# US 12,601,907 B2 · Reflector scanner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,907 B2 - Document ID: US12601907B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/682,056 - Filed: 2021-10-08 - Published: 2024-10-24 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-08 - Assignees: Yitoa Micro Technology Corporation - Applicants: Yitoa Micro Technology Corporation - Inventors: Saburo Ito; Yukio Nakazawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601907B2 ## CPC - G02B 26/085: {the reflecting means being moved or deformed by electromagnetic means} - G02B 26/105: {with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors (G02B26/101 takes precedence)} - G02B 7/1821: {for rotating or oscillating mirrors} - H02K 33/18: with coil systems moving upon intermittent or reversed energisation thereof by interaction with a fixed field system, e.g. permanent magnets - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract The present invention provides a reflector scanner including a frame, a mirror portion connected to inside of the frame via a first elastic member stretching along a second axis, a first and a second drive portions. The frame includes a frame-shaped portion and a set of bridge portions and is held turnably about a first axis. The first drive portion includes: first paired magnets disposed to be opposed to one another such that the first paired magnets interpose the frame on the first axis; a first coil wired in a first annular portion formed by one bridge portion and a portion of the frame-shaped portion at one side of the first paired magnets with respect to the one bridge portion, the one bridge portion being closer to one magnet of the first paired magnets than the mirror portion; and a second coil wired in a second annular portion formed by the other bridge portion and a portion of the frame-shaped portion at the other side of the first paired magnets with respect to the other bridge portion, the other bridge portion being closer to the other magnet of the first paired magnets than the mirror portion. The second drive portion includes: second paired magnets disposed to be opposed to one another such that the second paired magnets interpose a region between the set of bridge portions of the frame on the second axis; and a third coil wired at least in the region between the set of bridge portions of the frame-shaped portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reflector scanner comprising: a frame including a frame-shaped portion extending along one surface and held turnably about a first axis along the one surface; a mirror portion connected to inside of the frame via a first elastic member stretching along a second axis along the one surface; a first drive portion that turns the frame in a direction of rotation about the second axis as a central axis; a second drive portion that turns the frame in a direction of rotation about the first axis as a central axis, wherein the frame includes a set of bridge portions stretching to interpose the first axis inside the frame and spanning opposed portions of the frame across the second axis, and the first drive portion includes: first paired magnets disposed to be opposed to one another such that the first paired magnets interpose the frame on the first axis; a first coil wired in a first annular portion formed by one bridge portion and a portion of the frame-shaped portion at one side of the first paired magnets with respect to the one bridge portion, the one bridge portion being closer to one magnet of the first paired magnets than the mirror portion; and a second coil wired in a second annular portion formed by the other bridge portion and a portion of the frame-shaped portion at the other side of the first paired magnets with respect to the other bridge portion, the other bridge portion being closer to the other magnet of the first paired magnets than the mirror portion; the second drive portion includes: second paired magnets disposed to be opposed to one another such that the second paired magnets interpose a region between the set of bridge portions of the frame on the second axis; and a third coil wired at least in the region between the set of bridge portions of the frame-shaped portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reflector scanner according to claim 1, wherein the mirror portion is connected to the frame-shaped portion of the frame via the first elastic member in the region between the set of bridge portions of the frame, and the third coil is wired to surround the mirror portion via the set of bridge portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The reflector scanner according to claim 1, wherein the first paired magnets have respective opposed surfaces and are disposed to be opposed outside the frame such that the magnetic poles of the respective opposed surfaces are different, and the second paired magnets have respective opposed surfaces and are disposed to be opposed outside the frame such that the magnetic poles of the respective opposed surfaces are different. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The reflector scanner according to claim 1, wherein the first paired magnets have respective opposed surfaces and are disposed to be opposed outside the frame such that the magnetic poles of the respective opposed surfaces are identical, and the second paired magnets have respective opposed surfaces and are disposed to be opposed outside the frame such that the magnetic poles of the respective opposed surfaces are different. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The reflector scanner according to claim 4, wherein the third coil is wired in the frame-shaped portion of the frame to surround a region in which the mirror portion, the first coil, and the second coil are disposed, and the second paired magnets are each installed outside of the frame so as to interpose a wiring section wired along a direction of the first axis in a wiring of the third coil. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The reflector scanner according to claim 1, wherein the second coil has one end and the other end connected to the first coil. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The reflector scanner according to any one of claim 1, comprising: a first support pillar installed inside of a casing of the first annular portion; and a second support pillar installed inside of a casing of the second annular portion, wherein the first support pillar is connected to the frame-shaped portion of the frame via an elastic member stretching along the first axis, and the second support pillar is connected to the frame-shaped portion of the frame via an elastic member stretching along the first axis. ### Claim 8 A reflector scanner comprising: a frame including a frame-shaped portion extending along one surface and held turnably about a first axis along the one surface; a mirror portion connected to inside of the frame via a first elastic member stretching along a second axis along the one surface; paired magnets disposed to be opposed to one another so as to interpose the frame; a coil wired in the frame-shaped portion and the set of bridge portions of the frame; a first support pillar installed inside a casing of the first annular portion; and a second support pillar installed inside a casing of the second annular portion, wherein the frame includes a set of bridge portions stretching to interpose the first axis inside the frame and spanning opposed portions of the frame across the second axis, and the first support pillar is connected to one bridge portion of the set of bridge portions via an elastic member stretching along the first axis, and the second support pillar is connected to the other bridge portion of the set of bridge portions via an elastic member stretching along the first axis.