Patent ID: 6335859
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An optical disk drive assembly, comprising:a hollow housing having a bottom wall, and a front opening formed adjacent to a front end of said bottom wall; an optical disk drive mounted inside said hollow housing, said optical disk drive being spaced apart from and being disposed above said bottom wall; and a control panel movably disposed between said optical disk drive and said bottom wall of said hollow housing, said control panel having a plurality of control keys connected electrically to said optical disk drive for manipulation of said optical disk drive, said control panel being mounted pivotally inside said hollow housing about a pivot axle that is perpendicular to said bottom wall for movement between an inward position where said control panel is received between said optical disk drive and said bottom wall to conceal said control keys under said optical disk drive, and an outward position where said control panel protrudes out of said front opening of said hollow housing to expose said control keys.