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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Shogo Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Etsuzo Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsumaru, Tokyo, JP;
Taichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Atarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Etsuzo Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsumaru, Tokyo, JP;
Taichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Atarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus for conducting recording and/or reproducing information for an optical information recording medium, has a lens section shaped in an approximate circle and including a flange section; and a projecting section integrally provided to the lens section. The objective lens satisfies the following conditional formulas:0.5≦A≦2.0, 0.3A≦B≦1.7A where A is a diameter (mm) of the lens section when the lens section is viewed from an direction of an optical axis, and B is a width (mm) of the projecting section when the connecting section is viewed from the direction of the optical axis.