Patent ID: 7478410
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A transmitting mechanism of an information recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a pickup carriage; two guide rods, the pickup carriage being movably supported by the guide rods; a feeding screw having an upside and a downside, the upside and the downside of the feeding screw being determined relative to an operational state of the information recording/reproducing apparatus; a feeding motor configured for rotating the feeding screw; an engaging member including a fixed portion and an engaging portion, the fixed portion being fixed on the pickup carriage, the engaging portion engaging with the feeding screw on the downside of the feeding screw; and a leaf spring comprising a fixed end being fixed on the pickup carriage along with the fixed portion of the engaging member, and a free end pressing the engaging portion of the engaging member towards the upside of the feeding screw.