Patent ID: 7898923

Claim:
An optical pickup device which has: a base; a laser unit having a laser beam source arranged on the base; an optical system which is disposed on the base and propagates a laser beam between the laser unit and an optical disk; and an adjusting member which is disposed between the base and the laser unit, is configured to support the laser unit movably in fine movement with respect to the base, and is configured to adjust the laser beam radiated from the laser unit to the optical disk, the device further comprising a heat radiation part configured to come in direct contact with a heat radiation surface facing a laser beam radiation surface of the laser unit and the adjusting member, and configured to conduct heat from the heat radiation surface to the adjusting member, the heat radiation part having an L-shape, and having a first-end portion configured to be fixed to the heat radiation surface and a second-end portion configured to come in contact with the adjusting member.