US Patent 7100174 CD drive which will not damage an optical disk

Patent 7100174 was granted and assigned to BenQ on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Overview Structured Data Issues Contributors Activity

Is a

Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

BenQ

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71001740

Patent Inventor Names

Nan-Ching Lee0

Chien-An Su0

Date of Patent

August 29, 2006

Patent Application Number

107072240

Date Filed

November 28, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

‌

Andrea Wellington

Patent abstract

A CD drive includes an upper cover, a disk tray, a clamp, a push piece, and a guiding rod. The upper cover includes a guiding track and the disk tray is installed below the upper cover in a slidable manner. Additionally, the clamp is installed on the upper cover in a moveable manner, while the push piece is installed on the disk tray. The guiding rod has a first end fixed on the push piece, and a second end slidably installed in the guiding track. When the disk tray slides in or slides out of the upper cover, the guiding rod will slide along the guiding track and move the push piece to push the clamp upward so as to prevent the clamp from scraping an optical disk.