Patent ID: 7219358

Claim:
A lens drive device comprising: a lens holder to which an objective lens and a plurality of drive coils having a first end for connection to a drive source and a second end for an internal connection are fixed, a plurality of wire-form elastic members made of a metal, for supporting said lens holder from a suspension base, in which said drive coils are energized through said wire-form elastic members and said plurality of wire-form elastic members extend from the suspension base to the lens holder in a first axial direction, and first and second boards respectively provided on both sides of said objective lens such that said objective lens is located between said first and second boards in the first axial direction, wherein said drive coils are arranged on said first and second boards respectively, said lens holder is molded out of a resin integrally with a connection wire that extends between said drive coils positioned on both sides of said objective lens in the first axial direction that connects the second ends of said drive coils to form said internal connection and wherein said lens holder includes fixing arms which connect said plurality of wire-form elastic members and said connection wire to said lens holder, and an end of each of said plurality of wire-form elastic members is buried within each of said fixing arms.