Patent ID: 6816448
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A door assembly for an optical drive, the optical drive having at least one LED and an actuating button and a tray holder movable between an operating position to an open position, the door assembly mountable to a computer case, comprising:a door pivotably mounted to the computer case and pivotable between an open position and a closed position; a biasing mechanism associated with said door for pivoting said door into said closed position from said open position when the tray holder moves from the open position to the operating position; a clear actuator pivotably mounted to the computer case and pivotable from a normal position to an actuating position in contact with the actuating button and having an integral spring biasing said actuator towards said normal position, wherein when said actuator is brought into said actuating position and the at least one LED emits light, said actuator carries the light outwardly to be visible outside the computer case.