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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Naoki Kubo, Takarazuka, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Takarazuka, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Kubo, Takarazuka, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Takarazuka, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical scanner capable of preventing breakage of a shaft section due to stress concentration is provided. A mirror frameis shaped so as to enclose a mirror, and holds the mirror, via torsion barsand, so as to be vibratable. A unimorphis constituted by four unimorphs, andformed on upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right sides, and holds the mirror frame, via a shaft section, so as to be vibratable. The shaft sectionhas a connection section. On the mirror frame, an adjustment memberfor increasing a moment of inertia mof the mirror frameis provided.