Patent ID: 8819710

Claim:
An optical pickup device, comprising: a housing including a principal plane, a curved first side surface and a second side surface facing the first side surface, the housing containing an actuator supporting an objective lens; an optical element accommodated in the housing; and a covering member comprising a covering portion covering an area of the principal plane of the housing so as to expose the actuator, wherein the covering member is made of a metal, comprises a first engagement portion contiguous with the covering portion and engaging with a protrusion portion provided on the second side surface of the housing and a second engagement portion contiguous with the covering portion and inserted into an opening portion opened in the housing at the principal plane, the opening portion is disposed between the actuator and the covering portion, and a flexible wiring board electrically connected to the optical element is placed on the principal plane of the housing, and the flexible wiring board is folded and covered with the covering member.