Patent ID: 6886174

Claim:
An optical disk drive module installed in a flat panel display personal computer for lifting up and lowering a disk drive, the flat panel display personal computer comprising a flat panel display, the optical disk drive module comprising: a chassis module disposed at a rear side of the flat panel display, the chassis module comprising: a chassis body; a first side plate and a second side plate formed at two sides of the chassis body and movably fastened to the rear side of the flat panel display, the first side plate having a first aperture, the second side plate having a second aperture facing the first aperture; a first gearwheel disposed on an inner wall of the first side plate; and a second gearwheel disposed on an inner wall of the second side plate facing the first gear, the first and second gearwheels having effectively equal radii D 1 ; and a drive carrier rotatably disposed in the chassis module for positioning the disk drive, the drive carrier comprising: a carrier body; and a first side plate and a second side plate formed at two sides of the carrier body, the first side plate having a first protruded portion inserted into the first aperture of the first side plate of the chassis module, the second side plate having a second protruded portion inserted into the second aperture of the second side plate of the chassis module; wherein when the drive carrier swings away from the chassis module, the optical disk drive module will lower the disk drive to expose the disk drive below the flat panel display; and when the drive carrier moves toward the chassis module, the optical disk drive module will lift up the disk drive to position the disk drive at the rear side of the flat panel display.