Patent ID: 7394732

Claim:
An object lens drive device comprising: a fixed portion provided in such a manner that a supporting shaft is projected; a movable portion composed of an object lens, and a bobbin adapted so that the object lens is attached and a hole through which the supporting shaft is inserted is formed, the bobbin being supported in a manner slidably along the supporting shaft and rotatably with the supporting shaft being as center; a coil portion configured to move the movable portion along the supporting shaft to thereby move the object lens in a focus direction, and to rotate the bobbin with the supporting shaft being as center to thereby move the object lens in a tracking direction; and a flexible printed wiring board adapted so that a portion is respectively attached to the fixed portion and the movable portion to supply power to the coil portion, and the flexible printed wiring board is adapted so that a width direction of a junction portion which connects the fixed portion and the movable portion is different from the focus direction, and is different from the tracking direction, the flexible printed wiring board is provided so that width direction of the junction is perpendicular to the focus direction, and is perpendicular to the tracking direction.