Abstract: A drive carrier includes a first computing device with light source control capacity and a light source proximate to a front plate of the drive carrier. The first computing device receives a signal from a second computing device (external to the drive carrier) and controls the light source proximate to the front plate of the drive carrier based on the signal.

Abstract: Provided is an optical disk apparatus in which an interlocking slider engaged with a main slider directly drive an eject lever and a boss for performing a disk chucking operation. The optical disk apparatus includes a housing having a slot to receive a disk, a main unit having a turn table to rotate the disk, the main slider configured to move in first and second directions corresponding to insertion and ejection of the disk, the eject lever configured to eject the disk inserted into the housing through the slot, and the interlocking slider.

Abstract: A disk drive includes an insert-and-eject device and a disk guide unit. The insert-and-eject device is used for inserting and ejecting a disk. The disk guide unit includes a rack and a slide member connected to the insert-and-eject device in such a manner that reciprocal movement of the disk guide unit along a first direction permits the slide member to drive the insert-and-eject device to insert and eject the optical disk from the disk drive. An emergency release device is mounted on the slide member, and includes a horizontal element movable along a second direction. The rack is formed with a retention groove such that the movement of the horizontal element along the second direction permits a the horizontal element to extend within or exit the retention groove so as to couple the slide member with the rack or to disengage the slide member from the rack.

Abstract: A method and device for protecting slot-in optical disc drive are provided. A first sensing switch is for detecting the action of an unloading unit, a second sensing switch is for detecting the action of a receiving unit, and a third sensing switch is for detecting the action of a positioning bar. A disc is inserted as the optical disc drive is at the initial state, and the states of the first, second and third sensing switches are detected. The transmission unit is activated to automatically load the disc as all sensing switches are turned on, and whether the state of the third sensing switch changes is checked. When the state of the third sensing switch changes, the extraction of the disc is detected, so the transmission unit is immediately reversed to execute the unloading of the disc, so as to protect the optical disc drive.

Abstract: The invention makes it possible to carry out an emergency eject motion without attaching and detaching teeth between gears in a transmission system of a driving force of a loading motor, in an optical disc apparatus.

Abstract: A disc tray comprises a recess, a first outer land, a second outer land, a first opening, and a second opening. Two outer lands extend upwards from the recess. Each outer land comprises an upper plane and a wall. Each wall connects the recess and each upper plane. Each opening comprises a plane opening and two upward openings. Each plane opening is located in the recess. Two upward openings are located on two edges of each plane opening, respectively, such that a protruding portion is formed on each upper plane.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, and an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack. When a user drives the slider and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.

Abstract: The invention makes it possible to carry out an emergency eject motion without attaching and detaching teeth between gears in a transmission system of a driving force of a loading motor, in an optical disc apparatus.

Abstract: The invention is to provided an emergency ejection device for a slot-in optical drive, which utilizes a feeding motor to rotate a transmission shaft from one end of the transmission shaft without self-locking. The other end of the transmission shaft extending to the front of the drive forms as a pincer-like slot, and a worm is disposed between the two ends. One end of a gear set having a plurality of gears drives a clamping unit, and the other end rotates a roller. A worm wheel is disposed on one of the gears in the middle of the gear set and is engaged with the worm with self-locking so that the transmission shaft can be rotated by hand to eject a disk.

Abstract: A disk drive includes an insert-and-eject device and a disk guide unit. The insert-and-eject device is used for inserting an optical disk into and ejecting the disk from the disk drive. The disk guide unit includes a rack and a slide member connected operably to the insert-and-eject device in such a manner that reciprocal movement of the disk guide unit along a first direction permits the slide member to drive the insert-and-eject device to insert and eject the optical disk from the disk drive. An emergency release device is mounted on the slide member, and includes a horizontal element movable along a second direction. The rack is formed with a retention groove such that the movement of the horizontal element along the second direction permits a part of the horizontal element extend within or exit the retention groove so as to couple the slide member with the rack or to disengage the slide member from the rack.

Abstract: An optical disc drive comprising at least a housing, an optical disc cassette, a cassette ejector and a fixing element is provided. The housing has an ejection opening. The cassette ejector and the fixing element are disposed in the housing. The optical disc cassette is disposed inside the housing for holding a plurality of optical discs. The housing has an open fixing groove. The fixing element lodges on the open fixing groove when the optical disc cassette is pushed into the housing. When the optical disc cassette is manually ejected, a manual ejection element that passes through the ejection opening is used to change the relative position between the fixing element and the open fixing groove. Consequently, the optical disc cassette can be ejected from the housing by the cassette ejector.

Abstract: An optical disc drive including a housing, a disc exchanger, a data processing module, an optical disc cassette, a cassette ejector and at least an elastic element is provided. The disc exchanger is disposed inside the housing to operate within an operating range. The data processing module is disposed within the operating range inside the housing. The optical disc cassette is suitable for being set up within the operating range and has at least one hollow. The cassette ejector is disposed on the housing. The elastic element is disposed inside the housing. When the optical disc cassette is stationed inside the housing, a distance is kept between the elastic element and the hollow. The elastic element is disposed on an ejection path of the hollow. The elastic element is suitable for lodging inside the hollow of the optical disc cassette when the optical disc cassette is ejected from the housing.

Abstract: A storage device assembly includes a storage device (40), a cover (30), a button (10) and a bracket (20). The storage device includes a tray (44). The cover defines a button slot (34) and a pair of apertures (38) therein. The bracket is removably attached to the cover, and includes a pair of resilient legs (25). A pair of latches (26) is formed on the legs of the bracket respectively. The button is received in the button slot of the cover. The button is slidable relative to the bracket between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the button deforms the legs in opposite directions and drives the latches to protrude out beyond the apertures respectively, thereby locking the tray. In the open position, the legs rebound and the latches are withdrawn from the apertures respectively, and the tray can be ejected.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk apparatus having a function of externally the forcible unloading manipulation of an optical disk, and for enabling the forcible unloading manipulation only on the basis of clear recognition that a user intentionally performed the unloading of the optical disk, the disk apparatus enforcing such recognition. In the disk apparatus for loading and driving an optical disk, and for recording or reproduction of data on the optical disk, the disk apparatus comprises first release means and second release means for a mechanism for unloading a loaded optical disk to be manipulated externally, wherein manipulation of the second release means forcibly unloads the loaded optical disk by manipulation of the first release means.

Abstract: A media player facing has a device housing with a drawer and a facade. The outer surface of the facade and the outer surface of the device housing are aligned so that the facade outer surface and the device housing outer surface are substantially continuous when the drawer is closed.

Abstract: A recording/reproducing device includes a disc tray, a device body supporting the disc tray movably in an insertion-ejection direction, and a holding mechanism for holding the disc tray within the device body. The holding mechanism includes a bias member biasing the disc tray outward of the device body, an engagement pin extending through an opening of the device body near a sidewall thereof and engageable with the disc tray to hold the disc tray within the device body, and an engagement segment provided in the disc tray and engageable with the engagement pin. The engagement pin includes a flange portion fitted to a depressed portion of the opening, a pin body extending through the opening, and an engagement projection projected into the device body from the pin body and engageable with the engagement segment. The engagement projection is disposed on the pin body at a position biased towards the sidewall.

Abstract: A touching plate of the emergency mechanism, which is located near the front panel of a casing, is rotatably pivoted, an arm is protruded from the touching plate so that it is opposite to a lever protruded from the end of a slide bar, a nozzle having a prescribed length, which is located near the thin rod contact face of the touching plate, is protruded concentrically to a through-hole integrally from the inner face of the front panel, the thin rod passed through the through-hole is guided by the nozzle so that the tip of the thin rod is brought into contact with the thin rod contact face of the touching plate. In this way, by pushing in the touching plate about the pivoting shaft, the slide bar is slid through the arm and lever, thereby slightly moving the tray forward.

Abstract: A protection method for manual ejection operation of optical disk drive is proposed. In the present method, a locked state is set when the optical disk drive is in normal rotation. The load-sensing switch would turn to the on position (stage) when the optical disk is loaded in the tray and in the rotating state. When a manual ejection operation with manual ejection function is activated, the load sensing switch would turn to the off position (stage). A controller senses the stage change from on position to off position. Then, the controller applies a voltage to the tray motor and the position of the load-sensing switch is returned to the on position. Therefore, a locked state is maintained.

Abstract: A tray locking apparatus of an optical disk drive including a fixed frame and a tray that moves in and out of the fixed frame to load and unload a disk. The tray locking apparatus includes a first locking portion provided on the fixed frame, and a first lever, that has a second locking portion selectively coupled to the first locking portion, and moves between a coupling position and a releasing position. A first elastic member biases the first lever in a direction toward the coupling position. A switching unit installed at the tray locks the first lever at the coupling position by a magnetic force, and unlocks and moves the first lever to the releasing position by temporarily offsetting the magnetic force. A returning unit makes the first lever return to the coupling position from the releasing position when the tray moves out of the fixed frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc ejection device of a disc drive to urgently eject a tray for holding a disc from the housing of the disc drive. The disc ejection device includes a first bar, a second bar, and a first protrusion. The first bar and the second bar are rotatably connected with the tray respectively. One end of the first bar sticks out of the panel of the disc drive, and the other end of the first bar is located touching against one end of the second bar. The second bar has a first latch located touching against the first protrusion which is connected with the housing. A user may move the stick-out end of the first bar to eject the tray.