# US 10,500,871 B2 · Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same

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- Number: US 10,500,871 B2
- Document ID: US10500871B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/090,393
- Filed: 2017-02-28
- Published: 2019-04-18
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-14
- Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inventors: Takayuki Kurihara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500871B2

## CPC

- B41J 2/47: using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
- B41J 2/473: {using multiple light beams, wavelengths or colours}
- G02B 7/1821: {for rotating or oscillating mirrors}
- G02B 26/12: using multifaceted mirrors
- G02B 26/121: {Mechanical drive devices for polygonal mirrors}
- H04N 1/113: using oscillating or rotating mirrors
- H04N 1/23: Reproducing arrangements
- G02B 7/003: {Alignment of optical elements (G02B7/001, G02B7/002 take precedence; for mirrors G02B7/1822)}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An optical scanning device includes a housing having first projecting bosses (46a) to (46d) and second projecting bosses (48a) to (48d) which are able to fix a first driving substrate (331) and a second driving substrate (332), respectively. The second projecting bosses (48a) to (48d) are arranged inward from the first projecting bosses (46a) to (46d) in a predetermined direction, the second substrate (332) is formed so as not to overlap the first projecting bosses (46a) to (46d) when viewed from a height direction of the second projecting bosses (48a) to (48d) in a state of being fixed to the second projecting bosses (48a) to (48d), and heights of the second projecting bosses (48a) to (48d) are lower than those of the first projecting bosses (46a) to (46d).

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical scanning device comprising a housing having a mounting target wall part on which any one of a first substrate and a second substrate is selectively mountable, the first substrate having a plurality of mounting holes, the second substrate having positions of mounting holes different from positions of the mounting holes of the first substrate, first projecting bosses and second projecting bosses projecting from the mounting target wall part, the first projecting bosses having first mounting target holes provided at positions corresponding to the mounting holes of the first substrate, the second projecting bosses having second mounting target holes provided at positions corresponding to the mounting holes of the second substrate, wherein
the second projecting bosses are arranged inward from the first projecting bosses in a predetermined direction,
the second substrate is formed so as not to overlap the first projecting bosses when viewed from a height direction of the second projecting bosses in a state of being fixed to the second projecting bosses, and
heights of the second projecting bosses are lower than heights of the first projecting bosses.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical scanning device of claim 1, wherein rotating polygon mirrors are respectively supported to the first substrate and the second substrate via polygon motors, and
a difference between the heights of the first projecting bosses and the heights of the second projecting bosses is smaller than a thickness of the rotating polygon mirror.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An image forming apparatus comprising the optical scanning device of claim 1.