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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Goichi Akanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light deflector includes a fixed part, a movable part provided with a reflection plane, a pair of elastic supporting units configured to support the movable part, a pair of connecting parts configured to connect between the pair of elastic supporting units and the fixed part, and a driving unit configured to deform the pair of connecting parts to make the movable part oscillate. The pair of connecting parts are supported by the fixed part in a cantilevered state, and each one of the pair of connecting parts having a folded structure. An optical scanning system includes the light deflector. An image projection device includes the light deflector.