- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with separate light emitting element arrays
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Application No.: US17124120Application Date: 2020-12-16
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Publication No.: US11294297B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Hirotaka Seki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-121823 20180627
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G03G15/32

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure head having an odd number of chips in each of which a plurality of light emitting elements configured to expose a photosensitive member are arrayed at intervals corresponding to a first resolution in an intersecting direction intersecting with a rotation direction of the photosensitive member. An even number of chips of the odd number of chips are arranged on one side of the printed circuit board in the rotation direction, and a remaining odd number of chips of the odd number of chips are arranged on another side of the printed circuit board. A center of an intensity of a light amount of the odd number of chips in the rotation direction is shifted to a side of the even number of chips with respect to a center of the printed circuit board in the rotation direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210103231A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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