IP Library Granted Patent US 8,046,785
Granted Patent B2
US 8,046,785 · App. 12/540,447 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Objective lens actuator and a disc apparatus applying the same therein

Assignee: Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,046,785
App. No.
12/540,447
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An objective lens actuator comprises a lens holder for attaching an objective lens thereon, a piece of focusing coil, being wound along side surface of the lens holder around the objective lens, and three magnets, being disposed opposing to two surfaces each having a normal line perpendicular to both a focusing direction and a tracking direction, among four side surfaces of the lens holder, wherein the three magnets are aligned, continuously, along the tracking direction, differing a polarity thereof from one another, and width of the magnets on both outsides is wider than width of the magnet inside, or alternately, one magnet, being disposed opposing to two surfaces each having a normal line perpendicular to both a focusing direction and a tracking direction, among four side surfaces of the lens holder, wherein the magnet is magnetized into three poles along the tracking direction, and among the three poles, width of the poles on both outsides is wider than width of the pole inside.

Claims (14)

1. An objective lens actuator, comprising:

a lens holder for attaching an objective lens thereon, the lens holder having a box-like shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is opened on a lower surface thereof;

a piece of focusing coil, being wound along side surface of said lens holder around said objective lens; and

three magnets, being disposed opposing to two surfaces each having a normal line perpendicular to both a focusing direction and a tracking direction, among four side surfaces of said lens holder;

wherein said three magnets are aligned, continuously, along the tracking direction, differing in polarity thereof from one another, and a width of the magnets on both outsides is wider than a width of the magnet inside; and

wherein among said three magnets, the width of the magnets on both outsides is 1.3 to 4.3 times wider than the width of the magnet inside.

2. The objective lens actuator, as described in the claim 1 , wherein said three magnets are configured so as to enable suppression of an amplitude of vibration of the objective lens in relation to bending vibration of the lens holder.

3. An objective lens actuator, comprising:

a lens holder for attaching an objective lens thereon, the lens holder having a box-like shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is opened on a lower surface thereof;

a piece of focusing coil, being wound along side surface of said lens holder around said objective lens; and

one magnet, being disposed opposing to two surfaces each having a normal line perpendicular to both a focusing direction and a tracking direction, among four side surfaces of said lens holder;

wherein said magnet is divided into three sections and magnetized along the tracking direction, differing in polarity from one another, and among said three sections, a width of the sections on both outsides is wider than a width of the section inside; and

wherein among said three sections, the width of the sections on both outsides is 1.3 to 4.3 times wider than the width of the section inside.

4. The objective lens actuator, as described in the claim 3 , wherein said three sections are configured so as to enable suppression of an amplitude of vibration of the objective lens in relation to bending vibration of the lens holder.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032239/0527 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2009
From: OCHI, MANABU; KIMURA, KATSUHIKO; YAMAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023426/0491 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-235852 · Sep 16, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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