Patent ID: 6993780
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An inclined angle adjusting mechanism comprising: a leaf spring which is provided on a mechanical chassis base for slidably holding an optical pickup in a disk device and urges a disk motor base for fixing a disk motor in a direction which separates the disk motor base from the mechanical chassis base; and an adjusting screw for applying a load to the leaf spring against its urging force, wherein the leaf spring is an integrated type leaf spring including a single metal plate and a plurality of spring pieces made by cutting and bending the metal plate, and of the integrated type metal spring, a narrow spring piece is bent in a direction in which it is deflected and is formed into a first spring portion having a first abutting portion contacting the disk motor base and a second spring portion having a second abutting portion contacting the mechanical chassis base, and wherein the second spring portion is formed at an extending portion of the first spring portion in the narrow spring piece.