Patent ID: 8589967

Claim:
An optical pickup comprising: an object lens for forming a laser spot on a recording surface of an optical disc; a moving part including a lens holder to which the object lens and one or more coils are attached; a plurality of rod-shaped support members disposed in a focusing direction, each of the support members has a first end and a second end, the support members being disposed on both sides of the moving part in the tracking direction, the first end of each of the support members being attached to respective side surfaces of the moving part in a tracking direction; the second end of each of the support members being attached to a fixing part for fixing the second end of each of the support members; one or more magnets attached to a yoke, each of the magnets are disposed facing the coils; and gel holding parts, each of the gel holding parts including walls on both sides of the support members in the tracking direction, wherein each of the gel holding parts include one opening in the focusing direction on an optical disc side and include a cutout in the wall located farther from the object lens in the tracking direction, the cutout extending from an edge of the one opening.