Patent ID: 8065692

Claim:
An optical disk drive for notebook computer, comprising: a tray comprising a base plate and a bar plate, the base plate having two opposite side surfaces and a main surface adjoining the two opposite side surfaces, the bar plate connected to distal ends of the two opposite side surfaces of the base plate, the base plate comprising two receiving grooves respectively defined in each of the two opposite side surfaces adjoining the bar plate, two assembling holes respectively defined in each of the receiving grooves away from the bar plate, and a slot defined on an opposite surface of the main surface adjoining the bar plate communicating with the two receiving grooves; and a supporting bracket rotatably connected to the tray for supporting the tray when the tray extends from the notebook computer, wherein the supporting bracket comprises an elongated plate, two arms extending perpendicularly from two ends of the elongated plate, and two pins extending from each of the arms; the two arms are rotatably mounted into the assembling holes respectively, the two arms and the elongated plate respectively accommodated in the two receiving grooves and the slot when the optical disk drive closes the tray.