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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make compact an optical reflection element. SOLUTION: The optical reflection element comprises: a mirror part 8; a first meander type oscillator 9 connected to one end part 8A of the mirror part 8; a movable frame 10 which is connected to the first meander type oscillator 9 and encloses the first meander type oscillator 9 and the mirror part 8; a second meander type oscillator 11 connected to one end part 10A of the movable frame 10; and a supporting body 12 which supports the second meander type oscillator 11, wherein: the turning axis 13 of the first meander type oscillator 9 and the turning axis 14 of the second meander type oscillator 11 intersect at right angle; the mirror part 8 has a cantilever structure supported on the movable frame 10 by the first meander type oscillator 9; and the movable frame 10 has a cantilever structure supported on the supporting body 12 by the second meander type oscillator 11. Thus, the optical reflection element has a small cross section, as a result, is made compact. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact optical reflection element used in a laser scanning unit such as a laser printer. SOLUTION: The optical reflection element comprises: first supporting parts 2a and 2b supported by a supporting body 1; tuning fork oscillators 6a and 6b having first arms 3a and 3b and second arms 4a and 4b supported by the first supporting parts 2a and 2b; second supporting parts 11a and 11b supported by the oscillation centers 9a and 9b of the tuning fork oscillators 6a and 6b; and a mirror part 12 supported by the second supporting parts 11a and 11b, wherein the tuning fork oscillators 6a and 6b are arranged facing to the mirror part 12, and the oscillation centers 9a and 9b and the turning shaft of the mirror part 12 are coaxially arranged. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enlarge swing angle of a mirror part in an optical reflection element using a meandering oscillation part.SOLUTION: The optical reflection element 1 comprises a fixed frame 2, a pair of low-speed meandering oscillation parts 3 with their outer ends supported by portions facing with each other on the inside of the fixed frame 2, a movable frame 4 supported by each inner end of the low-speed meandering oscillation parts 3, a pair of high-speed meandering oscillation parts 5 with their inner ends supported by portions of the movable frame 4 on the inside orthogonal to the oscillation shaft of the low-speed meandering oscillation parts 3, and a mirror part 6 supporting inner ends of the high-speed meandering oscillation parts 5 so that the curvature of a curved part 7 of the high-speed meandering oscillation parts 5 is made smaller from the inner end side toward the outer end side.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly accurate self-excited drive of an optical reflection element. SOLUTION: A first oscillator 10 and a second oscillator 12 are of meander types in which a plurality of oscillation plates 10A, 12A are connected so as to be turned back at turning parts 13, 14, respectively, the distance between adjacent oscillation plates 12A of the second oscillator 12 is broadened from the near part of the turned part 14 toward the turned part 14 of the oscillation plate 12A. In this present embodiment, the mutual interference of the driving oscillation of the first oscillator 10 and the noise oscillation θY of the second oscillator 12 is suppressed, the detection accuracy of a monitor element 22 of the first oscillator 10 is improved and highly accurate self-excited drive is enabled. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize an optical reflection element. SOLUTION: The miniature optical reflection element is provided with: a mirror part 1; a tuning fork-type piezoelectric vibrator 4 connected to the mirror part 1 by a first support part 2; and a support 6 connected to the vibration center 3 of the tuning fork-type piezoelectric vibrator 4 by a second support part 5. The tuning fork-type piezoelectric vibrator 4 has a connection part 7 passing through the vibration center 3, and arms 8, 9 extended respectively from both ends of the connection part 7. The angle formed by a side of either of arms 8, 9 on the inside thereof and a side of the connection part 7 on the inside thereof is made to be an obtuse angle. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a frequency ratio of vibration of a biaxially driven optical reflecting element. SOLUTION: The optical reflection element is provided with a mirror part 1, a pair of tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 coupled to the mirror part by first support parts 2, a frame 6 coupled to the center 4 of vibration of the pair of tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 by second support parts 5 and enclosing an outer circumference of the pair of tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3, a pair of meander type vibrators 8 each having one end 7 coupled to the frame 6, and a support body 10 to which the other end 9 of each of the meander type vibrators 8 is coupled. The pair of tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 have a first arm 12 and a second arm 13 respectively on both sides of the first support part 2, and the axis of rotation of vibration of the tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 and the axis of rotation of vibration of the meander type vibrators 8 are orthogonal to each other. Consequently, the frequency ratio of vibration of the biaxially driven optical reflection element can be made large. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an optical reflecting element compact. SOLUTION: The optical reflecting element includes: a mirror unit 1; a pair of first tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 opposed to each other with the mirror unit 1 interposed and coupled to the mirror unit 1 each by a first support unit 2; a frame 6 coupled to the center of vibration of those first tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 each by a second support unit 5 and enclosing an outer circumference of the first tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3; a pair of second tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 8 opposed to each other with the frame 6 interposed and coupled to the frame body 6 each by a third support unit 7; and a supporter 11 coupled to the center of vibration of those second tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 8 each by a fourth support unit 10; wherein the opposition direction of the pair of first tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 3 being orthogonal to the opposition direction of the pair of second tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrators 8. The compact optical reflecting element is achieved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that, if expanding a frequency band of high power generation amount in the power generation characteristic of a power generation component by arranging piezoelectric vibrators having different frequency characteristics, a piezoelectric element that contributes to power generation comes to be a single unit among a plurality of units at one moment, resulting in reduction in the maximum power generation amount when compared with a piezoelectric component having the same size.SOLUTION: There are provided a mechanical vibration propagation part 102 for propagating mechanical vibration, a first vibration part 103 connected to the mechanical vibration propagation part 102, and a second vibration part 104 connected to the mechanical vibration propagation part 102. The first vibration part 103 includes a first piezoelectric part 105, and the second vibration part 104 includes a second piezoelectric part 106. The first vibration part 103 and the second vibration part 104 are combined with each other through the mechanical vibration propagation part 102 so that a power generation component and a power generator are vibrated in symmetrical mode, or diagonally symmetrical mode, otherwise in both of them.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress damage of an optical reflection element. SOLUTION: The optical reflection element includes: a mirror part 1, a movable frame 3 that is connected to a mirror part 1 via a first beam 2 and surrounds the outer periphery of the first beam 2 and the mirror part 1; a support body 5 connected to the movable frame 3 via a second beam 4; a driving means for repetitively rotating and vibrating the mirror part 1 around each of the center axes of the first beam 2 and the second beam 4; and a suppressing means for suppressing vibration of at least one of the X-axis direction and Y-axis direction of the movable frame 3. Thus, excessive amplitude of the movable frame 3 can be suppressed, and the damage of the optical reflection element can be suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a highly accurate self-excited driving of an optical reflection element. SOLUTION: The optical reflection element includes an oscillator 10 connected to a mirror part 9, wherein the oscillator 10 has drive elements 16 and monitor elements 17 which separated by the separation grooves 30A and disposed on an insulation layer 20 formed on a base material 19, the lower electrode layers 21 of the drive elements 16 and monitor elements 17 are connected to a common external electrode, the shortest conductive path between the lower electrode layers 21 of the monitor elements 17 and the lower electrode layers 21 of the drive elements 16 is made longer than the distance between the lower electrode layers 21 of the monitor elements 17 and the common external electrode by the separation grooves 30A at an arbitrary point at which the monitor elements 17 and the drive elements 16 are adjacently disposed. Thus the detection accuracy of the monitor elements 17 is improved and the optical reflecting element 8 is highly accurately self-excited driven. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT