| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup device that achieves reduction in the thickness of a whole device while housing an element with a thickness, and an optical disk drive including the optical pickup device.SOLUTION: An optical pickup device is provided with a protrusion area obtained by partially protruding a covering member for covering a housing area of a housing, and is provided with slits along the side surfaces of the protrusion area facing each other. The slits make easy draw processing for making the protrusion area. Furthermore, the state of an element housed in the housing can be viewed through the slits. |
