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Optical pickup device

US6556533B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 2000
Grant dateApr 29, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical pickup device for recording information onto and/or reading out information from an optical recording medium, comprising a light beam source for generating a light beam to be projected toward the optical recording medium, and a light beam detector for receiving the light beam reflected by the optical recording medium so that the information is read out from the light beam after reflected by the optical recording medium, a container houses therein the light beam source and includes an aperture through which the light beam proceeds toward the optical recording medium, and a light beam guide member is mounted on an outer surface of the container and covers the aperture to guide the light beam after reflected by the optical recording medium toward the light beam detector.

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