Patent ID: 8286200
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive apparatus comprising: a disk table on which a disk recording medium inserted into a disk insertion port and loaded is mounted; a slider configured to ascend and descend a pickup base configured to movably support an optical pickup that applies a laser light onto the disk recording medium in the radial direction of the disk recording medium; an eject lever rotatably supported by a chassis, and having a disk holding part that holds the disk recording medium inserted into the disk insertion port, wherein the eject lever is rotated between a waiting position at which the disk holding part waits for the disk recording medium inserted into the disk insertion port and a drawing position at which the disk recording medium held by the disk holding part is drawn, the eject lever including a control pin protruding from the eject lever, the control pin controlling the motion of the slider; a drive lever coupled to the slider and operated in association with the motion of the slider, the drive lever having an action hole that is formed in a predetermined shape, wherein the control pin is inserted into the action hole of the drive lever; and a support lever rotatably supported by the chassis and having a disk holding part that holds the disk recording medium inserted into the disk insertion port, wherein the support lever is rotated between a waiting position at which the disk holding part waits for the disk recording medium inserted into the disk insertion port and a drawing position at which the disk recording medium held by the disk holding part is drawn, wherein in the state in which the eject lever and the support lever are at the waiting positions, the disk holding parts of the eject lever and the support lever are each positioned at a position forward of, in a direction toward the disk insertion port, a centering projecting part of the disk table.