Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Won-youl Bae

Jae-hoon Sim

Jae-Kab Seo

Go-hyun Kim

Chan-Bum Park

Ho-sun Lee

Byeng-bae Park

Gyeng-yeoul Kong

A disk drive apparatus is provided. The disk drive apparatus includes: a frame which includes a slot to insert a disk therethrough; a spindle motor assembly which includes a turntable including a disk seating part and a chucking member, and a spindle motor to rotate the turntable; a traverse assembly which mounts the spindle motor thereon and is movable in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the disk; a conveyance roller which is movable between a contact position and a non-contact position with the disk and conveys the disk using a friction force; and a roller driving unit which moves the conveyance roller from the non-contact position to the contact position after an unchucking operation of the disk is completed, when the disk is unloaded.

Disk drive apparatus and conveyance roller thereof

An apparatus to accommodate and load a disc cartridge in a drive includes a tray on which the disc cartridge is accommodated, a locking lever having a locking hook caught in a groove formed at a side wall of the disc cartridge when accommodated on the tray and which restricts/releases the disc cartridge using the locking hook. A sliding holder is slidably installed at the tray to prevent the disc cartridge from moving by pressing the disc cartridge restricted by the locking lever in one direction.

Apparatus to load a disc cartridge

A lead screw adjustment structure of a disc drive to adjust a lead screw which is rotatably installed on a pickup deck and reciprocates a pickup, which includes an incorporated elastic member installed on the pickup deck to apply an elastic force in an upward direction and an axial direction to one end portion of the lead screw, and an adjustment screw disposed above the elastic member to adjust the end portion of the lead screw up and down by being rotated.

Lead screw adjustment structure of disc drive

A magazine loading and ejecting apparatus of a disk player for loading and ejecting a magazine accommodating a plurality of disks in and out of a disk player main body, including: a stopper having a locking protrusion and being installed in the disk player main body to be capable of reciprocating perpendicular to a direction the magazine is inserted; a cam groove formed on the magazine, the cam groove having a first angled portion along which the locking protrusion slides in contact therewith when the magazine is inserted in the disk player main body and a locking groove into which the locking protrusion is inserted and locked when the magazine is completely inserted into the disk player main body; a spring which elastically biases the stopper in one direction; and an ejection unit which ejects the magazine from the disk player main body.

Disk magazine loading/ejecting apparatus of disk player

A disk player includes a frame constituting a main body of the disk player, and a magazine for stacking a plurality of trays, each tray holding a disk thereon, and which can be inserted into and ejected from the frame. A chuck is mounted to the frame, for pressing the upper surface of a selected disk drawn out from the magazine. A turntable is mounted to the frame enabling up and down movement, together with the chuck for chucking the drawn-out disk when ascending. An extractor is mounted to the frame enabling forward, backward, upward and downward movement with respect to the magazine, for selectively combining with a selected tray among the plurality of trays in the magazine and drawing out the selected tray between the turntable and the chuck. An elevating mechanism is provided for elevating the extractor, and a loading motor is installed on the frame. A disk loading mechanism, which operates by receiving power from the loading motor, is provided for advancing or retreating the extractor and lifting or lowering the turntable to chuck the selected disk drawn out between the turntable and the chuck.

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