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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:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susumu Saito, Ibaraki, JP;
Junshin Sakamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Makoto Kurosawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahiro Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Satoru Wada, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenichi Kugai, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359200 ; 359196 ; 359197 ; 359212 ; 359217 ;
Abstract
A rotary polygon mirror device comprises: a rotor including a polygon mirror secured to one end face of a cylinder, a central rod secured inside said cylinder in such a manner that the central rod is extended along the axis of the cylinder, and a thrust bearing magnet secured to the end face of the central rod, said magnet; and a casing coaxially surrounding the cylinder with a gap therebetween. In the device, the gap provides radial bearing means, and the cylinder and the casing are made equal in thermal expansion coefficient.