Patent ID: 6606240
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An optical disk drive module installed in a flat panel display personal computer for lifting up and lowering a disk drive, the flat panel display personal computer comprising a flat panel display and a computing module coupled to a rear side of the flat panel display, the optical disk drive module comprising:a chassis module moveably disposed at the rear side of the flat panel display and having a chassis body; a drive carrier rotatably disposed in the chassis module; a cover fixed outside the disk drive and slidably fastened within the drive carrier so as to dispose the disk drive in the drive carrier; a switch positioned at a front cover of the flat panel display for generating a trigger signal when the switch is depressed; a control unit disposed in the computing module and coupled to the switch for receiving the trigger signal and generating a corresponding pulse; and an electromagnetic switch moveably disposed on the chassis body and coupled to the control unit; wherein when fastening the electromagnetic switch onto the cover, the drive carrier is enclosed in the chassis module; when depressing the switch, the switch will generate the trigger signal, the control unit will receive the trigger signal and generate the pulse, the pulse will cause the electromagnetic switch to separate from the cover, and the drive carrier will swing away from the chassis module to lower the disk drive.