US 12,009,010 B2
Optical disc drive and electronic equipment
Kenji Hirose, Tokyo (JP); and Aki Yoguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/913,327
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/012745
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/200607, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-061441 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118186 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 17/0404 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical disc drive comprising:
a base unit including a spindle motor and an optical element;
a conveying mechanism configured to convey, to a position of the spindle motor, an optical disc inserted from an outside;
an inner case configured to house the base unit and to support the conveying mechanism; and
an outer case configured to house the inner case, wherein
the base unit is fixed in the inner case via a first damper,
the inner case is fixed in the outer case via a second damper, the inner case includes a bottom frame in which the base unit is disposed, where the bottom frame is shaped like a box that opens upward,
the outer case includes a bottom case in which the inner case is disposed, where the bottom case is shaped like a box that opens upward,
the bottom frame includes a first protruding portion protruding upward from the bottom frame and a second protruding portion protruding downward from the bottom frame,
the first protruding portion is fixed to the first damper, and
the second protruding portion is fixed to the second damper.