Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light-emitting diode exposure head and image forming apparatus including light-emitting diode exposure head
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Application No.: US17211682Application Date: 2021-03-24
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Publication No.: US11422482B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Hitoshi Iwai , Shinichiro Hosoi , Takehiro Ishidate
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2020-069490 20200408
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04

Abstract:
A light-emitting diode exposure head includes a lens array, a long holder to hold the lens array, and a substrate having light-emitting diodes that emit light to expose a photosensitive member. The lens array includes lenses and condenses the light emitted from the light-emitting diodes on the photosensitive member. The long holder includes a base portion having an opening into which the lens array is inserted, and a pair of extended portions extended in a direction that is opposite of an emitting direction of the light along an optical axis of each of the lenses from both ends of the base portion in a transverse direction of the long holder. The pair of extended portions and the substrate are bonded in a state where leading edges of the pair of extended portions are in contact with a light-emitting surface of the substrate that serves as a surface of the substrate.
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