Patent ID: 7013474
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive apparatus comprising: a main apparatus having a frame; a disk tray causing a disk to move between a stored position and a drawn-up position relative to the main apparatus, the disk tray having one surface on which the disk is placed; a disk rotational drive mechanism rotationally driving the disk; an optical pickup mechanism performing at least one of reading stored information from the disk and writing information onto the disk; a movable member supporting the disk rotational drive mechanism and the optical pickup mechanism, the movable member being rotatably supported at one end thereof relative to the frame of the main apparatus; an elevator drive mechanism bringing the disk rotational drive mechanism and the optical pickup mechanism closer to or farther away from the disk, with the movable member free to rise and fall; and a vibration-absorbing member provided to the other end of the movable member, said vibration-absorbing member being provided to absorb vibrations transmitted to the disk tray; wherein, when the disk is moved toward the stored position, the elevator drive mechanism moves the other end of the movable member toward the disk tray, thereby causing the vibration-absorbing member to come into contact with another surface of the disk tray when the disk tray reaches its stored position, and thereby absorb the vibrations transmitted to the disk tray.