Patent ID: 7607143

Claim:
A tray mechanism for a disk drive, comprising: a driving member rotatably coupled to a spindle motor; a pinion meshed with a rack provided at a surface of a tray to load the tray onto and unload the tray from a main frame; a pivotable plate pivotally provided at a shaft of the driving member, and having a connector which couples the driving member and the pinion; and a limiting member provided on the main frame to mechanically limit a pivotal range of the pivotable plate, wherein the pivotable plate includes on a side thereof a stop portion which contacts the limiting member when the pivotable plate pivots to a specified location, and the limiting member includes an elastic part protruding from a surface of the main frame for urging the stop portion of the pivotable plate to pass upwardly over the elastic part, and a stop part adjacent to the elastic and protruding from the surface of the main frame part for contacting the stop portion to stop a pivotal movement of the pivotable plate, thereby limiting the movement of the pivotable plate.