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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuru Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359811 ; 359813 ; 359814 ; 359822 ; 369 4415 ; 369 4416 ;
Abstract
An optical head for optically writing data onto a recording medium and reading the data from the recording medium. The optical head includes an optical lens holder; a driver for the holder which is located on a side of the holder; flat spring members for elastically supporting the holder in a horizontal direction; and other flat spring members for elastically supporting the holder in a vertical direction, and for creating a sandwiched area. At least a part of the spring members for supporting the holder in a horizontal direction is located within the sandwiched area of the other spring members.