Patent ID: 8413178

Claim:
A disk device comprising: a frame having a receiving component; an optical pickup slidable along a guide shall that extends relative to the receiving component; and a shock absorbing component disposed on the optical pickup, the shock absorbing component being arranged to selectively contact with the receiving component of the frame, the shock absorbing component including a U-shaped portion, an extension portion having a proximal end portion that extends from one end of the U-shaped portion, distal end portion that is located on an opposite end of the extension portion relative to the proximal end portion and a middle portion that is disposed between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion along the extension portion, the distal end portion having a contact part that is arranged to contact with a support portion of one of the optical pickup and the shock absorbing component in a first direction of the disk device while the shock absorbing component is in a loaded state, the contact part being spaced apart from the support portion in the first direction while the shock absorbing component is in an unloaded rest state, and a striking component disposed on the middle portion of the extension portion at a location spaced apart from the contact part along the extension portion, the extension portion being deflected at the middle portion between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion upon a pushing force acting on the striking component while the contact part of the distal end of the extension portion contacts with the support portion.