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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen J Farnand, Rochester, NY (US);
Yee S Ng, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385136 ; 385 33 ; 385 34 ; 359811 ; 359813 ;
Abstract
An optical assembly for an LED printhead includes a longitudinally extending linear lens array. A stiffener bar is attached to the lens array along a substantial longitudinal dimension of the lens array. A lens mount base plate supports the stiffener bar and a pin and slot connection is provided for permitting thermally induced dimensional change in two dimensions of the stiffener bar relative to the lens mount base plate.