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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Tomofumi Kitazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Goichi Akanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsumi Fujii, Sendai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/10 (2006.01); H02N 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/0858 (2013.01); H02N 1/006 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); Y10S 359/904 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator is configured of a frame element, a pair of beam elements, a movable element rotatably supported by the frame element via the beam elements, a driver configured to rotate the movable element relative to the frame element around the beam elements as a rotary shaft; and damper elements provided on the rotary axis of the beam elements.