Patent ID: 7990814

Claim:
An optical disk drive for recording information on a recording surface of an optical disk as a recording medium and reading information recorded in the optical disk, comprising: a spindle, which is adapted to rotate the optical disk when placed in the optical disk drive; and a carriage, which is adapted to be movable in parallel with a tracking direction of the optical disk, wherein the carriage includes: a laser light source, which emits laser light in a direction parallel with the recording surface of the optical disk; a collimator lens, which converts divergent light into parallel light and is arranged with an optical center thereof being in an offset position with respect to an optical axis of the laser light emitted from the laser light source so that the laser light emitted from the laser light source is converted into parallel light and deflected in a direction away from the optical disk; a reflecting mirror, which receives and deflects the laser light transmitted through the collimator lens in a direction perpendicular to the recording surface of the optical disk; and an objective lens, which converges the laser light deflected by the reflecting mirror on a position corresponding to the recording surface of the optical disk placed in the optical disk drive, wherein the collimator lens is supported in an inclined position wherein the optical axis of the laser light transmitted therethrough is led away from the optical disk.