Patent ID: 7426739
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical disc drive, comprising: a first housing having an inner wall with at least a hollow thereon; a disc exchanger disposed inside the first housing suitable for operating within an operating range; a data processing module disposed within the operating range inside the first housing; an optical disc cassette suited to placing within the operating range inside the first housing for storing a plurality of optical discs; an ejection mechanism disposed on the first housing; and at least an elastic element disposed on an outer wall of the optical disc cassette, wherein when the optical disc cassette is stationed inside the first housing, a distance is kept between the elastic element and the hollow, and the hollow is set up along the ejection path of the elastic element so that the elastic element will lodge into the hollow momentarily when the optical disc cassette is being ejected from the first housing through the ejection mechanism.