Abstract: An objective lens driving device including a base, a permanent magnet and a yoke installed on the base for forming a magnetic circuit, a holder fixed on the base and having electrical terminals at a side thereof, a movable supporter on which an objective lens is mounted and which is provided with focusing and tracking coils, first and second protrusions provided at the sides of the movable supporter and around which lead wires of the tracking coil and the focusing coil are wound respectively, and suspension members for supporting the movable supporter. The suspension members electrically connect the focusing coil and the tracking coil with respective control signal sources, one end of each of the suspensions being fixed to the holder and being electrically connected to the corresponding electrical terminals and the other end being electrically connected to corresponding ends of the lead wires wound around the first and second protrusions.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an optomechanical microdevice comprising:a stationary section (2) defining a plane (x, y) of the microdevice,at least one primary lens (4) capable of moving in the plane of the microdevice and of deflecting a beam of light in the same plane,at least one fastening arm (6) joining the primary lens to the stationary section, one part of the arm being capable of moving and of moving the movable lens in the plane of the microdevice.

Abstract: An objective lens driving apparatus comprises a lens holder supporting an objective lens, a support shaft which enables the lens holder to be contactingly movable in the focusing direction and rotatable in the tracking direction, a driving coil for focusing and a driving coil for tracking which are mounted on the outer surface of the lens holder in the circumference direction, an outer yoke which is positioned opposite from the outer surface of the lens holder and first and second arched magnets which are mounted on the inner surface of the yoke in the circumference direction. The driving coil for focusing is a hollow coil which is positioned such that its hollow core lies in the focusing direction wherein an inner yoke mounted on the outer yoke passes through the hollow core. The driving coil for tracking being a hollow coil which is positioned such that its hollow faces from the outer surface of the lens holder to the inner surface of the outer yoke.

Abstract: A correction element assembly for correcting misalignment of a beam of radiation with respect to a location on a target, includes a housing having a correction element fixedly mounted therein. A flexure is attached to the housing and at least two drive devices are disposed radially around the housing. Each of the drive devices is operable to apply a force to the housing to thereby deflect the flexure causing the housing to move such that said correction element moves in a cyclic fashion about its beam axis.

Abstract: A moveable lens apparatus for digital camera includes a CCD lens set, a first motion mechanism having a bracket pivotally holding the lens set and a first gear set for driving the bracket and the lens set to rotate left or right angularly, and a second motion mechanism having a guide slidably engageable with a rear end of the lens set, a gear rack vertically attached to the guide and a second gear set for driving the gear rack and the guide up or down so that the lens set may be swung pivotally up or down. The first and second gear set may be actuated manually or by motors. The lens set thus may be moved and rotated smoothly and precisely without a user's hand directly touching the lens set.

Abstract: An electromagnetic objective lens driving apparatus of an optical disc data recording and reproducing apparatus, includes a magnetic circuit which forms an electromagnetic driving circuit with focusing and tracking coils provided on an objective lens holder. The focusing coils and tracking coils comprise magnetic material that can be attracted by a magnetic force.

Abstract: To present an objective actuator small in the number of parts, easy in soldering and assembling, heightened in the motion precision and brake effect, free from undesired resonance due to torsional motion of the objective lens holding member, heightened in the secondary resonance frequency by the torsional motion of the objective lens holding member, and suppressed of its amplitude. A lens holding member holding an objective lens and a housing are simultaneously and integrally molded through four linear spring members inserted in a die. Afterwards, a pair of magnets are fixed on the lens holding member, and an electromagnetic coil is wound, and wire terminals are wound in the wire arrangement grooves, then a soldered coil frame is fixed on the housing. A brake member is injected into the recess space enclosing linear spring members with the inside of the side wall of the housing and the inner wall, the brake frame, its partition wall, and part of the coil frame, from the side surfaces.

Abstract: A structure has a focus coil wound or affixed on sides of a lens holder holding an objective lens and two or more permanent magnets spaced from each other and facing the focus coil with their magnetic poles directed in the same direction with respect to one side of the focus coil, wherein the density distribution of the magnetic flux passing through the side of the focus coil facing the permanent magnets has two or more maximum points. This allows for a large assembly error, or tolerance, and reduces inclination of the optical axis in an objective lens actuator used in the optical pickup of various kinds of optical disk devices.

Abstract: An optical pickup comprises an objective-lens driving device including a movable section provided with an objective lens, a focusing coil, and tracking coils, and a fixed section provided with a single magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap, the focusing coil and the tracking coils being disposed in the magnetic gap. The point of application of a tracking-driving force, the point of application of a result force of focusing-driving forces occurring in and outside the magnetic gap, and the position of the center of gravity of the movable section are made to substantially coincide with each other. In addition, the objective lens and the magnetic circuit are disposed within an area of a window in a lower shell of a optical disk. Further, a through hole for accommodating a lower portion of a yoke of the magnetic circuit is provided in a mounting base on which the objective-lens driving device is mounted.

Abstract: There is provided an objective lens driving device, wherein a lens holder for holding an objective lens and a coil unit is connected with and floatingly supported by a base block using a plurality of elongate flexible metal members. The objective lens driving device is formed by positioning a plurality of elongate flexible metal members at the predetermined positions with respect to the lens holder and the base block which are to be formed, forming the lens holder integrally connected with one end of each elongate flexible metal member, forming the base block integrally connected with the other end of each elongate flexible metal member, attaching the objective lens and the coil unit in the lens holder.

Abstract: A disc player includes at least one pickup device, which includes a pair of objective lenses for reading information from a disc. The pair of objective lenses are independently movable in the radial direction of the disc by a magnetic field generated by a common magnet.

Abstract: An optical pickup comprises a slide member displaced between an inner periphery of an information recording medium and an outer periphery thereof, a laser-beam receiving and emitting device comprised of an emitting unit for irradiating the information recording medium with a laser beam and a receiving unit for receiving therein a laser beam reflected from the information recording medium, a first laser-beam receiving and emitting device holding means rotated so as to approximately linearly move with a position different from an optical axis of the laser beam as a fulcrum to thereby position and hold the laser-beam receiving and emitting device, and a second laser-beam receiving and emitting device holding means rotated with the optical axis thereof as a fulcrum to thereby position and hold the laser-beam receiving and emitting device. According to the above construction the use of, two types of slide members become unnecessary and the position of the slide member can be easily adjusted.

Abstract: An optical apparatus comprises a guide member, an optical member capable of moving while being guided by the guide member, a vibration member held by the optical member and having a contact portion placed in contact with the guide member, the optical member being capable of being moved by a vibration produced by the vibration member, and a spring for pressing the vibration member against the guide member, the spring being held by the optical member, wherein the optical member is pressed against the guide member by a reaction force of the spring.

Abstract: An objective lens drive device that can be assembled with a high production efficiency, without any adhesives being forced out. The objective lens drive device is in the form of a bi-axial actuator having empty chambers 25a, 25b formed by a portion of a bobbin holder 15, a portion of a lens holder 2, and a portion of a coil bobbin 4. The empty chambers 25a, 25b are filled with an adhesive 3 to bond the coil bobbin 4 to the lens holder 2. Thus, no adhesives are forced out, and the adhesive can be cured within a short time.

Abstract: An objective lens supporting device having its tracking sensitivity in the focusing direction improved by separating the center of gravity of the moving portion for the objective lens at the time when it moves in the focusing direction from each other and having vibration of the objective lens occurring when the device is subjected to an external force due to an acceleration accompanying a movement of the optical pickup suppressed, the objective lens supporting device, further, being quite excellent in the optical disk tracking characteristic of the optical pickup device and capable of achieving cueing of an information signal on an optical disk in a very short time.

Abstract: An optical actuator is disclosed for positioning a lens to focus a laser light beam on a surface of a member, such as on optical disk, with minimum lens tilt error. The optical actuator includes a lens mount for supporting the lens, and at least one upper flexure and one lower flexure that are each fixed to the lens mount at a point. The flexures are arranged so that they when viewed from one side a line defined by each flexure would extend from the fixed point of each flexure and intersect at a point spaced at a distance from each flexure, forming an angle .theta. therebetween. The optical actuator further includes a structure for applying a force to the lens mount along a line to cause the upper flexure and lower flexure to deflect such that the lens moves to focus the light beam. The intersection point of the upper flexure and lower flexure is selected such that the lens tilt error caused by tension and compression of the upper flexure and lower flexure is compensated by a tilt caused by angle .theta.

Abstract: A lens actuator for an optical disc storage device including a base; a lens holder assembly movably mounted to said base; said lens holder assembly comprising a lens holder with a single surface-field magnet and a lens mounted thereon; a single surface-field coil set mounted to said base parallel to and proximate said surface-field magnet; whereby a current introduced in a coil of said coil set produces a net magnetic force having a resultant line of action passing through said lens holder assembly.

Abstract: A device for moving a lens includes a lens frame; a guiding member for guiding the lens frame; a signal generator for generating an electric signal; a piezoelectric vibrator for moving the lens frame along the guiding member by vibration according to the electric signal; a supporter for supporting the piezoelectric vibrator; a pressure surface to be in pressure contact with the piezoelectric vibrator; and pressure member for bringing the piezoelectric vibrator into pressure contact with the pressure surface.

Abstract: A three-axis moving actuator for an optical pickup has a base, an object lens positioned on an optical axis, and a lens holder having two side planes parallel with a radial direction of a disk track and two side planes parallel with a tangential direction of the disk track. The object lens is fixed to the lens holder. A plurality of suspension members is provided for supporting the lens holder such that the lens holder is movable above the base. First and third magnets are installed on the base to face the two side planes parallel with the radial direction of the disk track, respectively, and second and fourth magnets are installed on the base to face the two side planes parallel with the tangential direction of the disk track, respectively. A focus coil is wound around the lens holder, and first to fourth tracking coil pairs are attached to the focus coil to face the first to fourth magnets, respectively.

Abstract: An optical actuator is disclosed for positioning a lens to focus a laser light on a surface of a member, such as on optical disk, with minimum lens tilt error. The optical actuator includes a lens mount for supporting the lens, and at least two spaced-apart flexures that are fixed to the lens mount. The flexures are arranged so that they are parallel when viewed from one side. The optical actuator further includes a structure for applying a force to the lens mount along a line and between the flexures so that when viewed from the parallel flexure side the line bisects each flexure to cause the flexures to deflect such that as the lens moves to focus the light beam, lens tilt error is minimized.

Abstract: An actuator for an optical pickup includes a first permanent magnet for supporting an objective lens. A focusing coil is wound around the circumference of the first permanent magnet for providing a driving force for vertical movement of the first permanent magnet. A plurality of tracking coils are placed at predetermined portions of the circumference of the first permanent magnet and provide a driving force for lateral movement of the first permanent magnet. A second permanent magnet is installed around the first permanent magnet and is separated from the first permanent magnet by a predetermined distance, for levitating the first permanent magnet which has the objective lens and the focusing and tracking coils disposed thereon, by interacting with the first permanent magnet.

Abstract: A microoptical component including a microlens having a focal axis and a microbeam to which said microlens, is integrally fixed said microbeam extending along an axis substantially perpendicular to the focal axis of the microlens and undergoing elastic deformations along an axis substantially perpendicular to the focal axis of the microlens and to the axis along which the microbeam extends.

Abstract: It is the object of the invention to decrease the gain peak of an objective lens holder at a natural frequency of a biaxial objective lens actuator used in an optical disc system using a reproducing-only-disc, a write-once-disc or an erasable disc. The out-line of a construction is such that each support for the objective lens holder is composed of plural elastic wires surrounded by damping material (silicone, for example), and a damping effect can be achieved by shearing stress caused in the damping material, and each of the support springs passes through a hole of a damping box, wherein the clearance between the support spring and the inner wall of the hole of the damping box is filled with gelled damping material. A further improvement of damping can be achieved by the damping box.

Abstract: A variable focus lens is constructed by making small changes in the equatorial diameter of an elastically deformable lens. The lens may be deformed by radial tension exerted in a plane generally perpendicular to the optical axis. The radial tension may be exerted by radially acting mechanical apparatus or by means of rings embedded or attached at the equator of the lens, whose diameter can be altered by heating, or by imposition of electrical or magnetic fields.

Abstract: An objective lens driving apparatus for driving, in a focus direction and a tracking control direction, an objective lens for converging light onto an optical recording medium, includes a lens bobbin for holding the objective lens. The lens bobbin is provided with two types of drive coils for driving the lens bobbin in the focus and tracking control directions. The lens bobbin is attached in a floating state to a magnetic yoke by a pair of suspensions functioning as cantilevers. The magnetic yoke is provided with a magnet for generating a magnetic field. The lens bobbin is situated such that the drive coils are placed within the magnetic field. Each of the suspensions consists essentially of a rectangular metal frame having a plurality of plate spring portions defined in planes perpendicular to the focus and tracking control directions. A number of through holes are formed in the plate spring portions.

Abstract: An optical system driving apparatus includes a holding member holding an optical element and having first and second surfaces facing in opposite directions, and a carriage having first and second surfaces which contact the surfaces of the holding member and slidably clamp the surfaces of the holding member. At least one of a slidable contact surface portion of the first surface of the holding member which corresponds to the first surface of the carriage and a slidable contact surface portion of the first surface of the carriage which corresponds to the first surface of the holding member is formed into an at least partly spherical shape having a center coinciding with an optical center of the optical element, and the other portion guides the holding member to move in a circumferential direction of the spherical slidable contact surface portion.

Abstract: A lens drive apparatus for driving vertically and horizontally a lens component by employing magnets and coils, includes a lens component, a lens support member, a mass balancing member for balancing with respect to the lens support member, and a seesaw support member for supporting the lens support member and the mass balancing member to perform a seesaw action. The lens drive apparatus can be miniaturized and made lightweight and operates stably as a balanced lens component and serves as an efficient actuator for a focusing/tracking servo with respect to an objective lens of an optical pickup for recording and reproducing optical information.

Abstract: An objective-lens driving device has a supporting mechanism for supporting a magnetic circuit so as to allow it to freely make a pseudo-translational motion in the focusing direction. The supporting mechanism is provided with two hinges that are placed in such directions as to make a right angle with each other. The hinges are fixed onto the same plane of a base member at respective ends thereof that are farther from each other, and they are also fixed to the magnetic circuit at respective ends thereof that are closer to each other. Moreover, each hinge has flexible sections that are formed in at least two locations of each hinge with predetermined intervals from the magnetic circuit so that they are in parallel with each other. These flexible sections are formed in such a manner that they make a right angle with each other on the two hinges. This supporting mechanism, which has the hinges that are placed on the same plane, makes it possible to reduce a space taken in the focusing direction to a great degree.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus of the present invention is used in an optical pickup of, for example, an optical recording/reproducing system. The apparatus includes a moving assembly holding an objective lens and provided with a coil bobbin, elastic supporting devices which support the moving assembly along the focusing dimension and the tracking dimension, focusing coils and tracking coils wound on the coil bobbin, and a magnetic circuit formed by a yoke and a magnet. The center of gravity of the moving assembly is positioned so that the product of the distance from an effective section of the focusing coil to the center of gravity of the moving assembly and the force produced at the effective section is about equal to the product of the distance from a noneffective section of the focusing coil to the center of gravity of the moving assembly and the force produced at the noneffective section.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a lens barrel moving an optical system by a linear actuator using a piezoelectric element. The actuator is provided with the constitution whereby a driving member is driven by an extension displacement and a contraction displacement having different velocities caused by applying drive pluses to the piezoelectric element and a driven member frictionally connected to the driving member is linearly moved. The focusing operation is conducted by moving the optical system directly in the optical axis direction by the linear actuator.

Abstract: An optical pickup includes an object lens; a lens holder for holding the object lens; a visco-elastic suspender for suspending the lens holder so as to be movable in a focusing direction and a tracking direction; a driving section for driving the lens holder in the focusing direction and the tracking direction, the driving section including a magnet, a yoke and a driving coil provided on the lens holder. The magnet and the yoke form a magnetic circuit. A heat-insulating area is located between the object lens and the driving coil, and the heat-insulating area includes a heat-insulating material which has a thermal conductivity lower than that of the lens holder.

Abstract: An objective lens driving device employed for a recording and/or reproducing apparatus for an optical recording medium includes a bobbin on which an objective lens is mounted, a supporting mechanism, first and second coils and a magnetic circuit. The supporting mechanism supports the bobbin in at least one of a first direction parallel to the optical axis of the objective lens and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The first coil is provided on the bobbin and is mounted so that at least its one coil side is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The second coil is provided on the bobbin and is mounted so that at least its one coil side is substantially parallel to the first direction. The magnetic circuit has a pair of magnets facing each other with a pre-set gap in-between. The first and second coils are arranged in the gap and plane-symmetrically with respect to the centerline of the gap.

Abstract: An optical system driving apparatus including a holder 2 supporting an objective lens 1, resilient supporting members 29a, 29b for supporting the holder movably in a focusing direction Z perpendicular to a record medium, and focusing coils 4a, 4b secured to the holder 2 by means of viscoelastic members 3a and 3b. The focusing coils 4a, 4b and a viscoelastic members 3a, 3b serve as a dynamic damper so that undesired resonance can be effectively suppressed without narrowing a control frequency range.

Abstract: A holder is suspended on a carriage, and a magnetic circuit is disposed adjacent to the holder. The magnetic circuit has a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole. A focus coil having a magnetic flux receiving portion is provided around a vertical axis of the holder. A tacking coil having a magnetic flux receiving portion is provided around a horizontal axis of the holder. Both the magnetic flux receiving portions are disposed so as not to be overlapped with each other, and disposed in parallel with one of the surface of the first and second magnetic poles. Both of the magnetic flux receiving portions are flush with each other.

Abstract: An objective lens actuator for an optical head includes an objective lens, an objective lens holder, a focusing coil, a pair of tracking coils, a plurality of wire springs, a magnetic circuit, and a pair of photosensors. The objective lens is constituted by an aspherical plastic lens to receive a beam reflected by an optical disk. The objective lens holder has a substantially square frame shape to hold the objective lens. The focusing coil is wound on the objective lens holder. The pair of tracking coils are arranged on parallel side surfaces of the objective lens holder, respectively. The plurality of wire springs hold the objective lens holder with a degree of freedom in focusing and tracking directions. The magnetic circuit has a substantially closed magnetic circuit arrangement to cooperate with the focusing and tracking coils to electromagnetically drive the objective lens holder.

Abstract: An objective lens drive device includes an objective lens holder, a fixing member, drive coils mounted on one of the objective lens holder and the fixing member; magnets mounted on the other, the magnets positioned in a face-to-face relationship with the drive coils and supplied with an electric current so as to drive the lens holder in both a focusing and a tracking direction, the magnets are magnetized with polarization at least in the focusing direction; and magnetic pieces placed in the magnetic circuits of the magnets relating to a focusing direction, wherein a two-dimensional restoring force is generated in the focusing and tracking directions by the magnetic attraction acting on the magnetic pieces so that the objective lens is held at the neutral point, at least one end portion of the magnetic pieces in the polarizing direction is wider than the middle portion.

Abstract: A shake preventing apparatus comprises a shaking sensor for detecting a shake, a shaking preventive optical system for preventing an image shake by this optical system being shifted in a direction substantially orthogonal to an optical axis of a principal optical system, motors for driving this shaking preventive optical system to prevent the shake detected by the shaking sensor, photo interrupters for detecting a shift position of the shaking preventive optical system and a control circuit for controlling the motors on the basis of detection signals from the photo interrupters. The photo interrupters are disposed within a range so as not to exceed a thickness of the shaking preventive optical system in an optical-axis direction.

Abstract: An objective lens driving device used in an optical recording and/or reproduction apparatus comprises a lens holder, elastic supporting members, a coil bobbin and a yoke. An objective lens is mounted in the lens holder. The elastic supporting members have one end attached to the lens holder and the other end attached to a mounting part. The elastic supporting members support the lens holder movably in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the objective lens and in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. A coil for focusing and coils for tracking are wound on the coil bobbin. A magnet is mounted on the yoke, and the width of this magnet is selected so that flux from the magnet acts only on effective portions of the coils for tracking.

Abstract: An optical pickup driving apparatus includes a carriage for a moving portion having an objective lens, a feeding motor having a moving coil for supporting the carriage, a magnet for producing a magnetic linked flux to the moving coil and a yoke member for controlling the magnetic path of the magnetic flux and movably supporting the moving coil, and a plurality of coils for minutely moving the objective lens vertically and horizontally in response to the magnet of the feeding motor. By reducing the weight of the moving portion mounted on the carriage, the feeding motor has a rapid response characteristic and therefore the optical pickup can search for information at high speed.

Abstract: An objective lens driving apparatus has a base provided with a plurality of focusing and permanent magnets and a supporting post being mounted on an upper surface thereof, a supporting shaft mounted on the upper surface of 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 (the lens holder is provided with one or more through holes being disposed at a side wall thereof). One or more elastic members are stretched between the supporting post of the base and the lens holder in a plane including Y axis line joining the supporting shaft and the objective lens and Z axis line being axis line of the supporting shaft.

Abstract: The objective lens driving device for the optical pickup including the objective lens bobbin supported by a plurality of suspensions is disclosed. The objective lens driving device includes a plurality of pass holes formed on both sides of objective lens bobbin. Yokes are formed on the base plate opposite to the objective lens bobbin and have a plurality of fixed holes. Suspensions pass through and connect the holes of the yokes and objective lens bobbin, thereby supporting the objective lens bobbin.

Abstract: An optical element positioning device comprises a fixed member fixed to an optical apparatus having an optical axis, a movable member supported by the optical apparatus so as to be movable with respect to the fixed member, and holding a plurality of optical elements along the moving direction, a first permanent magnet arranged in the fixed member, and a plurality of second permanent magnets equal in number of the optical elements, disposed in the movable member along the moving direction and selectively able to face the first permanent magnet when the movable member is moved.

Abstract: An electromagnetic objective lens driving apparatus of an optical disc data recording and reproducing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a carriage that is movable in a radial direction of the optical disc, and an objective lens holder that is supported on the carriage to move in focusing and tracking directions of the optical disc. Focusing and tracking magnetic driving circuits are provided for mounting on the objective lens holder and include focusing and tracking magnetic coils associated with focusing and tracking permanent magnets. A pair of magnetic members are also provided on the objective lens for receiving magnetic attractive forces of the focusing and tracking permanent magnets, such that in a neutral position, the attractive forces received by the magnetic members are substantially the same and in a non-neutral position, the attractive forces received by one of the magnetic members are greater than the attractive forces received by the other magnetic member.

Abstract: An objective lens driving device, and the method of its manufacture, comprising an objective lens, a stationary support, a holder carrying one or more driving coils and having mounted thereon an objective lens, a plurality of arm-shaped resilient supporting members, each having one end side mounted on the holder and having an opposite end side mounted to the stationary support so that the resilient supporting members are movable in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the objective lens, each of the resilient supporting members being arranged between the holder and the stationary support parallel to each other along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective lens and being formed of electrically conductive material, with at least two of the resilient supporting members being directly connected to melted end portions of the one or more driving coils.

Abstract: An optical head has the structure that an optical system is mounted on a movable body and is separated from a fixed optical system with which the optical system cooperates and an objective lens actuator does not have the magnetic circuit on the movable body. The objective lens actuator is balanced so that the focusing drive point of the objective lens actuator corresponds to the gravity center thereof.

Abstract: An optical head for a recording device in which data are recorded on a recording surface of an optical memory disk, comprises, a head body which is substantially prevented from moving perpendicularly to the recording surface and is movable to be positioned roughly along the recording surface, an object lens for focussing a light beam on the recording surface, a carriage on which the object lens is mounted and which is movable to be positioned precisely along the recording surface, a drive base member for generating a force substantially parallel to the recording surface between the drive base member and the carriage to position precisely the carriage along the recording surface, and an elastic member for connecting the drive base member to the head body to support the drive base member relative to the head body elastically in a direction substantially parallel to the recording surface, joining areas between the elastic member and the drive base member and between the elastic member and the head body are align

Abstract: An optical pickup comprises a slide member displaced between an inner periphery of an information recording medium and an outer periphery thereof, a laser-beam receiving and emitting device comprised of an emitting unit for irradiating the information recording medium with a laser beam and a receiving unit for receiving therein a laser beam reflected from the information recording medium, a first laser-beam receiving and emitting device holding means rotated so as to approximately linearly move with a position different from an optical axis of the laser beam as a fulcrum to thereby position and hold the laser-beam receiving and emitting device, and a second laser-beam receiving and emitting device holding means rotated with the optical axis thereof as a fulcrum to thereby position and hold the laser-beam receiving and emitting device. According to the above construction, the use of two types of slide members become unnecessary and the position of the slide member can be easily adjusted.

Abstract: A biaxial actuator with a first or focusing coil and a second or tracking coil wound around a bobbin and disposed opposite to a magnet, wherein the bobbin has a hollow cylindrical body and flanges formed at both ends of the cylindrical body. Coil retaining portions are formed in the flanges, and the first coil is wound around the cylindrical body, while the second coil is wound around the retaining portions, whereby accidental slip-off of the coils can be prevented. The tracking coil is wound around the retaining portions with inclination of a predetermined angle to the magnet. And both the focusing coil and the tracking coil are retained at projections formed on at least one of the flanges.

Abstract: A biaxial actuator for an optical pickup wherein by the downward stroke of the lens holder being limited by abutment of the lens holder with the slide base and the adjusting plate and the actuator cover each being fixed to the slide base or by the actuator cover being fixed to the yoke and fixing elements for fixing the actuator cover to the yoke being provided at front and rear end portions of the actuator cover and the yoke dispersion in the focussing direction stroke of the lens holder is reduced, the stroke of the lens holder is not limited even when the lens holder is mounted diagonally, and the actuator cover is correctly positioned and firmly held with respect to the yoke with no looseness therebetween.

Abstract: It is the object of the invention to decrease the gain peak of an objective lens holder at a natural frequency of a biaxial objective lens actuator used in an optical disc a system using a reproducing-only-disc, a write-once-disc or a erasable disc. The out-line of a construction is that each of support for an objective lens holder is composed of plural elastic wires surrounded damping material (silicone, for example), and a damping effect can be achieved by shearing stress caused in damping material, and each of support springs passes through a hole of a damping box, wherein the clearance between the support spring and the inner wall of the hole is filled with gelled damping material. A further improvement of damping can be achieved by the damping box.