Patent ID: 6603727
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An optical system driving device comprising:a holder holding an optical element; support means for supporting the holder and permitting its displacement in a focusing direction; the support means including a fixing portion and an elastic member, having two ends, one end of which is fixed to the fixing portion and the other end of which is connected to the holder; a carriage mounting the holder and the support means and moving in a tracking direction; drive coils secured to the holder for displacing the holder in the focusing direction; a flexible printed board provided on the elastic member for supplying a drive current to the drive coils; and a vibration damping sheet member mounted on the one end of the elastic member fixed to the fixing portion and generally only in a region where the elastic member and the fixing portion overlap, and held between the flexible printed board and the elastic member.