US Patent 7908612 Emergency ejecting apparatus for optical disc drive

Patent 7908612 was granted and assigned to Lite-On on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Lite-On

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7908612

Date of Patent

March 15, 2011

Patent Application Number

11943156

Date Filed

November 20, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Thang V. Tran

Patent 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.