Patent ID: 7245574

Claim:
An optical disk apparatus, comprising: a motor to rotate an optical disk; and an optical head to apply light to the optical disk, the optical head including: a light source to emit the light to be applied to the optical disk, a collimating lens to receive and collimate the light emitted by the light source, a support wall to support the collimating lens at a particular position, the support wall being configured to provide a gap between the collimating lens and the support wall to enable the collimating lens to be adjusted from an initial position to the particular position, the adjustment involving at least a movement in a direction that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the collimating lens, and an objective lens being configured to receive the light from the collimating lens in order to apply the light to the optical disk, wherein a center of intensity distribution of the light source passes a point of intersection of an optical axis of the objective lens and a principal surface on the light source side of the collimating lens, and an axis of the center of intensity distribution of the light source is not parallel to an optical axis of the collimating lens or the objective lens, wherein the light source includes a circular base, wherein the optical head further includes: a case to support the collimating lens, the objective lens, and the support wall; and a holder having a unitary structure to hold the light source at a given position, the holder being secured to the case, so that the central axis of the circular base is aligned with an optical axis of the objective lens, wherein the holder includes an inner portion to receive the light source and an outer portion to be secured to the case, the inner portion being convex shaped, the inner portion and the outer portion having a common central axis.