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Optical type pickup apparatus with lens holder supported by frame wires each having an end inserted into a frame hole
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-03-03
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Granted: 1989-03-07
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Expires: 2007-03-03
Abstract
Abstract A optical type pickup apparatus wherein the center of gravity of the lens holder coincides with the action point of the resultant force of the forces to be produced by the control signals input into the driving coil and by the magnetic field of the magnetic circuit. Thus, this apparatus may be provided which is capable of a signal reading operation wherein the lens holder is not out of shape even if the lens holder is driven in the focusing direction and the tracking direction. The present invention is capable of reading the signals from the signal record medium and advantageous in making the apparatus smaller, because the combination between the lens holder and each of a plurality of wires is kept away by a given amount from the end secured to the frame of the wire from the mid-point position between both the ends of the frame to control the inclination when the lens holder has moved in the focusing direction and the tracking direction to normally render the posture of the objective lens proper with respect to the disc face.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryoichi Kawasaki
- 👤 Masami Shimizu
- 👤 Kozo Suzuki
- 👤 Noriyoshi Oyama
- 👤 Tomio Uchida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 08:23
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/08; G11B7/09; H; H02; H02K; H02K41/00; H02K41/02; H02K41/035; H02K41/0352; H02K41/0354; G11B7/0908; G11B7/0925; G11B7/0932; G11B7/0935; H02K2201/00; H02K2201/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
An optical type pickup apparatus wherein optical beams for a signal reading operation are focused onto a signal face of a record medium by driving an objective lens, said optical type pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of wires extended between both ends of a frame with a first end of each wire being secured to the frame, a second end of each wire being inserted into a hole drilled in the frame; and a lens holder retaining the objective lens and connected with each of the plurality of wires so as to be supported by said frame, said lens holder being connected with each of said plurality of wires in a position away from the first end of the wire secured to the frame from a mid-point position between both ends of said frame.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
An optical type pickup apparatus wherein optical beams for a signal reading operation are focused onto a signal face of a record medium by driving an objective lens, said optical type pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of wires extended between both ends of a frame with a first end of each wire being secured to the frame, a second end of each wire being inserted into a hole drilled in the frame; and a lens holder retaining the objective lens and connected with each of the plurality of wires so as to be supported by said frame, said lens holder being connected with each of said plurality of wires in a position away from the first end of the wire secured to the frame from a mid-point position between both ends of said frame.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
152 words
An optical type pickup apparatus wherein optical beams for a signal reading operation are focused onto a signal face of a record medium by driving an objective lens, the optical type pickup apparatus comprising: a frame; a plurality of wires extending between both ends of the frame, a first end of each wire being secured to the frame, a second end of each wire being inserted into a hole drilled in the frame; a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic field; a lens holder disposed in the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit, said lens holder having said objective lens retained therein, said lens holder being connected with each of said plurality of wires to be supported by said frame; and a driving coil wound around said lens holder so that said holder might be driven in a direction driven by the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit through use of control signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
152 words
An optical type pickup apparatus wherein optical beams for a signal reading operation are focused onto a signal face of a record medium by driving an objective lens, the optical type pickup apparatus comprising: a frame; a plurality of wires extending between both ends of the frame, a first end of each wire being secured to the frame, a second end of each wire being inserted into a hole drilled in the frame; a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic field; a lens holder disposed in the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit, said lens holder having said objective lens retained therein, said lens holder being connected with each of said plurality of wires to be supported by said frame; and a driving coil wound around said lens holder so that said holder might be driven in a direction driven by the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit through use of control signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
123 words
An optical type pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic field; said lens holder being disposed in the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit, said lens holder being provided with holes for adjusting a position of a center of gravity of said lens holder; and a driving coil wound around said lens holder so that said lens holder may be driven in a direction driven by the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit through input of control signals, wherein the center of gravity of said lens holder coincides with an action point of a resultant force of a force produced by the magnetic field of said magnetic circuit and the control signals in said driving coil.
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