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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Won-ik Cho, Seoul, KR;
Won-ik Cho, Seoul, KR;
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An optical collimator assembly used in an optical pickup device and an optical pickup device are provided. The optical collimator assembly may include a collimating lens, a lens holder for supporting the collimating lens, a piezoelectric element coupled to the lens holder and including a female screw portion disposed along a central axis in one direction and a plurality of pairs of piezoelectric bodies disposed symmetrically with one another around the central axis and for causing deformation in a direction that crosses the central axis, and a male screw type transfer screw coupled to the female screw portion of the piezoelectric element.