Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light-source device and image forming apparatus including same
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Application No.: US18139959Application Date: 2023-04-27
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Publication No.: US12114106B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Yohei Takano , Kazuhiro Fujita , Kasumi Nakamura
- Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: XSENSUS LLP
- Priority: JP 19200038 2019.11.01
- Main IPC: G02B27/10
- IPC: G02B27/10 ; G02B27/09 ; G02B27/18 ; G03B21/20 ; H04N9/31

Abstract:
A light-source device includes an excitation light source, an optical member, and a wavelength converter. The excitation light source is configured to emit first color light. The optical member has a reflecting surface configured to reflect the first color light emitted from the excitation light source. The wavelength converter includes a wavelength conversion member on which the first color light reflected by the optical member is incident. The wavelength conversion member is configured to convert at least part of the first color light into second color light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first color light and emit the second color light. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface of the optical member does not intersect with a light flux of the first color light emitted from the wavelength converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240080419A1 LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2024-03-07
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