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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Shinsuke Miyake, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsufumi Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shinsuke Miyake, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsufumi Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light source device includes a light source that includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser; a drive circuit that drives the light source; and a circuit board that includes at least one mounting surface on which the light source and the drive circuit are mounted. The light source is mounted on a first area of the mounting surface, the drive circuit is mounted on a second area of the mounting surface, and a highest end of the first area is at a same height or lower than a lowest end of the second area with respect to a gravity direction.