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Actuator for objective lenses

US6330120A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 2000
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A resilient support member 5 is provided between a lens holder 2 and a base member 4 to resiliently support the lens retainer 2 with respect to the base member 4. A pair of auxiliary damping members 10a and 10b extend along the length of the resilient support member 5, and a viscoelastic material piece 11 is provided between the two auxiliary damping members so as to connect them to each other. Various modes of connection can be achieved, and the freedom in the tuning of the damping effect is increased for reducing spurious resonant vibrations so that an adequate damping effect can be achieved. Because the part to which the viscoelastic material is to be applied is placed in a wide space remote from the lens retainer and the base member, the work of applying the viscoelastic material is simplified.

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