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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Takumi Hayashi, Mie, JP;
Kazuo Hirose, Mie, JP;
Inventors:
Takumi Hayashi, Mie, JP;
Kazuo Hirose, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The lens protector serving as a means for preventing a scratch of an objective lens and an optical disc of the optical pick-up in which a signal-recording surface of the optical disc is irradiated with light beams to read signals from the signal-recording layer and/or record signals on the signal-recording layer. The lens protector is a molding of silicone rubber and has a rubber hardness not more than 40°, when the rubber hardness is measured in accordance with JIS-A.