Patent · US Expired

Objective lens driving apparatus

US5046820A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
7References
15Claims
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Filing dateApr 17, 1990
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0932
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An objective lens driving apparatus has a base provided with focusing permanent magnets and tracking permanent magnets, a supporting shaft mounted on the base, a lens holder for holding an objective lens at an extension thereof, with the lens holder being rotatably and slidably fitted onto the supporting shaft at a position of the center of gravity of the lens holder and being provided with focusing coils and tracking coils. A plurality of substantially identical elastic members are stretched between the base and the lens holder in a plane substantially perpendicular to the supporting shaft and in axisymmetrical relation with respect to Y-axis line joining the supporting shaft and the objective lens and X-axis line substantially perpendicular to the Y-axis. Each of the elastic members is a spring formed by a lead wire extending to the focusing and tracking coils. The springs are secured to the base through a fiscous elastic material.

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