Patent ID: 8599659

Claim:
An objective lens holder comprising: sidewall portions continuing from a principal surface portion to which an objective lens is fixed; a first bobbin, a second bobbin, a third bobbin and a fourth bobbin projecting from the sidewall portions sideward; a first tracking coil, a second tracking coil, a third tracking coil and a fourth tracking coil, each of the tracking coils comprising a conducting wire wound around a corresponding bobbin; and a conducting wire hook portion projecting from a part of the sidewall portion sideward near at least one of the first bobbin, the second bobbin, the third bobbin and the fourth bobbin, wherein the sidewall portions include a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, a third sidewall portion and a fourth sidewall portion, the first and second side wall portions being opposed to each other in a first direction, and the third and fourth sidewall portions being opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first bobbin and the fourth bobbin are provided to the first sidewall portion, the second bobbin and the third bobbin are provided to the second sidewall portion, the first tracking coil, the second tracking coil, the third tracking coil and the fourth tracking coil are formed by winding the conducting wire around the first bobbin, the second bobbin, the third bobbin and the fourth bobbin in this order, respectively, the conducting wire is hooked on the conducting wire hook portion provided near each of the third tracking coil and the fourth tracking coil, and a direction in which the conducting wire is wound for the first tracking coil and the second tracking coil is opposite to a direction in which the conducting wire is wound for the third tracking coil and the fourth tracking coil.