Patent 7304917 was granted and assigned to Sony on December, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An actuator (23) includes six suspension members (61) to (64), (71), and (72) that connect a bobbin (5) for holding a lens holder (2) to a suspension base (8), and an aberration-correcting element (9) mounted on the bobbin (5). One-end portions of the two lower suspension members (71) and (72) are fixed to both sides of the aberration-correcting element (9) between which the optical axis of an objective lens (1) is disposed, and the other-end portions of the suspension members (71) and (72) are fixed to both sides of the suspension base (8) spaced in the X-axis direction. First and second driving signals (S1) and (S2) are supplied to the aberration-correcting element (9) through the suspension members (71) and (72).