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US 7,480,108 B2Granted
Lens actuator and optical pickup
AssigneeHitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiichi Katou, Hidenao Saito, Akio Yabe, Yasushi Kinoshita
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AssigneeHitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiichi Katou, Hidenao Saito, Akio Yabe, Yasushi Kinoshita
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In a lens actuator on which a first lens and a second lens are mounted, since the first lens and the second lens are disposed side by side, a problem is involved such that the lens actuator is bulky. The present invention provides a lens actuator comprising a first lens and a second lens having different optical paths, disposed between a light emitting element and an object lens, a holder for holding the first lens and second lens such that the optical axes of the first lens and second lens are parallel to each other, and a driving mechanism for driving the first lens and second lens each in the optical axis directions, wherein the first lens and second lens have respective outer periphery parts respectively outside the effective diameter, and the outer periphery parts of the first lens and the second lens are disposed to be partially overlapped with each other when viewed from the first lens and second lens optical axis direction.
A lens actuator comprising a first lens and a second lens having different optical paths, disposed between a light emitting element and an object lens, a holder for holding the first lens and the second lens, and a driving mechanism for driving the first lens and the second lens each in the optical axis directions, wherein the first lens and the second lens have outer periphery parts respectively outside the effective diameter, the optical axes of the first lens and the second lens are substantially parallel to each other, and the outer periphery parts of the first lens and the second lens are disposed to be partially overlapped with each other when viewed from the first lens and second lens optical axis direction wherein the surfaces on the holder for mounting the first lens and the second lens are so disposed that one is displaced from the other in the optical axis direction.
An optical pickup comprising a light emitting element, first and second object lens, a first lens disposed on a first optical path between the light emitting element and the first object lens, a second lens disposed on a second optical path between the light emitting element and the second object lens, and a lens actuator for moving the first lens and the second lens simultaneously in the optical axis direction, wherein the first lens and the second lens have outer periphery parts respectively outside the effective diameter, the optical axes of the first lens and second lens are substantially parallel to each other, and the outer periphery parts of the first lens and the second lens are disposed to be partially overlapped with each other when viewed from the first lens and second lens optical axis direction and not to be overlapped with each other inside the effective diameters wherein the surfaces on the holder for mounting the first lens and the second lens are so disposed that one is displaced from the other in the optical axis direction.
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