Abstract: The recording and reproducing apparatus has rotary drive unit (a motor) that rotationally drives a multilayer recordable recording medium 1; a reference-light-side recording and reproducing lens 6 and a recording-light-side recording and reproducing lens 7 that are disposed oppositely to the recording medium 1 which is rotationally driven by the rotary drive unit, an address detection lens 5 that is disposed opposite the recording medium 1 and that is provided separately from the recording and reproducing lenses 6 and 7; a light source 9 for recording and reproducing purpose that supplies recording reproduction light to the recording and reproducing lenses 6 and 7; and the address light source 9 that supplies address light to the address detection lens 5. The apparatus is configured in such a way that light whose center axis portion is optically hollow is supplied from the reference-light-side recording and reproducing lens 6 to the recording medium 1 during reproducing operation.

Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.

Abstract: An optical pickup device includes light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, a unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and a focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part. The optical pickup device and optical disk device are capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser.

Abstract: To provide an optical pickup device and optical disk device capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser. An optical pickup device comprising light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part.

Abstract: To provide an optical pick-up apparatus and an optical disc apparatus preventing a polarization hologram from being deteriorated by incidence of laser light having a wavelength for a blue laser into the polarization hologram for a CD or a DVD, an optical pick-up apparatus includes a first objective lens 10 converging first laser light having a long wavelength and irradiating it onto a first optical disc, a second objective lens 13 disposed adjacent to the first objective lens 10, which converges second laser light having a shorter wavelength than the first laser light and irradiates it onto a second optical disc, a standing mirror 9 allowing the first laser light to be irradiated onto the first objective lens 10 and transmitting the second laser light, and a filter film 11g provided between the first objective lens 10 and the standing mirror 9, which transmits the laser light and screens the second laser light.

Abstract: An optical pickup device, comprises a first light source emitting light with a short wavelength; a second light source emitting s light with a wavelength longer than that of the first light source; an optical member guiding the light from the first light source and the light from the second light source on almost the same optical path; a focusing member focusing the light from the optical member; a movable lens provided between the optical member and the focusing lens; and a drive member driving the movable lens, wherein a position of the lens when at least one of recording and reproducing of information is carried out on a medium using the light from the first light source is made different from a position of the lens when at least one of the recording and reproducing of information is carried out on the medium using the light from the second light source.

Abstract: To provide an optical pickup device and optical disk device capable of realizing at least one of thickness reduction, size reduction and suppression against characteristic deterioration even where coping with various wavelengths of laser including a blue laser. An optical pickup device comprising light sources for respectively emitting a plurality of different wavelengths of light, unit structured for causing at least a part of the light emitted from the light sources to pass a same optical path; and focusing unit for focusing the light. The focusing unit includes at least first and second focusing parts, the first focusing part being to focus mainly a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light to be mainly focused by the second focusing part.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing apparatus has a light source that radiates a laser beam, an optical detector that detects reflected light from the optical disc, a collimator lens that converts the radiated light of the light source into a fine divergent pencil of rays, and an objective lens that focuses these rays on the optical disc. The collimator lens has a surface that is curved to form a wavefront shape that increasingly corrects a coma aberration of the radiated light in correspondence to a radial distance between the center of the collimator lens and a position at which the radiated light intersects the collimator lens.

Abstract: Provided are a thin optical pick-up apparatus which can record and reproduce data to and from both high recording density disc and low recording density disc, and a thin optical disc unit using this optical pick-up apparatus. The optical pick-up apparatus comprises a short wave LDA 11, a long wave LDAB 12, a beam splitter 41, a riser prism 23 for turning an optical axis into an optical axis perpendicular to the optical disc, a composite filter 33 being integrally incorporated with the objective lens 32 while a surface of the composite filter 33 is opposed to an oblique surface of the riser prism 23 in parallel with each other.

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.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical pickup apparatus which restricts a generation of a coma aberration caused by an objective lens shift, maintains a high quality signal reproduction, improves an accuracy of recording position and can restrict a loss of a recording optical power, and an optical disc apparatus using the optical pickup apparatus. The optical pickup apparatus is provided with optical units having light sources radiating laser beams and optical detectors detecting reflected lights, a collimator lens converting the radiated beam into a fine divergent light and an objective lens, and the collimator lens is formed in a wavefront shape corresponding to the fine divergent light in a center area close to an optical axis, and is formed in a wavefront shape correcting a coma aberration in correspondence to an increase of a radius of the collimator lens. Further, there is provided the optical apparatus using the optical pickup apparatus.

Abstract: An optical pickup device has a single light beam path in which at least one or either of a plurality of kinds of light beams (different from each other in, for example, wavelength) for respective recording densities and/or recording-medium-thicknesses proceeds toward a surface of an optical recording medium and proceeds to a light beam detector after being reflected by the surface.

Abstract: An optical pickup device has a single light beam path for common use in treating or passing either of a plurality of kinds of light beams for respective recording densities and/or recording-medium-thicknesses different from each other, in other words, at least one or either of the plurality of kinds of light beams is introduced into the common single light beam path which may includes a single quarter-wave plate and/or single collimator and/or single objective.

Abstract: An optical pickup includes a light source, a light converging portion for converging a light emitted from the light source on the recording surface of an optical disk, a signal detecting portion for detecting a light reflected by the recording surface and converting this light into a specified electric signal, a first optical element, which is arranged between the light source and the light converging portion for forming a plurality of diffracted lights from the light emitted from the light source, and a second optical element, which is arranged between the light source and the light converging portion and in which an optical path for the light reflected by the recording surface of the optical disk and an optical path for the emitted light are different from each other.

Abstract: An optical integration element of the invention comprises a substrate possessing a light emitting element for emitting light, and a receiving sensor for receiving reflected light, an incident part composed of an optical transparent material for receiving the light from the light emitting element, a first reflecting part for reflecting the light entering from the incident part, a second reflecting part for reflecting by converting the light from the first reflecting part into nearly parallel light or convergent light, a condensing part for condensing the light from the second reflecting part, and an optical member forming an optical path transforming part for guiding the reflected light into the receiving sensor.

Abstract: A thin film type magnetic head comprising a magnetic core made of a metallic magnetic material and interposed between two non-magnetic bases is disclosed. An auxiliary film, made of a magnetic material, is disposed on a surface including the magnetic core and not the surface which comes into contact with a recording medium. This arrangement can reduce the size of the magnetic head while preventing the lowering of the reproduction output.

Abstract: An optical integration element of the invention comprises a substrate possessing a light emitting element for emitting light, and a receiving sensor for receiving reflected light, an incident part composed of an optical transparent material for receiving the light from the light emitting element, a first reflecting part for reflecting the light entering from the incident part, a second reflecting part for reflecting by converting the light from the first reflecting part into nearly parallel light or convergent light, a condensing part for condensing the light from the second reflecting part, and an optical member forming an optical path transforming part for guiding the reflected light into the receiving sensor.

Abstract: A sequential turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas recirculation system. The sequential system includes a large-volume turbocharger and a small-volume turbocharger, which are arranged in series in the direction of the flow of gases. A bypass passageway is connected to an exhaust pipe to thereby bypass the turbine of the small-volume turbocharger, and an exhaust switching valve is arranged in the bypass passageway for controlling the flow of exhaust gas to the turbine of the small-volume turbocharger. The EGR system includes an exhaust gas recirculation passageway for introducing an amount of exhaust gas into the intake pipe of the engine. The exhaust gas for recirculation is taken out from the intake pipe at a position located between the turbines of the small-volume and large-volume turbochargers.

Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine for a spark ignition internal combustion engine using gasoline as the fuel is disclosed. An intake system is constructed for the generation of a homogeneous flow of the intake air. The turbocharger is constructed to obtain a ratio of a pressure at the output to the pressure at the input higher than at least 1.5. A lean combustible mixture is obtained at a high engine load or engine speed area whereat the turbocharger can obtain a full supercharging ability. A relationship between the degree of supercharging is such that the larger that value of the air-fuel ratio, the higher the intake pressure. A high fuel consumption efficiency is obtained while preventing an excessive increase of the exhaust gas temperature.

Abstract: A magnetic film of Fe-Si-Al alloy comprises a substrate and an Fe-Si-Al alloy film in which argon is entrapped. A thin-film laminated magnetic head comprises a pair of opposed substrates, and alternately laminated Fe-Si-Al alloy films entrapping argon therein and non-magnetic insulating films between the substrates. In the magnetic film and the head the substrates have a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the Fe-Si-Al alloy films and the amount of argon entrapped in the alloy films is controlled within the range of about 0.01 to about 0.3 wt. % so that internal stresses in the alloy films are substantially zeroed.