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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Yukito Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Yukito Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a deflection mirror including a mirror substrate having a mirror face that reflects a light, a beam, and a supporting member that supports the mirror substrate through the beam. A movable electrode is formed at a free side of the mirror substrate. A fixed electrode is operably linked through the movable electrode at a gap that is formed in the supporting member. The mirror substrate is driven by electrostatic force between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode and vibrates centering of the beam. An end of at least one of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode is smaller in the thickness direction than the other end.