of the placement slots 810 can be set according to the number and size of the discs to be placed. In the present embodiment, a total of five placement slots 810 for placing optical discs are provided.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5 simultaneously, the cover plate 21 is provided with two latching portions 30 juxtaposed. The latching portion 30 includes a receiving portion 31 formed by depression of a surface on the cover plate 21 opposite to the bottom plate 23. The accommodating portion 31 includes a substrate 311 parallel to the cap plate 21, a partial edge of the connecting substrate 311, and a side wall 313 of the cap plate 21. The latching portion 30 further includes two stopping portions 33a and 33b extending from the opposite sides of the opposite side walls 313 of the accommodating portion 31 and the cover plate 21, and a plane of the substrate 311 from the accommodating portion 31 on the plane where the substrate 311 is located. An overhanging cantilever 35. The two stopper portions 33a and 33b are located in the same plane as the cover plate 21 with a notch 37 therebetween, and the notch 37 is opposed to the cantilever 35.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 , the optical disc placement device 800 further includes two hook portions 40 disposed on the surface of the optical disc placement portion 801 opposite to the cover plate 21 . The two hook portions 40 are respectively opposite to the positions of the two latching portions 30 and can be respectively hooked into the latching portions 30 to fix the optical disc placement device 800 to the main body 100.

The two hook portions 40 respectively include a hook 41 protruding from the optical disk placing portion 801 and reinforcing ribs 43 connecting the hook 41 to the optical disk placing portion 801. The hook 41 includes a hook portion 411 and a connecting portion 413 connected to one end of the hook portion 411 and the optical disk placing portion 801. The hook portion 411 has a flat shape. The reinforcing rib 43 has an elongated shape and is located between the optical disk placing portion 801 and the hook portion 411 and extends from the connecting portion 413 in a direction away from the connecting portion 413, and divides the hook portion 411 into two hooking portions arranged side by side. 411a and 411b. The reinforcing rib 43 is for preventing the hook 41 from being subjected to the releasing force during demolding, and the hook portion 411 of the hook 41 is deformed. . The width of the hook portion 411 is larger than the width of the notch 37, and the width of the reinforcing rib 43 is smaller than the width of the notch 37.

As shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG. 9, when the host 100 needs to be engaged with the optical disc placement device 800: First, the optical disc placement device 800 is placed on the cover 21 of the main body 100, and the two hook portions are made. The hook portions 411 of the 40 are respectively opposite to the accommodating portions 31 of the two latching portions 30, and the connecting portion 413 is disposed in a direction away from the notch 37. Secondly, a force F1 is applied to the disc placing device 800, so that the disc is placed The releasing device 800 moves in the direction of approaching the main body 100, so that the hook portion 411 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 31; finally, a force F2 is applied to the optical disc placing device 800, so that the hook portion 411 approaches the two stops. The portions 33a and 33b slide in the direction, and at the same time, the reinforcing ribs 43 slide into the notches 37, so that the two hooking portions 411a and 411b of the hook portion 411 are respectively disposed in the two stopper portions 33a and 33b, thereby placing the optical disc placement device The 800 is hooked on the host 100 to prevent the optical disc placement device 800 from being detached from the host 100. In use, the optical disc to be carried can be placed in the optical disc placement device 800. Therefore, the optical disc drive 99 can facilitate the user to carry the optical disc when going out.

In the present embodiment, the buckle portion 30 is disposed on the main body 100, and the hook portion 40 is disposed on the optical disc placement device 800. In other embodiments, the buckle portion 30 can be disposed on the optical disc placement device 800, and the hook portion 40 can be disposed on the host 100, and the optical disc placement device 800 can also be fixed on the host 100. It is convenient for users to carry a disc when they go out. In the embodiment, the latching portion 30 is disposed on the cover 20 of the main body 100. In other embodiments, the latching portion 30 can also be disposed on the main body 10 of the main body 100, and the optical disc placement device 800 can also be disposed. It is fixed on the host 100 to facilitate the user to carry the disc when going out.

99‧‧‧Disc drive

100‧‧‧Host

10‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧Disc carrying area

13‧‧‧Disc cover

20‧‧‧ cover

21‧‧‧ Cover

23‧‧‧floor

25‧‧‧ display

30‧‧‧Snap Department

31‧‧‧ 容部

311‧‧‧Substrate

313‧‧‧ side wall

33a, 33b‧‧ § stop

35‧‧‧Cantilever

37‧‧‧ gap

40‧‧‧K hook section

41‧‧‧ hook

411‧‧‧Hook

411a, 411b‧‧‧ hooking department

413‧‧‧Connecting Department

43‧‧‧Strengthened ribs

800‧‧‧Disc placement device

801‧‧‧Disc Placement Department

810‧‧‧ slotting

1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an optical disc drive.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the optical disc drive of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the optical disc drive of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an exploded view of the cover and the disc placement device of Figure 2 from another perspective.

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a V of the cover plate of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a partial elevational view of another perspective view of the optical disk placement device of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the optical disc drive of Figure 1 when the main unit and the disc placement device are not engaged.

Figure 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the process of engaging the cover and the optical disc placement device of Figure 2.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the optical disc placement device of FIG. 8 snapped into the cover.

99‧‧‧Disc drive

100‧‧‧Host

20‧‧‧ cover

10‧‧‧ Ontology

800‧‧‧Disc placement device

Claims (9)

A disc drive comprising a host for reading a disc, wherein the host has a disc carrying area for placing the disc when the disc is read, and the improvement is that the disc drive further comprises a card mounted on the host for storing the disc a disc placement device, the main body is provided with a buckle portion, the buckle portion includes a stopper portion, and the disc placement device comprises a disc placement portion and a hook portion disposed on the disc placement portion, the hook portion The part includes a hook that can be hooked on the stop. The optical disc drive of claim 1, wherein the hook portion further comprises a reinforcing rib connecting the hook and the disc placement portion. The optical disc drive of claim 2, wherein the latching portion further comprises a receiving portion formed from the surface of the main body to receive the hook portion. The optical disc drive of claim 3, wherein the accommodating portion comprises a substrate, a side wall connecting the edge portion of the substrate and a surface of the main body, and the number of the stopping portions is two, and the two stopping portions are The accommodating portion extends opposite to the joint between the two side walls and the surface of the main body. The rib portion divides the hook portion into two hooking portions arranged in parallel, and the two hooking portions are used for respectively hooking the two stopping portions. The optical disc drive of claim 4, wherein a gap is formed between the two stopping portions for receiving the reinforcing rib. The optical disc drive of claim 5, wherein the latching portion further comprises a cantilever extending from an edge of the substrate of the receiving portion, the cantilever being opposite the notch. The optical disc drive of claim 2, wherein the hook comprises a hook portion and a connecting portion connected to the end portion of the hook portion and the optical disc placing portion, The reinforcing rib extends from the connecting portion in a direction away from the connecting portion. The optical disc drive of claim 1, wherein the optical disc placement device is provided with a placement slot for placing the optical disc. The optical disc drive of claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a body and a cover rotatably mounted on the body, the optical disc placement device being located on a surface of the cover opposite the body.