Patent ID: 8208352

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus, comprising: a spindle motor configured to drive a turntable on which an optical disc is loaded to rotate; a first substrate on which a first support member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft of the spindle motor is fixed, and on which a second support member is formed at a position on one side adjacent to the spindle motor; a second substrate; an optical pickup device; and a guide member configured to guide the optical pickup device in a radial direction of the optical disc loaded on the turntable, wherein the guide member includes a rod member cylindrical in shape slidably holding one side end of the optical pickup device; one end of the rod member is supported by the second support member on the first substrate and fixed to a fixing member on the second substrate; the other end of the rod member is fixed to another fixing member on the second substrate; and the second support member includes a first regulating face abutting the rod member and regulating movement of the rod member in a direction of the first substrate and a second regulating face abutting the rod member and regulating movement of the rod member in a direction of the spindle motor.