Patent ID: 7610591

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus comprising: a chassis; a pickup device configured to perform writing and/or reading of information with respect to an optical disc; a guide shaft configured to movably support said pickup device; a fixing base member attached to said chassis and configured to fasten one end of said guide shaft; a holding member attached to said chassis, said holding member including a receiving chamber in which a corresponding end of said guide shaft is positioned; and an elastically deformable member for resiliently pressing a corresponding end of said guide shaft in said receiving chamber, said deformable member including a pressing portion above said receiving chamber of said holding member and a fixing portion engageable with said holding member for detachably attaching said deformable member to said holding member; wherein said holding member further includes a receiving portion aligned with the receiving chamber, said fixing portion of said deformable member is received in said receiving portion.