Patent ID: 8276171
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A frame for use in an optical pickup device, wherein the frame includes a first base, which has been formed out of a metal, and a second base, which has been formed out of a resin and which is secured to the first base, and wherein the frame is arranged between a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion, which runs substantially parallel to the first shaft portion, and is movable parallel to the first shaft portion while being engaged with the first and second shaft portions, and wherein the first base includes: an optical element supporting portion for supporting optical elements for emitting a laser beam toward an optical recording medium and receiving light that has been reflected from the optical recording medium, and a first shaft bearing portion to engage with the first shaft portion, and wherein the second base includes a second shaft bearing portion to engage with the second shaft portion.