Patent ID: 6909688
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup comprising: a retaining seat having an inclined side surface and an inclined end surface, which are disposed in such a manner as to oppose each other in an L-shape, said retaining seat being formed on one side surface of a light-passing groove portion provided in a housing, a positioning seat having an inclined side surface, which is flush with the inclined side surface of said retaining seat, said positioning seat being formed on another side surface of the groove portion, a half mirror of which one end portion is made to abut against the inclined side surface and the inclined end surface of said retaining seat, while another end portion thereof is made to abut against the inclined side surface of said positioning seat, so as to dispose said half mirror in such a manner as to diagonally traverse the groove portion, a pocket formed in a bottom surface of the groove portion in such a manner as to oppose a rear surface of said half mirror, wherein an adhesive-injecting recessed passage extending from said pocket to an open end of the groove portion is formed in the bottom surface of the groove portion, a bottom of said pocket is closed by a positioning base which is formed on the bottom surface of the groove portion to abut against the rear surface of said half mirror, a recessed portion is formed by cutting off portions other than said pocket at the bottom surface of the groove portion, the adhesive-injecting recessed passage, said positioning base, to form a pair of protrusions extending from the open end of the groove portion to said positioning base along both side edges of said adhesive-injecting recessed passage, and an adhesive is injected to two spots respectively located between said other end portion of said half mirror and said positioning seat and in said pocket to bond said half mirror to said housing.