Optical head and optical disc drive

Details Optical head and optical disc drive Optical head and optical disc drive

2007-04-03

2007-04-03

Cao, Allen (Department: 2627)

Dynamic optical information storage or retrieval

Dynamic mechanism optical subsystem

Transducer carriage or actuator

Reexamination Certificate

active

10761617

ABSTRACT:
An optical head is driven in a tracking direction with respect to a rotating optical disc. The optical head includes a light source, an optical block, a condenser shifter, and a rotating mechanism. The light source is used to read and write data from/on the optical disc. The optical block supports the light source. The condenser shifter includes a condenser, a movable body, a base, a focus direction drive mechanism and a tracking direction drive mechanism. The condenser focuses light, emitted from the light source, toward the optical disc. The movable body supports the condenser. The base supports the movable body elastically such that the movable body is able to shift in a focus direction and in the tracking direction. The focus and tracking direction drive mechanisms are provided to shift the movable body in the focus and tracking directions, respectively. The rotating mechanism rotates the condenser shifter around a predetermined axis with respect to the optical block on at least one of a first plane, which is parallel to the tracking direction and perpendicular to the optical disc, and a second plane, which is perpendicular to the tracking direction.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5301175 (1994-04-01), Nakamura
patent: 6452895 (2002-09-01), Kawano

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