Patent ID: 8234666

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus for carrying out at least one of recording and reproduction of signals onto and from a data recording surface of an optical disc loaded therein, comprising: a frame; a motor fixed to the frame, for rotating the loaded optical disc; an optical pickup arranged in the frame so as to be movable in a radial direction of the loaded optical disc on the frame, for carrying out at least one of recording and reproduction of signals onto and from the loaded optical disc; a flexible printed circuit arranged in the frame, for connecting the optical pickup and the frame; and a unit cover fixed to the frame for covering the frame on the optical disc mounting side, the unit cover having a zone in contact with the flexible printed circuit when the optical pickup moves on the frame, the zone comprising a plurality of concavities and convexities for reducing the area thereof in contact with said flexible printed circuit when the optical pickup moves on the frame.