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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184352 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device of opposed scanning type, includes: a plurality of light sources, being arranged substantially symmetrically about a rotating deflection unit; a group of pre-deflection optical elements including optical elements that make the light beams ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8111277 | Image forming apparatus with a plurality of exposure units An image forming apparatus includes: a lower body including a plurality of photosensitive members and having an opening; an upper body which is configured to open and cover the opening; a plurality of exposure units which are supported by the upper body and which ar... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106935 | Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including same An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam which scans an object to be scanned, a light source retainer configured to retain the light source, a holder including an engaging portion and configured to detachably hold the lig... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7880760 | Optical writing device and image forming apparatus A first beam separation device is arranged either to allow the light beams to enter and pass or to reflect the light beams in accordance with a direction of entrance of the light beams. A second beam separation device is provided either to allow or to reflect the li... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7843483 | Image forming apparatus with a plurality of exposure units An image forming apparatus includes: a lower body including a plurality of photosensitive members and having an opening; an upper body which is configured to open and cover the opening; a plurality of exposure units which are supported by the upper body and which ar... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7800641 | Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus A light source unit is provided, which includes a light source with a plurality of light emission portions two-dimensionally arranged; a substrate on which the light source is mounted; a first support portion supporting the substrate; a bias member biasing the subst... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7663658 | Image forming apparatus to carry out position determination of a rotating body An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrier units and a position determining unit. The image carrier units form toner images in a sequential manner, and each of the plurality of image carrier units includes an image carrier and a supporting memb... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7440001 | Optical writing device and image forming apparatus An optical writing device includes a polygon mirror configured to guide a light beam emitted from a light source. The polygon mirror is disposed in a case. The case includes a cover unit and a pressure unit configured to exert pressure on the cover unit. Pressure ex... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432946 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides a light source apparatus in which wasteful cost increases can be suppressed during the manufacture of various types of light source apparatuses, and replacement of a broken light source can be performed at low cost, a recording apparat... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7397493 | Laser printhead having a mechanical skew correction mechanism An imaging apparatus is provided including a frame having a portion upon which a printhead is adapted to be mounted. The printhead may include a housing including a main body, at least one flexible mounting beam extending from the main body, and at least one structu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7362493 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361935 | Semiconductor device, LED print head, that uses the semiconductor, and image forming apparatus that uses the LED print head A semiconductor device includes a substrate, conductive layer, semiconductor thin films, and individual electrodes. The conductive layer is formed on the substrate and serves as a common electrode. The thin films are bonded on the conductive layer. Each of the plura... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355617 | Optical scanner and image forming apparatus An optical scanner for writing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier includes a scanning optical system that forms an optical scanning path, a pair of optical detecting units arranged at two positions on the optical scanning path for detecting a write-st... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335394 | Substrate supporting frame A substrate supporting frame, a substrate supporting frame assembly including the frame, a method of framing a substrate using the frame, a method of fabricating a donor substrate using the substrate supporting frame assembly, and a method of fabricating an Organic ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324131 | Method for setting a device for image reproduction on printing plates A method sets up a device for image reproduction on printing plates. The fastening of image reproduction members, their orientation and tolerances, and also tolerances in the positioning of the image reproduction members on a guide or a spindle, lead to mis-position... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321380 | Laser emitter and laser scanning device A laser emitter including: a first lens barrel portion for holding a first laser element; a second lens barrel portion for holding a second laser element whose optical axis is slanted with respect to an optical axis of the first lens barrel portion, the second lens ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319476 | Image forming apparatus and scanning unit In an image forming apparatus, a rigid-body plate, which is to be placed across a scanning unit for constituting a housing, also serves as an upper cover of the scanning unit, and the scanning unit is suspended on the rigid-body plate at an interior position from a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317471 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the present invention installs electrodes in the neighborhood of a laser beam emitting window of a laser optical unit (hereinafter, abbreviated to LSU), applies a bias voltage to the electrodes, and forcibly adheres toner, developer, an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295225 | Light source and light beam scanning unit Light source and light beam scanning units with reduced deviation of beam positions over time and ambient conditions, in use for image forming apparatuses. In the light source unit for emanating light beams, including a plurality of LEDs and coupling lenses each cor... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7256813 | Optical scanner and image forming apparatus An optical scanner for writing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier includes a scanning optical system that forms an optical scanning path, a pair of optical detecting units arranged at two positions on the optical scanning path for detecting a write-st... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253827 | Multi-beam scanning apparatus Disclosed in a multi-beam optical scanning apparatus which includes a light source unit including a plurality of radiation points disposed with being spaced from each other in a main scanning direction, and a deflecting unit for deflecting a plurality of light beams... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245311 | Image forming apparatus A photosensitive body has a photosensitive layer. An optical scanning device has a deflector deflecting a light flux emitted from a light source, and scans the surface of the photosensitive body by the thus-deflected light flux. A dot is formed at a center between a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242420 | Image forming device An image forming device equipped with a light scanning device having a polygon mirror that deflects laser light by rotating, a focusing element for focusing deflected laser light onto a photosensitive body, and a reflection mirror reflecting and guiding to the photo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236280 | Multi-beam scanning device and image forming apparatus using the scanning device A multi-beam scanning device including a multi-beam light source including plural laser diode arrays emitting plural laser beams and at least one coupling lens; a deflector configured to deflect the plural laser beams; an optical system configured to guide the defle... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227562 | Electrophotograhic apparatus Provided is a small-sized electrophotographic apparatus for which maintenance such as disposal of a jam of sheets, replacement of consumables including toner, or replacement of components to be periodically replaced can be facilitated. Thus, there is provided... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215349 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively avoiding an adverse temperature effect to an optical scanning system An image forming apparatus includes a first support member, an image carrying member configured to carry a toner image thereon, and an optical writing apparatus connected to the first support member and configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image c... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212221 | ROS shutter system Raster Output Scanner (ROS) shutter system capable of blocking and unblocking harmful radiation selectably, semi-automatically or automatically. The system and uses thereof can be applied to various fields including scanners and printers. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206012 | Memory device on optical scanner and apparatus and method for storing characterizing information on the memory device An optical scanner is provided having a memory device thereon. The memory device may store operational characteristics of the optical scanner or data that characterizes laser beam scan path and/or laser power requirements by each laser of the optical scanner. The me... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206014 | Multi-beam pitch adjusting apparatus and image forming apparatus A multi-beam scanning apparatus includes a light source having first and second light source sections that hold a pair of semi-conductor laser diodes and coupling lenses that couple four beams irradiated from the pair of semi-conductor laser diodes with a base membe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198819 | Substrate supporting frame A substrate supporting frame, a substrate supporting frame assembly including the frame, a method of framing a substrate using the frame, a method of fabricating a donor substrate using the substrate supporting frame assembly, and a method of fabricating an Organic ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7173646 | Color image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming portions, each of which has a photosensitive member and a developing device for developing an electrostatic image on the photosensitive member, and an exposure unit disposed beneath the image forming p... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167297 | Micromirror array In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7145589 | Light scanning apparatus having a liquid crystal deflector and image forming apparatus using the same A light scanning apparatus that scans a scanned face with a light beam includes an adjusting unit that adjusts the position of a light spot of the light beam formed on the scanned face, and a compensating unit that compensates the light intensity of the light beam a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114861 | Laser module with trimming capacity A laser module with trimming capacity has a base having an indented portion formed thereon so as to be non-annular in configuration. A lens is disposed inside the base. A laser diode is disposed inside the base and behind the lens. A printed circuit board electrical... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108399 | Light source unit A light source unit includes a substrate mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED's) for irradiating beam to an object. The substrate is formed of a material having high heat conductivity and the unit includes a chip resistor mounted on the substrate and h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088750 | Adjustable laser module An adjustable laser module has a main body, a laser generator provided in the hollow interior of the main body at a first end thereof for emitting a laser beam, a cylindrical lens provided in the hollow interior at a second end thereof, a first adjusting device coup... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075702 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068296 | Optical scanning device for reducing a dot position displacement at a joint of scanning lines In this optical scanning device, a plurality of scanning optical systems are arranged in a main scanning direction. Each of the scanning optical systems includes a deflecting unit performing an optical scanning by oscillation. Scanning frequencies of the deflecting ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050082 | Image forming system employing effective optical scan-line control device An optical scanning characteristic control method is applied to an optical scanning system in which a beam is deflected, and the deflected beam is converged and directed toward a scanning surface, so that optical scanning of the scanning surface is performed by an o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7023606 | Micromirror array for projection TV In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 04/04/2006 |
