Patent ID: 7451462
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: an outer casing having a front side formed with a tray opening; a tray disposed within said outer casing and movable with respect to the latter between a retracted position, in which said tray is retracted into said outer casing, and an extended position, in which said tray is protruded outwardly from said outer casing via said tray opening; a resilient structure including a mounting part fixed to a middle section of a front side of said tray and left and right lateral plates extending from two opposite ends of said mounting part in a direction parallel to said front side and cooperating with said front side to define a gap between each of said left and right lateral plates and said front side, each of said left and right lateral plates having a distal end portion; and a tray cover attached to said resilient structure, and having left and right fastening members respectively fixed to said distal end portions of said left and right plates, whereby, when said tray is disposed in said retracted position, said tray cover abuts sealingly against the periphery of said tray opening in said front side of said outer casing.