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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7656569 | Vision modification with reflected image Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7471433 | Optical scanning apparatus The optical scanning apparatus includes a polygonal rotatable mirror which deflects a light beam emitted from a light source, a drive motor which rotates said polygonal rotatable mirror, and an optical box which holds said drive motor, wherein a fitting hole in whic... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7428087 | Mirror structure for laser printer The present invention relates to a weight-balancing structure for rotary polygon mirror of color laser printer, 1 which includes a stator set, a rotor set having a loading disc fixed on a spindle, a motor housing disposed underneath the loading disc, and a rotary po... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7405853 | Miniature single actuator scanner for angle multiplexing with circularizing and pitch correction capability The present invention provides a scanner comprising: a reflector component; means supporting the reflector component for pivoting with respect to the MCR to provide a scan which is stationary with respect to the OCR; means for enabling the support means to provide c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7372605 | Polygon mirror apparatus A polygon mirror apparatus preventing a polygon mirror from separating from a rotor, having a rotor housing integrally formed with a polygon mirror is provided. The polygon mirror apparatus includes a base, a bearing coupled with the base, and a rotating shaft insta... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365764 | Scanning optical apparatus and color image forming apparatus using the same A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source capable of being modulated, a deflecting element for deflecting and scanning a beam emitted from the light source, a scanning optical element for imaging the deflected beam into a spot shape on a scanned surface, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365891 | Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors A directing apparatus includes a mechanism for producing steerable energy. The apparatus includes a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is stationary. The steering mechanism is in communication with the producing ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365893 | Iterative Fourier reconstruction for laser surgery and other optical applications Methods, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325912 | Breachable seal In one embodiment, a reservoir for holding a fluid includes a housing defining an enclosed chamber, the housing having a first opening therein at one part of the chamber and a second opening therein at a second part of the chamber above the first part of the chamber... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319515 | Rotary laser apparatus A rotary laser apparatus includes a light-projection section configured to irradiate at least two fan-shaped beams extending in a fan-shaped form in a direction orthogonal to a rotary axis. The light-projecting section includes a laser beam source for generating a l... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305857 | Structure of driving unit in drum type washing machine Structure of driving unit in a drum type washing machine including a tub mounted inside of a cabinet, a drum mounted inside of the tub, a shaft connected to the drum mounted inside of the tub for transmission of a driving force from a motor to the drum, a front bear... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7272373 | Ratiometric clock systems for integrated receivers and associated methods A ratiometric clock system for an integrated receiver and associated method are disclosed that provide an advantageous solution for combining digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry on the same integrated circuit as mixer and local oscillator (LO) generation circu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265471 | Apparatus and process for generating energy Energy is generated by an apparatus and process which utilize magnetic forces to move a rotor in a circular direction to turn a rotor shaft. This apparatus and process convert magnetic energy into mechanical force or electrical energy. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248276 | Image-forming device A motor drive device for driving of a plurality of motors in a proper manner, having a first motor, a second motor, and a current controller. The first motor is able to drive at up to a first maximum permissible current of A1. The second motor is able to driv... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7219842 | Scanning unit suitable for applications with a high-speed scanning requirement A scanning unit includes a lamp-mounting body having a top surface formed with an elongate opening that is disposed between a pair of parallel first and second grooves. First and second reflective layers are attached respectively over curved groove-defining surfaces... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211915 | Motor assembly using redundant bearings and support elements A motor assembly comprises a plurality of redundant bearings, a plurality of coaxial support elements, with at least one of the support elements rotatable about an axis of rotation, and an armature rotatably guided by the plurality of support elements to rotate abou... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203426 | Optical subassembly of optical transceiver A transceiver module comprised of a multiplexing/demultiplexing optical subassembly is provided. The optical subassembly includes either a transmitter module or a receiver module or both. The transmitter module has laser diodes emitting optical signals, which are re... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7177058 | Beam deflection device A deflection means which is rotatably and/or pivotably mounted in a bearing which comprises a Ferrofluid. The deflection means is part of an adjustable beam deflection device for deflecting a light beam. The deflection means is rotatable and/or pivotable about sever... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174806 | Flexible bearing damping system, energy storage system using such a system, and a method related thereto A bearing damping system for damping vibrations and conducting heat from vibration-producing, heat-generating devices, an evacuated energy storage system including such a bearing damping system for damping vibrations produced by the rotating shaft and conducting hea... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7136547 | Method and apparatus for beam deflection The invention provides a method and apparatus for directing a radiation beam (504, 606) in a desired direction. There is provided a movable member (10) supported for movement by a fixed member (40) and the movable member has an optical element, ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133175 | Light beam deflecting device A light beam deflecting device having therein a rotor portion fixed on an outer circumference of a bearing, a polygon mirror stuck and fixed on a supporting section of the rotor portion and an elastic material for pressing and holding the polygon mirror on the suppo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129601 | Apparatus for controlled movement of an element A method and apparatus for supporting a movable member (10) with respect to a fixed member (40) is provided. The movable member (10) includes a magnetically permeable portion (81) contained therein and magnetic element (50) fixedly... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123292 | Mosaicing images with an offset lens A camera can be used to record multiple low resolution images of an object by shifting a camera lens relative to an image sensor of the camera. Each camera image recorded represents a portion of the object. A composite high resolution image of the object can be obta... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109615 | Electronically commutated internal rotor motor An electronically commutated internal rotor motor (20) has an outer stator (28) and a permanent magnet rotor (36) arranged rotatably therein by means of a shaft (40) supported at its drive end (42) by a rotary bearing (54) l... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106481 | Polygon mirror scanner having an easily replaceable bearing A polygon mirror scanner is disclosed, comprising a rotor having a rotating shaft, a polygon mirror having a regular prism and having a mirror surface on each side thereof, and a magnet; a bearing device, rotatably bearing the rotor, having a radial bearing, a thrus... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107601 | Foam molding method and apparatus According to this invention, there is provided a molding method and apparatus which increase the gas permeation speed in obtaining a foamed resin molded product by letting a gas permeate a molten resin material. To achieve this object, a chip- or pellet-like resin m... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7078837 | Method and apparatus for contamination protection for bearing assembly A bearing assembly includes a bearing housing; a rotatable shaft extending through the bearing housing; a bearing having an outer race and an inner race with a bearing seal therebetween, the outer race operably coupled to the bearing housing and the inner race opera... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071583 | Uniaxial drive unit A uniaxial drive unit is provided with a tiltable pulse generating device having a joystick, which generates a continuous pulse of a frequency corresponding to the tilt angle of the joystick, and a rotary encoder having a knob, which generates a pulse of a frequency... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063259 | Optical device for emitting a laser light beam, optical reader comprising said device and protective/insulating package for a light beam emission source An optical device which emits a laser light beam (3) comprises a laser light beam emission source (20)(for example, a semiconductor laser diode) including a source of the laser light beam housed in a package (6) provided with a light beam emissi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7012725 | Polygon mirror, deflecting apparatus, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing the polygon mirror There is provided a polygon mirror comprising a mirror body shaped in a regular polygon and having circumferential surfaces, a top surface and a bottom surface, a reflection surface formed on each of the circumferential surface, a machining reference surface provide... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009788 | Method of making a rotational optical arrangement, and the optical arrangement made by the method A method of making a rotational optical arrangement and the arrangement made by the method, wherein the method includes providing a rotatable unit. The unit has a surface extending transverse to a center axis of the unit and at a predefined angle to an interface nor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002717 | Apparatus for beam deflection The invention concerns an apparatus for beam deflection, in particular for scanning microscopy, a light beam being deflectable by a mirror arrangement that is alternatingly rotatable by a rotary drive. The apparatus for beam deflection makes possible maximum variabi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001073 | Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor Hydrodynamic bearing for use in a spindle motor includes a shaft, a bearing sleeve encompassing the shaft with a small radial clearance, a plurality of hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves formed on at least one of an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surf... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995888 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device has a polygon mirror unit which is housed in a dust proof chamber and mounted on a mount configured so as to prevent generation of turbulence of a current of air that is caused due to high speed rotation of the polygon mirror which leads t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994679 | Message device A massage device capable of producing vibrating or reciprocating motions for massaging muscles of a person comprises a shell, enclosed at the upper and lower end by a pair of end plates, houses a coaxial central axle provided with a middle voice coil having a plural... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980340 | Rotary deflector, optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus The inventive device reduces noises and stabilizes the image quality of an image forming apparatus by reducing vibration thereof by reducing vibration of a driving source itself within a preset frequency range without changing the resonating condition of a housing. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957020 | Optical inter-satellite link (OISL) gimbal An optical inter-satellite link (OISL) gimbal 10 that is particularly suited for directing an optical beam in an optical inter-satellite communications system is disclosed. The OISL gimbal 10 includes an azimuth drive housing 20, a generally cyl... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954019 | Apparatus and process for generating energy Energy is generated by an apparatus and process which utilize magnetic forces to move a rotor in a circular direction to turn a rotor shaft. This apparatus and process convert magnetic energy into mechanical force or electrical energy. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933959 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical box for positioning and fixing respective optical components is provided and functions as a housing thereof. A support stand for positioning and mounting the respective optical components, respectively, is formed separately from the optical box, and is lo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914238 | Method and apparatus for point-by-point scanning of a specimen A method and an apparatus for point-by-point scanning of a specimen (15) are disclosed. The method is characterized by the steps of generation (45) of a nominal signal (10) for each scan point and transfer (47) of the nominal signal to a ... | 07/05/2005 |
