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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Omitama, JP;
Seiji Hamaie, Kawasaki, JP;
Ikuo Nishida, Ebina, JP;
Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Nagamine, Urayasu, JP;
Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Omitama, JP;
Seiji Hamaie, Kawasaki, JP;
Ikuo Nishida, Ebina, JP;
Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Nagamine, Urayasu, JP;
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disc drive for suppressing warpage deformation of a disc tray generated as initial deformation during molding is provided. A supporting structure of a disc trayprovided to be inserted into and ejected from a drive housing' through a tray insertion/ejection openingis provided with guide mechanismsandwhich slidably support a tray bodyin the depth direction as viewed from the tray insertion/ejection openingin an interior space of the drive housing′, and a protrusionwhich is slidably contacted to an upper end of the guide mechanismon a lower surface of a wing partprotruding from the tray bodyon the side where a disc protrudes in the width direction.