Article: South Korean Inventor Develops Disk Drive Front Panel Assembly

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- Seong-ko Seo of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a front panel assembly of disk drive with door locking means and disk drive incorporating the same.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "disk drive having a body including: a spindle motor for rotating a disk; a pickup unit for accessing the disk; a tray for accommodating the disk, which retracts and extends from the body; and a front panel assembly mounted on the body, which allows the tray to retract and extend."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The front panel assembly has a front panel with an entrance, through which the tray ...

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