Patent ID: 8650584

Claim:
A reduced stack height slot loading optical disc drive (ODD), the stack height defined in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical disc, the ODD comprising: a hub/turntable arrangement having a hub portion and a turntable portion, the turntable portion arranged to support an optical disc secured thereto by way of the hub such that when a rotational motive force is applied to the hub/turntable arrangement, the optical disc rotates about a hub/turntable axis of rotation; and a rotational motor adjacent to the hub/turntable arrangement, the rotational motor having a rotation axis being arranged to provide the rotational motive force to the hub/turntable arrangement, wherein a height of the hub/turntable arrangement and a height of the rotational motor are not concatenated, wherein the hub/turntable arrangement is coupled to the chassis of the ODD through a displacement mechanism such that the hub/turntable arrangement can be displaced to positions away from the chassis allowing for the insertion and chucking of optical discs.