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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2010
Makiko Nakamura, Chino, JP;
Yasushi Mizoguchi, Suwa, JP;
Osamu Kobayashi, Minowa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A light deflector includes: a movable plate; an elastic support section having a first end coupled to the movable plate and adapted to support the movable plate rotatably around a predetermined axis; a support member coupled to a second end of the elastic support section; and a light absorbing section having a light absorbing property, wherein the elastic support section has an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one side surfaces, each of the side surfaces being formed of one or more tilted surfaces existing outside either one of the upper surface and the lower surface, and the light absorbing section is disposed on the upper surface and the at least one side surfaces of the elastic support section.