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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. 02, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideyuki Miyamoto, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/608 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/608 ;
Abstract
An optical deflection/scanning apparatus includes a rotary polygon mirror for reflectively scanning a light beam and a motor for rotating the rotary polygon mirror. The motor has a rotor yoke and a rotor magnet. The rotor magnet is attached inside of the rotor yoke such that a curved portion of the rotor yoke projects vertically from one end of the rotor magnet so as to prevent any trouble caused on the lower end of the rotor due to a centrifugal force during rotation of the rotary polygon mirror.