Patent ID: 11972776
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical disc drive comprising:
a spindle motor;
a chucking pulley configured to fix an optical disc to the spindle motor;
a conveying roller configured to convey, toward a position of the spindle motor, the optical disc inserted through an insertion port;
a conveying roller position manipulation mechanism configured to move a position of the conveying roller between a first roller position where the conveying roller contacts the optical disc and a second roller position where the conveying roller is separated from the optical disc;
a centering mechanism configured to align a center of the optical disc with the position of the spindle motor; and
a chucking pulley operation mechanism configured to manipulate a position of the chucking pulley, wherein
the conveying roller position manipulation mechanism includes: (i) a movable member configured to move in response to a collision with the optical disc that approaches the position of the spindle motor, and (ii) a slider coupled to the movable member,
the centering mechanism includes a bias member coupled to the movable member, and
the chucking pulley operation mechanism includes a check arm directly coupled to the movable member.