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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2001
Applicants:

Robert David Freeman, Erie, CO (US);

Thomas Edward Berg, Fort Collins, CO (US);

David William Niss, Boulder, CO (US);

Peter Jeffrey Raymond, Erie, CO (US);

Inventors:

Robert David Freeman, Erie, CO (US);

Thomas Edward Berg, Fort Collins, CO (US);

David William Niss, Boulder, CO (US);

Peter Jeffrey Raymond, Erie, CO (US);

Assignee:

DPHI Acquisitions, Inc., Longmont, CO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus for dynamically positioning a rotary actuator that positions an objective lens in three dimensions relative to the surface of an optical disk. A first voice coil motor positions the actuator generally in two dimensions parallel to the surface of the disk and a second voice coil motor positions the objective lens generally along an arcuate path orthogonal to the surface of the disk.


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