Patent ID: 7055156
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reducing noise in a disk drive, including a clamping part and a turntable used together for holding a disk on a tray, the clamping part consisting of a metal plate and a plastic plate, a central portion of the metal plate being hollow to form a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a plurality of extensions, the plastic plate having a plurality of holders, when the metal plate and the plastic plate are assembled as the clamping part, the holders clipping the extensions tight, the turntable being selectively moved in a first position and a second position, when the turntable is in the first position, a central portion of the turntable is adjacent to the metal plate, and when the turntable is in the second position, the central portion of the turntable is separated from the metal plate, the apparatus comprising: an extension disposed on the metal plate; and a holder disposed on the plastic plate; wherein the holder clips tight the extension, reducing noise generating from the metal plate and the turntable hitting each other when the tray moves into the disk drive without the disk on the tray.