Patent ID: 6693868
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive, comprising:a disc tray on which an optical disc is to be placed, the disc tray being movable between a disc ejecting position and a disc reproducing position in front and rear direction; a loading chassis which supports and guides the disc tray during the movement thereof; a feed chassis on which a turntable for rotating the disc and an pick-up at least for reproducing the optical disc are provided, said feed chassis having a rotation axis and a forward portion which is a front side of the rotation axis and on which the turntable and pick-up are arranged, and the front forward portion of the feed chassis being displaceable between a raised position and a lowered position about the rotation axis; a main circuit board having various electrical elements for controlling the turntable and the pick-up arranged on the feed chassis; a casing composed of a bottom cover and an outer cover for housing these elements, the bottom cover having left and right sides; and a pair of feed chassis supporting members respectively provided at the left and right sides of the bottom cover, in which the feed chassis is pivotally supported by the feed chassis supporting members and at least a part of the main circuit board is supported by the feed chassis supporting member wherein the bottom cover has a roughly front-half part and a roughly rear-half part, and the loading chassis is arranged on the front-half part and the main circuit board is arranged on the rear-half part, respectively, in such a manner that they are separated from each other.