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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Akihiro Sakaguchi, Kawachinagano, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lens actuator for use in an optical data reader, comprising: a base on which a plurality of N (N=natural number not less than two) objective lenses corresponding to N optical data recording media having substrates of different thicknesses, respectively are mounted; a supporting shaft which is provided on the base such that the base is movable vertically and rotatable within predetermined ranges, respectively relative to the supporting shaft; a pair of driving coils for performing changeover among the objective lenses and tracking follow-up of the data recording media; and N pairs of magnets which form a magnetic circuit together with the driving coils such that the base is rotated by the driving coils and the magnets.