Patent ID: 7199949
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup device comprising: a light condensing section that condenses light emergent from a light source to an optical disk; a light condensing holder on which the light condensing section is mounted; a suspension holder for elastically supporting the light condensing holder; a focus coil mounted on the light condensing holder; a tracking coil mounted on the light condensing holder; and a magnetic field impression section that impresses a magnetic field upon the focus coil and the tracking coil, wherein: the tracking coil is composed of at least a first to a third tracking coil portion combined with each other, and the focus coil comprises a first focus coil portion and a second focus coil portion which are joined to each other so that the winding axes of the first and the second focus coil portions can be substantially parallel to each other.