Patent ID: 7663999
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc drive apparatus incorporated into a host appliance provided with a first see-through section, the disc drive apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body provided in the host appliance; a disc receiving section configured to receive a disc-shaped recording medium; a disc rotary drive mechanism configured to drive the disc-shaped recording medium to rotate; a recording and/or reproduction mechanism configured to record information signals on and/or reproduce information signals from the disc-shaped recording medium; and a disc tray provided in the apparatus main body, the disc tray containing the disc receiving section, the disc rotary drive, and the recording and/or reproduction mechanism, the disc tray being movable between an inside and an outside of the apparatus main body, wherein the apparatus main body is arranged in correspondence to the first see-through section formed in the host appliance and is provided with a second see-through section exposing part of the disc-shaped recording medium placed on the disc receiving section to an outside of the host appliance by way of the first see-through section when the disc tray is positioned in the inside of the apparatus main body.