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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Ming-hsing LU, Taipei, TW;
Ming-Hsing Lu, Taipei, TW;
Lite-On It Corp., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk tray disposed within a casing for receiving an optical disk thereon, a clamp-holding seat disposed above the disk tray and having a clamp opening, a clamp disposed within the clamp opening in the clamp-holding seat and projecting downwardly from the bottom side thereof, a protrusion structure disposed on the clamp-holding seat, a resilient structure disposed on the clamp-holding seat opening opposite to the protrusion structure, and a spindle motor disposed below the disk tray for rotating the disk once the spindle motor is moved upward via the reading opening to a reading position, where the disk is sandwiched between the clamp and the spindle motor.