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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Makiko Nakamura, Chino, JP;
Yasushi Mizoguchi, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Makiko Nakamura, Chino, JP;
Yasushi Mizoguchi, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light deflecting element includes: a movable plate provided with a light reflecting section having light reflectivity; a support section; a coupling section adapted to couple the movable plate rotatably to the support section; and a magnet disposed on an opposite surface of the movable plate to the light reflecting section, wherein the coupling section has a shape having a width gradually increasing in a direction from a side of the light reflecting section toward a side of the magnet in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to a rotational axis of the movable plate.