Optical pickup

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8645979
APP PUB NO 20120260273A1
SERIAL NO

13435665

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An optical pickup includes a lens moving mechanism constructed of a lens, a lens holder holding the lens, a guide member guiding the lens holder, a lead screw including a thread groove, a motor rotating the lead screw, and a rack gear including a body fixed to the lens holder and claws fitted into the thread groove of the lead screw, in which an arm connecting the body and the claws of the rack gear is formed so that the shape of a cross section perpendicular to the rotational axis direction of the lead screw is a convex shape, a recess shape or a wave-shape.

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HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO LTD1 KITANO SHINGOAZA MIZUSAWA-SHI IWATE-KEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hato, Jun Fujisawa, JP 22 59
Kinoshita, Yasushi Hitachinaka, JP 73 908
Todori, Kazuhiro Yokohama, JP 10 7

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