Patent ID: 6971115
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup apparatus comprising: an optical pickup adapted to irradiate a light on an information recording face of a recording medium and to read out information recorded on the information recording face; a feed screw adapted to move the optical pickup in a radial direction of the recording medium; a guide shaft arranged to be in parallel with the feed screw and adapted to support and guide a movement of the optical pickup; a first support member adapted to support a first end portion of the feed screw located on an inner circumferential side of the information recording face; a second support member adapted to support a second end portion of the feed screw located on an outer circumferential side of the information recording face; a first elastic support member adapted to support a first end portion of the guide shaft located on the inner circumferential side of the information recording face; a second elastic support member adapted to support a second end portion of the guide shaft located on a outer circumferential side of the information recording face; a drive motor adapted to drive the feed screw so as to move the optical pickup along the guide shaft; a third elastic support member adapted to support the second support member and the drive motor; a base plate on which the first support member, the first elastic support member, and an end portion of the third elastic support member are fixed; and a skew adjusting mechanism adapted to move each of the third elastic member and both ends of the feed screw to adjust a skew of the optical pickup with respect to the information recording face of the recording medium.