| US 7,533,391 B2 | ||
| Disc emergent ejecting mechanism for optical disc drive | ||
| Ta Hsiang Wang, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Yi Feng Lin, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Chien Wei Huang, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Yung Han Wu, Hsinchu (Taiwan); and Chun Ying Wu, Hsinchu (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Lite-On It Corporation, Taipei (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/447,090. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 95106633 A (TW), filed on Feb. 27, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0186219 A1, Aug. 09, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 17/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 720—601 | 6 Claims |
| 1. A disc emergent ejecting mechanism disposed in an optical disc drive including a disc carrying in/out mechanism for disc
loading and unloading, the disc emergent ejecting mechanism comprises:
a drive motor;
a first gear set in meshing engagement with the drive motor;
an advancing and retracting member for actuating the disc carrying in/out mechanism;
a second gear set in meshing engagement with the advancing and retracting member; and
a clutch assembly including a slide member including a guiding groove and movable in a moving direction, a link connected
to the guiding groove and movable along the guiding groove, and a clutch gear disposed on the link; the clutch gear is in
a first position where the clutch gear is engaged with both the first and the second gear sets for transmitting torque from
the drive motor to the advancing and retracting member;
wherein during a disc emergent ejecting operation, the clutch gear is moved from the first position to a second position where
the clutch gear is disengaged with the second gear set.
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