Patent ID: 7206273

Claim:
An optical pickup comprising: a base having a screw hole; a holder attached to the base; a laser diode held by the holder; a leaf spring; and an adjusting screw; wherein information stored in a disk is read by projecting a laser light from the laser diode to the disk via a collimator lens and an objective lens and receiving a reflected light by a photodiode; wherein the holder is formed of a substantially rectangular metal plate having short and long sides and is formed with a laser hole for fitting the laser diode through a center thereof; wherein an angular fulcrum is formed at the center of a back surface of the holder along a direction parallel to the short side and an inclined surface gradually inclining from the fulcrum toward the both ends of the back surface so that the back surface of the holder is formed into a substantially V-shape in side view; wherein recessed grooves are formed at both side edges on a front side of the holder at one end thereof so that a pair of stoppers are left on the back surface thereof at both side edges at the one end; wherein the both side edges on the back surface of the holder at the other end is removed to form a pair of communicating grooves which communicate with the respective recessed grooves; wherein a substantially U-shaped recess is formed from a center of the leaf spring toward one end thereof so that a pair of resilient arm portions are left at both side edges at the one end so as to sandwich the recess; wherein only the single adjusting screw is used; wherein insertion holes being larger in diameter than the adjusting screw are formed on the other ends of the holder and the leaf spring so as to oppose to the adjusting screw; wherein the holder is formed with a pair of engaging holes for positioning jigs on a front surface thereof; wherein the holder is temporarily secured on the base by placing the leaf spring so as to oppose to the back surface of the holder provided with the laser diode fitted into the laser hole, engaging the both resilient arm portions of the leaf spring with the respective stoppers of the holder, bringing the other end of the leaf spring and the fulcrum of the holder into abutment with the outer periphery of the base, and inserting the adjusting screw into the insertion holes on the holder and the leaf spring by screwing into the screw hole of the base; wherein the posture of the holder is corrected about the fulcrum by engaging the positioning jig with the both engaging holes of the holder to perform fine adjustment of the position of the holder vertically and laterally along the outer periphery of the base and perform fine adjustment of the screwing amount of the adjusting screw against the resilient force of the both resilient arm portions; and wherein ultraviolet curing adhesive agent is injected between the holder and the base and the adhesive agent is cured by irradiating an ultraviolet ray onto the adhesive agent to fix the holder to the base.