Patent ID: 7095574
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup comprising: a lens holder having an objective lens that is displace controlled in a focusing direction and a tracking direction relative to an optical disk; an optical component that is adapted to cooperate with the objective lens so as to implement an emission of light to the optical disk and a reception of reflected light; a radiator plate formed of a sheet metal for radiating heat generated in the optical component, the radiator plate having a mounting piece and a surface plate portion; a base member on which the lens holder and the optical component are mounted, the base member being access controlled along a radial direction of the optical disk and being formed of a synthetic resin molded body, the base member having a base plate portion in which a light passage hole is opened in such a manner as to face the objective lens, a mounting wall on which the optical component is mounted and the mounting piece of the radiator plate is secured, the mounting wall being erected on the base plate portion, and an enclosure wall that is erected substantially on an opposite side to the mounting wall across the light passage hole; and a screw for securing the mounting piece to the mounting wall; wherein the surface plate portion is formed by bending a base portion of the mounting piece so as to cover the light passage hole and extends to the enclosure wall in such a manner that an end of the surface plate portion is superimposed on a top portion of the enclosure wall, and a superimposed portion is point joined together with an adhesive at two locations at both end portions thereof, whereby a resonance frequency band of a vibration of the base member which is generated in association with the displacement control of the lens holder in the focusing direction is shifted to a higher frequency side than a vibration frequency band of a vibration of the lens holder which is generated when the displacement control is implemented.