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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Shirakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light source units and a casing of the optical scanning device. The plurality of light source units includes a light source and a holder for holding the light source, respectively. The casing includes a plurality of mounting surfaces for holding a cylindrical portion of the holder. Each of the holders includes two projecting portions at one end portion of the holder with respect to a direction of a central axis of the cylindrical portion, perpendicular to the central axis of the cylindrical portion and extending in a direction away from the central axis each other when viewing the light source unit in the axial direction of the central axis, the projecting portions being provided with a U-shaped cut-way portion, respectively.