Patent ID: 8462595

Claim:
An actuator system for an optical pickup assembly having an objective lens that is used to read and write data to an optical data storage tape which moves in a tape path direction, the actuator system comprising: a first tracking flexure beam and second tracking flexure beam that flex in a tracking direction perpendicular to the tape path direction and parallel to the optical data storage tape; a first focus flexure beam that is connected to the first tracking flexure beam and the objective lens; a second focus flexure beam that is connected to the second tracking flexure beam and the objective lens, wherein the first and second focus flexure beams flex in a focusing direction that is normal to the data storage tape; a tracking electromagnetic actuator is grounded to the optical pickup assembly and operatively connected to the first and second tracking flexure beams to move the first and second tracking flexure beams in the tracking direction; a focusing electromagnetic actuator is grounded to the optical pickup assembly and operatively connected to the first and second focus flexure beams to move the first and second focus flexure beams in the focusing direction; and a controller provides a tracking adjustment signal to the tracking electromagnetic actuator and a focusing signal to the focusing electromagnetic actuator.