Patent ID: 7342870

Claim:
A position adjustment apparatus for adjusting a position of a light source unit of an optical pickup apparatus which includes a housing wherein the light source unit is configured to be fixed to the housing and to record or reproduce information by irradiating a recording medium with light from the light source unit, the position adjustment apparatus comprising: a jig having a chuck portion provided to keep a fixed positional relation with respect to the housing, to detachably hold the light source unit, and a pressing unit configured to resiliently press the light source unit which is arranged in the provisional position with respect to the housing, toward the housing, wherein the chuck portion is provided so as to be displaceable over an advanced position where the chuck portion is capable of holding the light source unit, which is arranged in a predetermined provisional position with respect to the housing, and a retracted position where the chuck portion is retracted in a direction in which the chuck portion is away from the housing along a predetermined reference axis, with respect to the advanced position, and so as to be capable of, in a state in which the chuck portion is in the retracted position, sliding and displacing the light source unit in a direction crossing the reference axis with respect to the housing and angularly displacing the light source unit around the reference axis and an axis crossing the reference axis, and wherein the chuck portion is configured to grip the light source unit when the light source unit is resiliently pressed to the housing by the pressing unit.