Patent ID: 8302115
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A slim optical disk drive comprising: a lower housing, two slide rails being respectively disposed on two sides of the lower housing, a connector being disposed on a rear side of the lower housing; a tray supported by the two slide rails for sliding in or sliding out of an opening of the lower housing; a protection plate for covering a bottom of the tray; a flexible cable comprising a plurality of wires, an end of the flexible cable being connected to the connector, the flexible cable extending toward the opening and being stuck on the lower housing, a curved area being formed by bending the flexible cable near the opening, the other end of the flexible cable being connected to a rear side of the tray in a floating manner, the flexible cable being accommodated between the protection plate and the lower housing when the tray is slid inside the lower housing to read or write a disc; and an isolated part disposed on the protection plate and located above the curved area of the flexible cable, the isolated part comprising rows of through holes with different widths for shielding predetermined wires with weak signals of the plurality of the wires to reduce noise of signals.