Patent ID: 6829120
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive for reading data from and/or writing data to a data storage disk housed in a cartridge, said disk drive comprising:a housing having a tray pin slot; a tray for holding a cartridge, the tray including a tray pin operably disposed in the tray pin slot and movable in the tray pin slot so as to move said cartidge between a loaded position where data can be read from and/or written to the data storage disk and an unloaded position where data cannot be read from and/or written to the data storage disk; an actuator including a pickup unit for reading data from and/or writing data to the data storage disk; and a door being pivotable about an axis and including a first cartridge catch and a second cartridge catch each configured to engage a corresponding first shoulder and second shoulder disposed on a cartridge to resist a force tending to remove said cartridge from the disk drive, the door including a release cam operative to release the cartridge from the first cartridge catch and the second cartridge catch.