Optical head apparatus
US5886978A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/0935
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical head apparatus is realized in which an objective lens actuator and the whole optical system are reduced in height, and which can be used in common between a system in which the light beam comes incident in the direction of the radius of the information disk and another in which the light beam is arranged in a direction tangent to the information disk. A lens holder having a substantially hexagonally shaped plane is supported by two wire springs, each shaped in a triangle with two of its aides extended and fitted to an actuator base, to be able to freely move up and down and to freely rotate. On two side walls of a lens holder are arranged tracking coils and focusing coils, and magnets are arranged in opposite positions of the actuator base. Underneath an objective lens is arranged an opening wide in the horizontal direction, and the dimension of the apparatus in the vertical direction (the direction normal to the surface of the diagram) can be reduced by arranging a 45-degree mirror in this space not in contact with the lens holder.
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