Patent ID: 7562373
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disc apparatus, comprising: a chassis fixed on a main body of the disc apparatus, wherein said chassis has a vertical wall; a drive unit supported by said chassis and driven to be moved upward/downward by a motor; and a pick-up unit supported by said drive unit having a pick-up and driven by said motor to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the direction of upward/downward movement of said drive unit; wherein said pick up unit has an interlocking piece that is projected from one end of said pick-up unit along the direction orthogonal to the direction of upward/downward movement of said drive unit; said interlocking piece has an L-shape; said chassis has an interlocking portion formed by providing, at a portion of said chassis facing said interlocking piece, an L-shaped notch that is slightly larger than said interlocking piece and that extends along the direction of upward/downward movement of said drive unit; and the interlocking portion is tapered such that a space between the interlocking portion and the vertical wall of the chassis gradually increases downward toward a lower portion of the interlocking portion.