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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Hisashi Negoro, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Jitsukawa, Chiba, JP;
Mitsuru Iba, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Nirei, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Takaoka, Saitama, JP;
Hisashi Negoro, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Jitsukawa, Chiba, JP;
Mitsuru Iba, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Nirei, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Takaoka, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Optiarc Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc drive apparatus includes: an outer casing; a disc drive unit that includes a disc table on which a disc-like recording medium is mounted, a spindle motor, an optical pickup, and a pickup base; a slider that includes a main body and a rack gear, is movable in a first direction as an insertion direction and a second direction as an ejection direction, and moves in the second direction during loading and moved in the first direction during ejection; a drive motor functioning as a drive source of the slider; a deceleration gear group that intermeshes with the rack gear; an eject lever that is rotated to press the recording medium during the ejection; and a link member coupled with the eject lever, the slider including a lock plate and a slide plate.