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Patent No.:

US 11265437 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2020

Lens array unit, image sensor unit, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing lens array unit

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroki Wakayama, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Ryan D Walsh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/024 (2006.01); G03G 15/22 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/031 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0249 (2013.01); B29D 11/00298 (2013.01); G02B 3/005 (2013.01); G02B 3/0031 (2013.01); G02B 3/0075 (2013.01); G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); G03G 15/221 (2013.01); H04N 1/0318 (2013.01); H04N 1/10 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02452 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02458 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02466 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02479 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02481 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02483 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lens array unit includes a lens array including a plurality of lenses, a first side plate, and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate being configured to hold the plurality of lenses therebetween, and a frame made of resin and including a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, the first supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the first side plate, the second supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the second side plate, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion being configured to hold the lens array therebetween and support the lens array. The outside surface of the first side plate includes a plurality of first concave portions spaced from each other in an array direction of the lenses and configured to fit with the first supporting portion.

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Wakayama, Hiroki. (2022). Lens array unit, image sensor unit, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing lens array unit (U.S. Patent No. 11265437). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11265437

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