Patent ID: 6275460
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive, comprising:a turntable assembly for holding and rotating a disk;a pickup mounted on said turntable assembly for reading information from the disk and/or recording information to the disk held by said turntable assembly;a feed motor for moving said pickup in a radial direction of the disk held by said turntable assembly;a first guide shaft and a second guide shaft mounted on said turntable assembly for guiding said pickup, wherein one end of at least one of said first guide shaft and said second guide shaft is fixed to said turntable assembly; andposition adjusting means for displacing an unfixed end of at least one of said first guide shaft and said second guide shaft in a direction that allows the unfixed end to move toward and away from the disk, said position adjusting means including a resilient supporting plate integrally formed with at least one of said first guide shaft and said second guide shaft and mounted to a chassis of said turntable assembly for supporting the unfixed end of said first guide shaft and the unfixed end of said second guide shaft, and a first adjuster screw and a second adjuster screw, said first adjuster screw for adjusting a space between a supporting section of said first guide shaft supported by said supporting plate and said chassis, and said second adjuster screw for adjusting a space between a supporting section of said second guide shaft supported by said supporting plate and said chassis.