Patent ID: 7086070
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup device comprising: a base member having receiving surfaces formed on a backside thereof; a holder having abutting portions formed thereon and abuts on the receiving surfaces, and holds a laser diode as a light source and configured to be attached to the backside of the base member, the laser diode being configured to emit a laser beam towards a front side of the base member along an optical axis of other optical components; and a coupling tool includes a leaf spring member that is monolithically provided with front locking pieces and rear pressing pieces by which positioning and fixing the base member and the holder by elastically catching the base member and the holder, wherein the base member is positionally adjusted to the optical axis in two axial directions of a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis both perpendicularly intersect with the optical axis and perpendicularly intersect with each other, wherein the receiving surfaces and the abutting portions are formed in shapes that the abutting portions slide with respect to the receiving surfaces around a center axis line passing the light emission point of the laser diode, the center axis being in parallel with the longitudinal axis, wherein the rear pressing pieces includes projected pieces that press the abutting portions towards the receiving surfaces by elastically contacting with a backside of the laser diode, wherein the leaf spring member includes a pair of plate pieces opposed with each other in a direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the plate pieces sandwich the base member and the holder and adjust relative position between the base member and the holder in a direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the projected pieces are provided at both sides of the light emission point of the laser diode, wherein profile lines of the projected pieces where elastically contact to the laser diode are formed in a curved surface, wherein the receiving surfaces are formed in a pair of flat surfaces having a prescribed open angle, and wherein the abutting portions are engaged with the pair of flat surfaces, and have a circular surface obtained by constantly fixing the separating distance from the center axis line.