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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2005
Takahiro Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical pick-up adapted to have ability to conduct a control so as to tilt a lens holder (), including a supporting block () for movably supporting the lens holder in the focus direction and in the tracking direction, a supporting member () including a pair of leg pieces (), () for supporting and allowing the supporting block to be tilted by fixing front end sides of these leg pieces onto a base (), the leg pieces being arranged such that spacing between the leg pieces increases as a distance from a side at which the supporting block is supported increases toward the front end side, and a drive mechanism () for applying a drive force to the supporting block so as to tilt the supporting block by changing a shape of the pair of leg pieces, whereby tilting the lens holder which is supported by the supporting block.