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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1992
Masahiro Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A light emitting diode (LED) print head with a high-density print capability is achieved through an arrangement that produces high-density connections between an LED array and associated LED drivers. The LED array and LED drivers are mounted on a system board. A lens array that focuses light from the LED array onto a remote printing surface is attached to a lens array frame. Formed on at least one mounting leg of the lens array frame are metal contacts that correspond in number to the number of associated LED array and LED driver electrodes to be interconnected. When the lens array is mounted on the LED array and LED drivers, the metal contacts bridge the space between the associated LED and LED driver electrodes and thereby connect the associated electrodes of the LED array and the LED drivers in the same operation.