Owner KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

Inventors HENDRIKS, Bernardus, H., W.; VAN AS, Marco, A., J.; VAN GAAL, Fransiscus, M., A., M.; VAN DER VLEUTEN, Cornelius, A., N., M.

Pub. Number AU-A-2003276560

PCT Number PCT/IB03/05172

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/055796

Priority 02080312.8 16.12.02 EP

Filing date 14 November 2003

Wipo publication date 9 July 2004

G11B 007/22 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of heads, e.g. assembly

G11B 007/135 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Means for guiding the beam from source to record carrier or from record carrier to detector

G02B 007/02 Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements - for lenses