Optical disc apparatus lens drive apparatus and method for the manufacture of such
US5018836A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S359/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An objective lens drive apparatus includes an objective lens holder supporting an objective lens and provided with drive coils, a base fixing permanent magnets, printed circuit boards fixing the base at a monolithic portion thereof, and a plural number of flexible support members electrically and mechanically connected at their base ends to the printed circuit board, and with their distal ends supporting the objective lens holder so as to be flexibly displaced to a position where the drive coils oppose the permanent magnets, and wherein terminals of the drive coils are electrically connected to the flexible support members which are different with each other, and a drive current is supplied to the drive coils from the printed circuit board to pass through the flexible support members.
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