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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Nanjyo, Hyogo, JP;
Goichi Akanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/105 (2013.01); G02B 26/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light deflector is provided including a mirror unit including a reflection plane, the mirror unit configured to rotate around a predetermined rotational axis, a pair of supporting beams configured to support the mirror unit in a rotatable manner, and drivers configured to drive the mirror unit to rotate, through the supporting beams. Each of the drivers has one end coupled to the supporting beams and another end coupled to a supporting unit formed to surround the mirror unit, and the supporting unit at least partially includes a thick portion and a thin portion different from each other in thickness.