Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical apparatus and image forming apparatus including the optical apparatus
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Application No.: US14962091Application Date: 2015-12-08
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Publication No.: US09606487B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Satoru Nagashima , Masayuki Sakai
- 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., IP Division
- Priority: JP2014-250410 20141210
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/04 ; G01N21/47

Abstract:
To prevent the detection accuracy from deteriorating due to stray light, an optical apparatus includes the following configuration. The optical apparatus includes a light-emitting member, a light-receiving member, and a substrate on which the light-emitting member and the light-receiving member are mounted. The substrate includes a plate-like substrate layer and a plate-like conductive layer. The optical apparatus further includes a light-shielding member disposed between the light-receiving member and the light-emitting member and inserted in a through-hole of the substrate provided between the light-receiving member and the light-emitting member. The light-receiving member receives reflected light from a portion to be irradiated with the light emitted from the light-emitting member. The conductive layer is excellent in light-shielding property compared to the substrate layer. The conductive layer is exposed to an inner cylindrical surface of the through-hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160170325A1 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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