Patent ID: 6445672
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A drive apparatus for driving a storage medium comprising:a base; a drive unit for recording on or reproducing from the storage medium, wherein said drive unit is supported on the base via a resilient member; and a locking device for locking said drive unit on the base when the storage medium is loaded to said drive unit or when the storage medium is ejected from the drive unit; said locking device including: one of a through hole and a non-through recess formed on one of said drive unit and the base, a rotating body provided on the other of said drive unit and the base to be placed in said through hole or the recess, and a mechanism for rotating said rotating body; wherein said rotating body is rotationally switched between a locking position where at least one portion of said rotating body comes in contact with an inner wall of said through hole or the recess to lock the drive unit on the base and a lock released position here said rotating body comes off said inner wall within said through hole or the recess.