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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An objective lens driving biaxial actuator for driving an objective lens in both a focusing direction and a tracking direction with respect to a recording medium. The biaxial actuator comprises: a movable portion for holding the objective lens; an elastic member having its one end attached to the movable portion for movably supporting the movable portion; a stationary portion fixing the other end of the elastic member; and a balancer disposed at the side of the stationary portion with respect to the objective lens and carried on the movable portion at such a distance that its clearance from the stationary portion may restrict the deformation of the elastic member within an elastic limit. A hinge is interposed between the elastic member and the movable portion for moving the objective lens in the tracking direction.