Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 光学扫描装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12396813Application Date: 2009-03-03
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Publication No.: US08014051B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Shigeaki Imai
- Applicant: Shigeaki Imai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-053948 20080304
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08

Abstract:
At least one of a coupling lens and a cylindrical lens has a diffraction lens surface having a ring-band structure with a height h between adjacent ring-bands. The diffraction lens surface has an area A having a shape similar to that of the ring-band structure with a height h′, where h≠h′. The ring-band structure has a function of correcting a fluctuation in focal position of the scanning beam on the scanning surface, and the area A has a function of expanding a focal depth of a light spot on the scanning surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090225385A1 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-09-10
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