IP Library Granted Patent US 7,307,925
Granted Patent B2
US 7,307,925 · App. 10/884,262 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Optical pickup actuator that removes phase dispersion by a rolling mode

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Patent No.
US 7,307,925
App. No.
10/884,262
Granted
Dec 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses an optical pickup actuator including a lens holder having an object lens, and a driving means for changing a position of the lens holder by using an electromagnetic force. The driving means includes multipolar magnets and tracking coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the tracking direction, each of the tracking coils has a top coil, a bottom coil and side coils, and the whole or part of the side coils has an angle smaller than 90° to a horizontal line.

Claims (23)

1. An optical pickup actuator, comprising:

a lens holder having an object lens; and

a driving means for changing a position of the lens holder by using an electromagnetic force,

wherein the driving means comprises multipolar magnets and tracking coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the tracking direction, each of the tracking coils has a top, bottom, and sides, and the sides are inclined to a horizontal line, when a tracking force center is higher than a weight center in the tracking direction of the lens holder, the top of the tracking coil is narrower than the bottom.

2. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein, when a tracking force center is lower than a weight center in the tracking direction of the lens holder, the top of the tracking coil is wider than the bottom.

3. An optical pickup actuator, comprising:

a lens holder having an object lens; and

a driving means for changing a position of the lens holder by using an electromagnetic force,

wherein the driving means comprises multipolar magnets and tracking coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the tracking direction, each of the tracking coils has a top, bottom, and sides, and, when a tracking force center is higher than a weight center in the tracking direction of the lens holder, the whole or part of the side coils has an angle less than 90° to a horizontal line.

4. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the tracking coils are disposed at the sides of the lens holder, and the multipolar magnets are disposed to face the tracking coils separately from the lens holder.

5. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the sides of the tracking coil have an inclination angle to the horizontal line on which the tracking force center is positioned, and the inclination angle is less than 90°.

6. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the top of the tracking coil is narrower than the bottom.

7. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the driving means further comprises multipolar magnets and focusing coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the focusing direction.

8. An optical pickup actuator, comprising:

a lens holder having an object lens; and

a driving means for changing a position of the lens holder by using an electromagnetic force,

wherein the driving means further comprises multipolar magnets and tracking coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the tracking direction, each of the tracking coils has a top, bottom, and sides, and, when a tracking force center is higher than a weight center in the tracking direction of the lens holder, the whole or part of the sides has an inclination angle less than 90° to boundary surfaces of polarities of the multipolar magnets.

9. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the tracking coils are disposed at the sides of the lens holder, and the multipolar magnets are disposed to face the tracking coils separately from the lens holder.

10. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the sides of the tracking coil have an inclination angle to a horizontal line on which the tracking force center is positioned, and the inclination angle is less than 90°.

11. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the top coil of the tracking is narrower than the bottom.

12. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the tracking coil is formed in a trapezoid shape having a narrow top and wide bottom.

13. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the tracking coil is formed in a hexagonal shape having a narrow top and wide bottom.

14. The actuator of claim 8 , wherein the driving means further comprises multipolar magnets and focusing coils for changing the position of the lens holder to the focusing direction.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2009
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: IONOSEP X HOLDINGS L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 022659/0383 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2009
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: IONOSEP X HOLDINGS L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 022510/0555 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2004
From: CHOI, IN HO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 015919/0201 →