Patent ID: 7187542
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive/player positioning structure comprising: a bracket, said bracket comprising a bottom wall and two upright sidewalls at two sides of said bottom wall, said bottom wall defining a longitudinally extended centerline, said bottom wall comprising two longitudinal guides and two longitudinal sliding tracks respectively spaced from said centerline at two sides; a sliding bottom plate movably supported on the bottom wall of said bracket, said sliding bottom plate comprising two longitudinal sliding structures, two transverse sliding structures, and at least two upright locating rods respectively symmetrically disposed at two sides, said two longitudinal sliding structures respectively coupled to the two longitudinal sliding tracks of said bracket; two sliding side plates respectively coupled to said sliding bottom plate at two sides, said sliding side plates each comprising a horizontal wall set in between said sliding bottom plate and said bracket, the horizontal wall of each said sliding side plate comprising a longitudinal guide coupled to the corresponding respective longitudinal guide of said bracket for guiding longitudinal movement of the respective sliding side plate relative to said bracket and a transverse guide coupled to the corresponding respective transverse sliding structure of said sliding bottom plate for guiding transverse movement of the respective sliding side plate relative to said sliding bottom plate, and a vertical wall uprightly extended and parallel to one corresponding respective upright sidewall of said bracket, the vertical wall of each said sliding side plate having at least one horizontal locating rod; and a disk drive/player mounted on said sliding bottom plate, said disk drive/player comprising a bottom panel and two side panels at two sides of said bottom panel, said bottom panel comprising at least two vertically extended locating holes respectively fastened to the corresponding upright locating rods of said sliding bottom plate, said side panels each comprising at least one horizontally extended locating hole respectively fastened to the corresponding horizontal locating rods of the vertical walls of said sliding side plates; wherein at least one of each longitudinal guide of said bracket and each corresponding longitudinal guide of said sliding side plate has one front end portion and one rear end portion, said rear end portion being relatively closer to said centerline than said front end portion.