Patent ID: 7639495

Claim:
A panel for protecting an optical disc drive, comprising: a panel base having a plate defining an opening configured for extension of a disc tray from the optical disc drive, a guiding rail defined in the panel base in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the disc tray along which the disc tray extends in or out the opening; a cover moveably connected to the panel base for covering the opening, at least one connecting bar extending from the cover and having one end being received in the guiding rail and slidable therein; at least one rotating member connected between the panel base and the cover with one end thereof pivotally positioned on the panel base and the other end pivotally connected to the connecting bar; and at least one spring with one end fixedly positioned on the plate of the panel base and the other end connected to the connecting bar of the cover; wherein when the disc tray extends to push the cover outward, the one end of the connecting bar is driven to slide up in the rail close to the rotating member and stretch the spring, and the other end of the rotating member connected to the connecting bar rotates out about the one end pivotally positioned on the panel base to drive the cover to rotate away from the plate, and when the disc tray retracts back into the opening, the spring retracts to pull the connecting bar to cause the cover to move back to cover the opening.