Patent ID: 6385156
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A connecting structure of a flexible printed circuit to a pick-up used in a disc drive, the structure comprising:a turntable for supporting a disc thereon, the turntable being driven by a motor; a pick-up for at least reproducing information recorded on the disc to be supported on the turntable, the pick-up being movable in a radial direction of the disc; a chassis provided with the turntable and the pick-up, said pick-up being movable with respect to the chassis in the radial direction of the disc; a printed circuit board provided with electrical circuits for inputting and outputting electrical signals to and from the pick-up; a flexible printed circuit connecting the pick-up and the printed circuit board; and a regulating member for regulating the extending direction of the flexible printed circuit from the pick-up to give a desired curved form to the flexible printed circuit wherein said regulating member is constructed from a separate part from the pick-up, and further wherein said regulating member is mounted to an outer surface of the pick-up around a connecting part between the flexible printed circuit and the pick-up wherein the outer surface of the pick-up has an upper surface, in which the regulating member has a flat plate portion mounted on the upper surface of the pick-up and a slanting plate portion extending slantingly and downwardly from the flat plate portion, the slanting plate portion having a tip portion which is bent roughly horizontally.