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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Bun Chay Te, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles R. Weirauch, Loveland, CO (US);
Joseph W. Dody, Corvallis, OR (US);
Summer Schneider, Portland, OR (US);
Bun Chay Te, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles R. Weirauch, Loveland, CO (US);
Joseph W. Dody, Corvallis, OR (US);
Summer Schneider, Portland, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a compact, portable, external optical disc drives. In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical disc drive is comprised of one or more substrates having a width smaller than the diameter of an optical disc and that covers and protects one or more data recording surfaces of the optical disc. The optical disc drive may also include an external connector that is capable of plugging into an outlet of an electrical device so that the optical disc drive extends beyond an external sidewall of the electrical device and is electronically interconnected to the electrical device.