Patent ID: 7540003

Claim:
An optical pick-up device comprising: an optical pick-up operable to perform a feed operation in a radial direction of an optical disk, and performing write and/or read operations of signals with respect to the rotating optical disk; and a flexible printed wiring board having one end portion connected to the optical pick-up, and the other end portion provided in a manner extended in a feed direction of the optical pick-up, the flexible printed wiring board including a folded portion folded back toward the bottom surface portion side of the optical pick-up, and a bending displacement portion for allowing folded position of the folded portion to undergo displacement in a manner following feed operation of the optical pick-up, an opening portion for escaping a projected portion projected from the bottom surface portion of the optical pick-up being provided at the folded portion, wherein the flexible printed wiring board includes a pair of wiring portions divided in the state where the opening portion is put therebetween, the pair of wiring portions being formed so as to have substantially the same width; wherein, among the pair of wiring portions, a first signal line for performing drive control of the optical pick-up by a first recording format is wired at the first wiring portion, and a second signal line for performing drive control of the optical pick-up by a second recording format different from the first recording format is wired at the second wiring portion.