Patent ID: 6839898

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: a base including a spindle motor, the spindle motor having a turntable to mount a disk thereon; a first rocker, which rocks substantially parallelly to the turntable and which pulls in the disk, inserted externally, to an internal position where the center of the disk is aligned with that of the spindle motor, a second rocker, which also rocks substantially parallelly to the turntable and which unloads the disk from the internal position to a point where the disk is exposed at least partially; first and second sliders, which are engaged with the first and second rockers to make the first and second rockers pull in and unload the disk, respectively, and which reciprocate in two directions substantially parallel to the turntable, wherein the first and second rockers and the first and second sliders are all located under the turntable, and wherein at least one of the first and second sliders supports a side face of the base and raises and lowers the side face by reciprocating in the two directions; and an outer casing that includes: a first space in which the base is stored; a notched portion that is adjacent to the first space and that extends in the directions in which the first and second sliders reciprocate; and a second space that is provided over the first space and the notched portion and that allows the disk to rotate therein, wherein the first rocker is rotated in the second space located over the notched position.