Patent ID: 7287264

Claim:
An objective lens drive apparatus comprising: a stationary member; a movable portion having an objective lens, an objective-lens holding member holding the objective lens, and driving coils generating a first force in a first direction parallel to an optical axis of the objective lens and a second force in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective lens, wherein the driving coils are arranged to cause the movable portion to rotate around an axis of the second direction; and a plurality of rod-like elastic support members each having an axial direction parallel to a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, the support members elastically supporting the movable portion so that the movable portion is movable to the stationary member in the first direction and the second direction, wherein the movable portion is supported by the support members on both sides of the movable portion in the third direction, the support members are arranged on different planes perpendicular to the first direction, and the movable portion is arranged to be movable in the third direction with the support members, so that the objective lens is rotatable around the axis of the second direction.