Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deflecting mirror for deflecting and scanning light beam
- Patent Title (中): 用于偏转和扫描光束的偏转镜
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Application No.: US12695522Application Date: 2010-01-28
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Publication No.: US08395834B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: Goichi Akanuma , Tomofumi Kitazawa , Fumiko Sakoh
- Applicant: Goichi Akanuma , Tomofumi Kitazawa , Fumiko Sakoh
- 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: JP2009-020335 20090130; JP2009-256271 20091109
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08

Abstract:
The deflecting mirror includes a fixed base member; a mirror having a reflection surface; a support member swingablly supporting the mirror; a pair of driving beam members, each having a first end connected with the fixed base member and a second end connected with the support member to support the support member from both sides; and a piezoelectric member fixed to each driving beam member and extending from the first or second end of each driving beam member while having length not longer than about half the length of the driving beam member. The piezoelectric member and the driving beam members constitute piezoelectric unimorph or bimorph structure. By applying voltage to the piezoelectric member, the driving beam members are driven at the same time in the same direction, thereby vibrating the support member in a direction perpendicular to the reflection surface of the mirror, resulting in swinging of the mirror.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100195180A1 DEFLECTING MIRROR FOR DEFLECTING AND SCANNING LIGHT BEAM Public/Granted day:2010-08-05
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