Optical pickup actuator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSam Nyol Hong, In Ho Choi, Min Suk Suh, Kwan Woo Park
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Abstract
An optical pickup actuator is provided to improve a driving property in a radial direction. In accordance with the optical pickup actuator of the present invention, radial coils are wired in predetermined locations of both side parts of a lens holder. In addition, ends of existing fixed members are curved and protruded outside. Magnets for radial coil are attached to the protruded part. Therefore, a mass to be applied to the lens holder is minimized and an excellent driving property is ensured in focusing and tracking directions as well as in a radial direction, thereby simplifying the structure and decreasing the cost.
Claims18
An optical pickup actuator, comprising:
- a lens holder having an object lens rested on the protruded part of the lens holder and a quadrangle hole for forming a predetermined space below the protruded part;
- a driving means including, first and second yokes fixed to a pickup base at predetermined front and back locations inside the quadrangle hole of the lens holder, first and second magnets attached to be opposed to each other on the backsides of the first and second yokes, a focusing coil having the second yoke and the second magnet attached to the second yoke therein, the focusing coil wired around the inner side plane of the quadrangle hole of the lens holder, and a tracking coil wired to be perpendicular to the focusing coil on the one-side plane of the focusing coil;
- a damper holder for decreasing vibration of the lens holder;
- fixed members placed on both side parts of the damper holder respectively and fixed to a pickup base;
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- a supporting means for supporting the lens holder and simultaneously applying a supply voltage to the focusing coil and the tracking coil, the supporting means connected between the both side parts of the lens holder and the fixed members,
- wherein the optical pickup actuator comprises radial coils wired in predetermined locations of the both side parts of the lens holder to drive the lens holder in a radial direction, and magnets for radial coil opposed with a predetermined space to the radial coils and attached to one-side parts of the fixed members.
An optical pickup actuator, comprising:
- (a) an object lens rested on the protruded part of a lens holder;
- (b) a focusing actuator and a tracking actuator for focusing or tracking driving inside a hole of the lens holder, the actuators including first and second yokes, first and second magnets, a focusing coil and a tracking coil;
- (c) a damper holder for decreasing vibration of the lens holder;
- (d) fixed members placed on both side parts of the damper holder respectively and fixed to a pickup base, the fixed member extended in a length direction, whose ends are curved and protruded outside;
- (e) wire suspensions connected between the both side parts of the lens holder and the damper holder, to apply a supply voltage for focusing or tracking driving and simultaneously support the lens holder;
- (f) radial coils wired in a quadrangle shape of plate formed to extend outside from predetermined locations of the both side parts of the lens holder;
- (g) magnets for radial coil opposed with a predetermined space to the radial coils and attached to the parts where the ends of the fixed member are curved and protruded outside;
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- (h) a power connecting line for radial coil connected to the radial coils to supply a supply voltage to the radial coils.
A lens holder including a protruded part formed in the front-end part of the lens holder, a hole formed in the center part of the lens holder, and a mass balance formed in the back-end part of the lens holder,
- wherein a center of mass and a driving center of the lens holder are put on same position, by using radial coils wired in both side parts of the lens holder in place of the mass balance formed in the back-end part of the lens holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.