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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Daisuke Takasaka, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Katsuo Ichinohe, Osaka, JP;
Rikiya Ueshima, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhide Mizuta, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Takasaka, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Katsuo Ichinohe, Osaka, JP;
Rikiya Ueshima, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhide Mizuta, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drive device for an optical disc apparatus, wherein the tooth comprises a tooth body fixed to an optical pickup; support pieces projecting from the tooth body toward a lead screw; resin spring pieces extending from the support pieces in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the lead screw; a plate part formed in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the lead screw from the resin spring pieces; meshing cogs formed on the plate part on the side near the lead screw; a cover projecting above the lead screw from the plate part disposed above the meshing cogs, straddling the lead screw, and bending sharply downward at the distal end; and a handle projecting from the tooth body.