Patent ID: 6954936

Claim:
A tray locking apparatus of an optical disk drive including a fixed frame and a tray installed in the fixed frame, that loads and unloads a disk, the tray locking apparatus comprising: a first locking portion provided on the fixed frame; a first lever having a second locking portion selectively coupled to the first locking portion and installed on the tray to move between a coupling position where the first locking portion and the second locking portion are coupled, and a releasing position where the first locking portion and the second locking portion are separated; a first elastic member applying an elastic force to the first lever in a direction toward the coupling position; a switching unit installed on the tray that locks the first lever at the coupling position by a magnetic force, and unlocks and moves the first lever to the releasing position by temporarily offsetting the magnetic force; and a returning unit to return the first lever to the coupling position from the releasing position when the tray is unloaded.