Patent ID: 8321882

Claim:
A disk apparatus comprising: a turntable on which a disk is mounted; a spindle motor that has a rotating shaft fixed to the turntable and that rotates the turntable; an optical pickup that reads a signal recorded on the disk rotated by the spindle motor; a drive motor that moves the optical pickup; a base chassis on which the spindle motor is installed so as to be adjustable in position; a guide shaft that is provided on the base chassis so as to extend in a radial direction of a disk mounted on the turntable, and that guides movement of the optical pickup by being in contact with part of the optical pickup; a sub guide shaft that is provided on the base chassis and guides movement of the optical pickup; a tilt adjustment section that adjusts a relative distance between the sub guide shaft and the base chassis; and a turntable adjustment section that adjusts a radial angle, a tangential angle, and height of the spindle motor relative to the base chassis.