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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd., Oshu, JP;
Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd., Iwate, JP;
Abstract
An optical pickup which excels in assembly workability and which can increase the drive force generated in a focusing coil is provided. The optical pickup has an objective lens, a lens holder holding the objective lens, and a first and a second focusing coil wound around the lens holder. The first focusing coil includes an upper part wound about a central axis extending in parallel with an optical axis of the objective lens and a lower part connected to the upper part. The second focusing coil includes an upper part wound, in a wiring system separate from the first focusing coil, about a central axis extending in parallel with the optical axis of the objective lens and a lower part connected to the upper part.