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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Kenji Hatazawa, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kenji Hatazawa, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An objective lens actuator includes an objective-lens-side main magnet and two stationary-holder-side main magnets mounted to a base body. The objective-lens-side main magnet is positioned to face the two stationary-holder-side main magnets across a gap. The magnets form a magnetic circuit producing magnetic flux extending from either the objective-lens-side main magnet or the two stationary-holder-side main magnets to the remaining magnet(s). The objective lens holder includes a focusing coil and a tilting coil. The focusing coil is located so that the objective-lens-side main magnet and the two stationary-holder-side main magnets are present outside and inside a winding of the focusing coil respectively. The tilting coil is located so that: the objective-lens-side main magnet is present outside a winding of the tilting coil; one of the stationary-holder-side main magnets is present inside the winding; and the remaining one of the stationary-holder-side main magnets is present outside the winding. The structure enables tilt correction and restrains undesirable tilting of the objective lens in a focusing action, for example.