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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:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Syuichi Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Sofue, Hadano, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 751 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical data recording/reproducing device wherein an optical system holding portion holding a movable optical system having a carriage and a seek unit, and an emitting/detecting system holding portion holding an emitting/detecting system having an optical pickup unit are formed on the same housing. A number of components are reduced, a strength of the holding portions is improved, and an optical axis of each of systems is regulated with referring to the same housing. Therefore, an accurate assembling can be realized.