IP Library Granted Patent US 7,369,335
Granted Patent B2
US 7,369,335 · App. 11/245,191 · Granted May 6, 2008

Optical pickup actuator

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Patent No.
US 7,369,335
App. No.
11/245,191
Granted
May 6, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin, support members, and a pair of magnetic circuits. An objective lens is mounted on the bobbin. The support members have first ends fixed on sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to a holder placed on a portion of a base to allow the bobbin to move with respect to the base. The magnetic circuits are installed on two sides of the bobbin and on the base. Each magnetic circuit includes a tracking coil which moves the bobbin in a tracking direction, a plurality of focusing/tilting coils which moves the bobbin in at least one direction of a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component, and a magnet which faces the focusing/tilting coils and the tracking coil and have a polarized structure to move the bobbin in the tracking direction and at least one direction of the focusing direction and the tilting direction having the focusing component. Accordingly, the optical pickup actuator, which is capable of securing a tracking capacity and can become slimmer, can be obtained using the magnetic circuit including magnets having an improved polarized structure, a single tracking coil, and a plurality of focusing/tilting coils.

Claims (14)

1. A magnet for an optical pickup actuator having a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, consisting of:

a first magnet part;

a second magnet part co-linear with the first magnet part, wherein the first and second magnet parts have opposite polarization;

a third magnet part formed in the first magnet part; and

a fourth magnet part formed in the second magnet part,

wherein the third magnet part and the fourth magnet part are positioned on the opposite corners of the magnet so that a plane extending from a side of the third magnet part does not face a plane extending from a side of the fourth magnet part.

2. A magnet circuit for an optical pickup actuator, having a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, comprising:

a tracking coil interacting with a magnet to generate a first force moving the bobbin in a tracking direction,

a plurality of focusing/tilting coils interacting with the magnet to generate a second force and a third force moving the bobbin in a focusing direction and a tilting direction having a focusing component respectively,

wherein the magnet consists of:

first and second magnet parts that are co-linear, and

third and fourth magnet parts that are positioned in opposite corners within the first and second magnet pads, respectively, and are positioned either above or below a height direction of the first and second magnet pads along a focusing direction of the bobbin.

3. The magnet circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the third magnet part is positioned on the magnet so as not to face the fourth magnet part.

4. The magnet circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the tracking coil is a fine pattern coil.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: TS-OPTICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060390/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2022
From: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORP.
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060390/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060390/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2022
From: JANG, DAE-JONG; CHONG, DUK-YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 060180/0251 →