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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Howard Shepard, Great River, NY (US);
Edward D. Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
Paul Dvorkis, East Setauket, NY (US);
Boris Metlitsky, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Raj Bridgelall, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Vladimir Gurevich, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Mark Krichever, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Yajun Li, Oakdale, NY (US);
Joseph Katz, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Vincent Luciano, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A miniaturized electro-optical, retro-reflective scanning module. The module has a base, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board mounted substantially orthogonal to the first circuit board. The base supports a light emitter for producing a scanning beam and optical elements for directing and collecting light energy. The emitted beam reflects off a fold mirror onto a reflector mounted on a drive for oscillation. The oscillating reflector, in turn, redirects the beam onto an indicia being read. The reflected light is reflected off the oscillating reflector and directed to the collection mirror before reaching a detector. The detector included in the module senses light reflected from an indicia scanned by the beam. The reflector is driven by an electro-magnetiz driven system, including a flexure and an actuation arm.