Patent ID: 7134128

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: a chassis case, a disk tray capable of moving between a loading position inside the chassis case and an unloading position outside the chassis case while supporting a recording medium, a bezel attached to the disk tray so as to cover a front end of the disk tray, and an earth plate attached to a front end side of the disk tray to discharge static electricity; wherein the static electricity generated at the front side of the disk tray is guided to the earth plate, the disk tray has an earth plate attaching portion to which the earth plate is attached and a bezel attaching portion, separate from the earth plate attaching portion, to which the bezel is attached, and the earth plate is attached directly to the earth plate attaching portion independently from the bezel, and the bezel is attached directly to the bezel attaching portion independently from the earth plate, wherein the earth plate remains fixed to the disk tray when the bezel is removed from the disk tray.