Patent ID: 7433278

Claim:
An objective lens drive, comprising: an objective lens for condensing a light beam on an optical disk, a driving coil for driving the objective lens in an optical axis direction, a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a tilting direction along a radius of the optical disk, a movable part including the driving coil and a lens holder for holding the objective lens, six substantially straight elastic support members each having one end being fixed to the movable part, for elastically supporting the movable part, a fixing member having six fixing portions each for fixing the other end of each of the elastic support members thereto, and a magnet for generating driving force for the driving coil, wherein: the fixing member has lower stiffness in sections thereof respectively formed with two of the six fixing portions than sections thereof respectively formed with the other four fixing portions, and the fixing member is formed in a low-stiffness member bonded with a reinforcing member, the reinforcing member having a shape excluding the sections of the two fixing portions out of the six fixing portions.