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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:
Mar. 26, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2009
Applicants:

Yoshihiro Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;

Hidenao Saito, Yokohama, JP;

Seiichi Kato, Tsuchiura, JP;

Jun Hato, Fujisawa, JP;

Ryuichiro Mizuno, Fujisawa, JP;

Katsuhiko Kimura, Kasumigaura, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiro Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;

Hidenao Saito, Yokohama, JP;

Seiichi Kato, Tsuchiura, JP;

Jun Hato, Fujisawa, JP;

Ryuichiro Mizuno, Fujisawa, JP;

Katsuhiko Kimura, Kasumigaura, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An objective lens actuator, for driving an objective lensfor focusing lights upon a recoding surface of an optical disc, comprises a moving part, which comprises the objective lensand a coil; a magnet, which is fixed on a yoke and drives the moving part; a plural number of elastic support parts, each of which supports the moving partat an end thereof; a first fixing portionand a second fixing portion, which fix other ends of the plural number of elastic support partsand are disposed opposite to each other in a focus direction; and a moving mechanism, which is provided on the first and second fixing portionand, so that the first and second fixing portionsandcan move in the focus direction, relatively, and thereby providing the objective lens actuatorenabling to reduce the dynamic relative tilt between the optical disc and the objective lens(i.e., reducing the tilt of the objective lensin the tangential direction when operating), as well as, an optical pickup and an optical disc drive.


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