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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Young-sun Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Pil-je Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-hyeong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chung-ung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-hun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-woo Huh, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-sun Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Pil-je Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-hyeong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chung-ung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-hun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-woo Huh, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A tray mechanism and a disk drive employing the tray mechanism. The tray mechanism includes a driving member rotatably coupled to a spindle motor; a pinion meshed with a rack provided at a surface of a tray to load the tray onto and unload the tray from a main frame; a pivotable plate pivotally provided at a shaft of the driving member, and having a connector which couples the driving member and the rack; and a limiting member provided on the main frame for limiting a pivotal range of the pivotable plate.