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Tilt focus mechanism for an optical drive

US7337452B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 2001
Grant dateFeb 26, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0946
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for dynamically positioning a rotary actuator that positions an objective lens in three dimensions relative to the surface of an optical disk. A first voice coil motor positions the actuator generally in two dimensions parallel to the surface of the disk and a second voice coil motor positions the objective lens generally along an arcuate path orthogonal to the surface of the disk.

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