Abstract: An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a tray 20 being provided to be movable between a first position where an optical disc can be loaded therein and a second position where information is readout from said optical disc loaded; and a housing 10 supporting said tray to be slidable, and including an electronic circuit board in a part thereof, wherein the tray mounts thereon various kinds of parts including a pickup 30, a disc motor 31, and a control portion for controlling them, and is electrically connected between the electronic circuit board of the housing through a flexible cable, which is provided under condition of being bent within the housing, wherein a reinforcing sheet shaped 50 into waveform at the end portion thereof for dispersing the stresses is adhered in a part of a bent region of the flexible cable, which moves accompanying with movement of the tray when the tray moves between the first position and the second position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2010
Assignees:
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., NOK Corporaiton
Inventors:
Hideyuki Onuma, Kuniyuki Kimura, Atsushi Kajiya, Kenya Tanimoto