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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sunny K Hsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles B Abate, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxoptix Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369244 ; 369 4419 ;
Abstract
An optical recording system having a routing prism and an objective lens bonded together with a slider to form an integrated unit. A slider is attached to the end of an arm of a rotary actuator. Housed within the slider is a prism and an objective lens. The prism directs a laser beam downwards through the objective lens which focuses the laser beam onto the surface of an optical disk.