Patent ID: 7650610
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording medium driver that drives a recording medium including a cartridge and a disk accommodated in the cartridge, the cartridge including an information hole, whether the information hole is opened or closed indicating information related to a state of the recording medium, the recording medium driver comprising: a frame; a tray within the frame, the tray including a mount surface on which the recording medium is mounted and being capable of housing the recording medium; a detection section to come up from/come down into the mount surface of the tray and that is projected from the mount surface to detect that the information hole is opened; and a switch section disposed on a side of the frame to detect whether the detection section is come up or come down and to acquire the information related to the state of the recording medium, wherein the detection section includes a pin for detecting the information hole and a support portion for supporting the pin, the tray includes a detection hole through which the pin is inserted, and the recording medium driver includes a plate spring that constantly biases the support portion of the detection section from a back surface side opposite to the mount surface of the tray in a direction toward the mount surface, an end of the plate spring being fixed to the support portion and the other end of the plate spring being fixed to the tray.