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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2010
Amir H. Torkaman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Szelong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kyquang Son, Dublin, CA (US);
Ravender Goyal, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul R. Swan, Alameda, CA (US);
Michael Umansky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amir H. Torkaman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Szelong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kyquang Son, Dublin, CA (US);
Ravender Goyal, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul R. Swan, Alameda, CA (US);
Michael Umansky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk mechanism has a housing with at least one disk entry/exit aperture. A disk guide, such as a plate, is aligned with and guides an optical disk through the disk entry/exit aperture. Two beams rotatably support at least one roller and a drive mechanism. Flexing and biasing the roller towards the disk, the two beams maintain a rotational axis of the roller parallel to the disk and accommodate varying separation between the roller and the disk guide. The two beams are closely spaced and non-coplanar, and may be part of a double-beam mount. The double-beam mount attaches the two beams to the housing and to a frame, which positions the roller near the disk guide and the disk entry/exit aperture. Sliding the disk along the plate or other disk guide, the roller is reversible to drive the disk in or out through the disk entry/exit aperture.