Oliff & Berridge
Optical head
 An integrally-driven type optical head (1) in which a laser optical system (20) provided with a semiconductor laser (22) and a light receiving device is mounted in a moving part of an actuator (50). In this optical head, the moving part (5) is constituted by uniting a heat radiator (10) made of a metal or the like with a heat insulator (9) made of a plastic or the like. The heat conduction bonding of the heat radiator to the semiconductor laser is performed. A coil of the actuator is securely fixed to this heat radiator through the heat insulator. Thereby, heat generated from the semiconductor laser is transferred to the heat radiator and is then radiated from the surface of the heat radiator to the external space of the optical head. Further, in case where heat is generated by the coil when the actuator operates, the laser optical system can be prevented from being heated, because of the fact that the heat conductivity between the coil and the laser optical system is low. Moreover, an increase in weight of the head, which is a hindrance to an operation thereof, can be prevented. Simultaneously with this, the rigidity of a holder can be increased. Thus an occurrence of harmful resonance can be prevented during the actuator is driven. Therefore, the heat radiation/cooling characteristics of the semiconductor laser can be considerably improved. Consequently, a stable operation of the apparatus and the reliability thereof can be achieved. 
Seiko Epson Corporation
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Toshio Tomohiro Hirokazu Taro
Arimura Makigaki Ito Takekoshi