| US 7,499,205 B2 | ||
| Optical member holding device, and optical scanning device provided with the same | ||
| Toshio Sakai, Nagoya (Japan); and Yasuo Tamaru, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/429,949. | ||
| Application 11/429949 is a division of application No. 10/702598, filed on Nov. 07, 2003, granted, now 7,349,166. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-325939 (JP), filed on Nov. 08, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0203079 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 26/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—216 [347/261] | 56 Claims |
| 25. An optical scanning device comprising:
a frame;
an optical member holding device disposed in the frame and comprising;
a first supporting section supporting a first optical member;
a second supporting section supporting a second optical member positioned opposite to the first optical member;
a connecting portion connecting the first supporting section to the second supporting section; and
an adjustment section for adjusting a relative position between the first optical member and the second optical member, the
adjustment section allowing the second supporting section to be movable and position fixable with respect to the first supporting
section as if the second supporting section serves as a lever that bends about the connecting portion that functions as a
fulcrum;
a rotatable polygonal mirror disposed in the frame and changing reflecting direction of a light flux emitted from the optical
member holding device for scanning;
a drive unit disposed, in the frame and rotating the polygonal mirror; and
an image focusing unit disposed in the frame for focusing the scanned light flux onto an imaging medium.
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