Patent ID: 6394509
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A latch comprising:a guide having at least one section of teeth; a support adapted to receive a disc drive, said support being engageable with said guide for slidable movement relative to said guide between open and closed positions; at least one pinion rotationally supported by said support, said at least one pinion being engageable with said at least one section of teeth of said guide; a member supported by said support for reciprocating movement relative to said support, said member having at least one section of teeth, said at least one section of teeth of said member being engaged to said at least one pinion; and an actuator supported by said support, said actuator being movable relative to said support and being linked to said member, said member being reciprocated in a substantially axial direction between outward and inward positions to thereby cause rotation of said at least one pinion, whereby movement of said actuator relative to said support causes movement of said support between said open and closed positions when said at least one pinion is engaged with said at least one section of teeth of said guide.