Patent ID: 8181192
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk apparatus, comprising: a body unit including a disk drive for housing a disk-shaped information recording medium having an information recording surface and for recording and/or reproducing information; and a display unit including a display surface for displaying information, and closed and opened with respect to the body unit in such a way that the display surface is postured face down and up, wherein: the body unit further includes a disk insertion-and-ejection mechanism which is movable in a bottom direction of the body unit and inserts and ejects the information recording medium into and from the disk drive, and a lock mechanism locking the information recording medium housed in the body unit; a locking state of the lock mechanism is maintained when the display unit is in the open state with respect to the body unit; and wherein the locking state of the lock mechanism is released only when the display unit is in the closed state with respect to the body unit.