Patent ID: 6910218

Claim:
A slim type optical disc drive comprising: a housing including a lower case and an upper case and an opening; a main base disposed in the housing and on which are installed an optical pickup unit to record and/or reproduce data with respect to a rotating disc, and an optical pickup transport assembly to move the optical pickup unit; a tray that is slideable in and out of the housing through the opening; a spindle motor to rotate the disc and which is installed on the tray; and a control circuit including a main printed circuit board fixed to the lower case, a spindle motor printed circuit board located on the tray to control the spindle motor, and a flexible printed circuit interconnecting the main printed circuit board and the spindle motor printed circuit board, wherein the tray comprises: a table elongated in a direction along which the tray moves and which supports the spindle motor, side frame bars disposed at sides of the tray, each of the side frame bars being spaced a predetermined distance apart from the table, and a front face bezel to which front ends of the table and the side frame bars are fixed.