Patent ID: 7421721

Claim:
An optical pickup guiding structure for an optical disk drive, comprising: a pickup base with a pickup window formed therein; and an optical pickup provided in the pickup window and having at least one end movably supported by a molded structure integrally formed on the pickup base,wherein the end of the optical pickup and the molded structure movably supporting the end of the optical pickup are formed with a guide channel and a guide rib, respectively, which are complementary to each other, thereby guiding the optical pickup, wherein both ends of a pickup body of the optical pickup are provided with first and second support portions, and first and second molded guide portions that support the first and second support portions are provided along both ends of the pickup window of the pickup base, and wherein the first support portion includes first and second support legs which are different from each other in their levels, and the first guide portion corresponding to the first support portion includes first and second guide legs which are different from each other in their levels in such a manner that the guide legs correspond to the support legs, respectively.