Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dae-kyong Park

Dong-seob Jang

Han-kook Choi

Yong-Hoon Lee

Kwang Tai Kim

Gyu-chan Jun

Bu-hyun Sung

Hae-sub Kweon

A disk cartridge including a lower case member in which a space portion to receive an optical disk is formed; an upper case member, joined to the lower case member, an opening portion to allow a reading/recording device to obtain access to the optical disk; a multi-shutter member, including shutters, installed at the lower case member to be able to slide, and to allow the opening portion to be exposed to the outside when the multiple-shutter member is moved in a direction of the insertion direction of the disk cartridge into a disk drive, such that the shutters overlap each other; and a locking member, installed at the lower case member, to fix the multiple-shutter member to the lower case member so that the multiple-shutter member cannot move arbitrarily.

Disk cartridge

A disc cartridge and a disc drive apparatus. The disc cartridge includes an upper case and a lower case which form an internal space to accommodate a disc, and a pair of elastic protrusions formed at both sidewalls of the lower cases, which are elastically biased toward the internal space so that ends of the elastic protrusions support the disc. Surfaces are formed at the ends to slope toward the internal space so that the disc is located in an upper portion of the internal space and the pair of elastic protrusions supports the disc. The disc descends on the surfaces when the pair of elastic protrusions are opened and the disc is then located in a lower portion of the internal space.

Disc drive cartridge and disc drive apparatus to prevent scratching of a disc when the disc is loaded into a disc drive

A disk cartridge which includes a case having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a sidewall, which form an inner receiving space in which a disk is inserted, an opening formed in at least one of the upper wall and lower wall of the case to allow a recording/reproducing unit of a disk drive to access the disk therethrough, and an inlet hole formed at the sidewall of the case to allow the disk to be inserted into and withdrawn from the case therethrough.

In a slim type optical disc drive, an optical pickup unit and an optical pickup transport assembly are installed on a main base disposed in a housing having a lower case and an upper case. A spindle motor is mounted on a tray so as to slide in and out of the housing. A spindle motor printed circuit board is mounted on the tray, and a main printed circuit board is fixed to the lower case. A flexible printed circuit connects the spindle motor and main printed circuits boards. The tray includes a table which supports the spindle motor, and side frame bars located at sides of the tray and spaced apart from the table. A pair of guide ribs are arranged in the housing to guide the movement of the table. In the slim type optical disc drive, only the spindle motor is disposed on the tray.

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