Patent ID: 7636925

Claim:
A disk drive apparatus, comprising: an optical pickup configured to move in radial directions of an optical disk to perform reading and writing of a signal from and on the optical disk; a flexible printed circuit board connected at one end portion thereof to said optical pickup and disposed in such a manner as to be extended in one of the radial directions, curved and turned back intermediately and then extended in the other one of the radial directions; a cover provided between said flexible printed circuit board and the optical disk for covering part of said flexible printed circuit board, said cover comprising an opening of a predetermined size to permit the uninterrupted passage of light between said optical pickup and said optical disk; and a guide part attached to that one of faces of said cover which is opposed to said flexible printed circuit board for guiding the posture of said flexible printed circuit board such that a portion of said flexible printed circuit board which is not covered with said cover and the optical disk are spaced away from each other, said guide part being extended from said face of said cover toward said opening.