Patent ID: 8296788

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus comprising: a tray on which an optical disc is mounted; a housing having a bottom plate as a chassis main and accommodating the tray with an optical disc mounted thereon, the apparatus recording and reproducing data on and from the optical disc as accommodated with the tray in the housing; the tray having: a mechanical unit attached on the tray and including a spindle motor and an optical pickup module; a printed circuit board in which a circuit for driving the mechanical unit is implemented, the printed circuit board being attached on a surface of the tray that is opposed to the chassis main; and a first protruding portion formed on the tray in a vicinity of the printed circuit board to protrude toward the chassis main; and the chassis main having a second protruding portion formed on the chassis main to protrude toward the tray at a position to be opposed to the first protruding portion while the tray is accommodated in the housing.