Apparatus for driving an objective lens utilizing flexible arms and pivotability mechanisms

Abstract

An apparatus for driving an objective lens of the present invention includes: a base which is moved along an optical disk; an objective lens disposed so as to be opposed to the optical disk and having an optical axis in a vertical direction with respect to the optical disk, for optically recording information onto the optical disk or optically reproducing information from the optical disk; a holder portion for holding the objective lens; a plurality of elastic arms extending between the base and the holder portion in a tangent direction of the optical disk, for supporting the holder portion movably with respect to the base; and a driving portion for generating an electromagnetic force for moving the holder portion with respect to the base, wherein the elastic arms are disposed away from each other in a vertical direction, the base includes each movable portion for supporting one end of each of the elastic arms, and each of the movable portions is supported at each position in a vertical direction outside of one end of each of the elastic arms, so as to be elastically pivotable around each axis in a radius direction of the optical disk.

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