Patents by Inventor Hidehiro Iimura

Hidehiro Iimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6621608
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning optical apparatus that has a light source emitting a light beam deflecting and scanning device for deflecting and scanning the light beam emitted from the light source, a frame body provided with a side wall and containing the light source and the deflecting and scanning device therein, and a supporting member for supporting the frame body, the frame body having a fixed portion fixed to and supported by the supporting member, and an overhanging portion overhanging from the fixed portion, the side wall having a cut-away portion between the fixed portion and the overhanging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidehiro Iimura
  • Publication number: 20020027697
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning optical apparatus that has a light source emitting a light beam deflecting and scanning device for deflecting and scanning the light beam emitted from the light source, a frame body provided with a side wall and containing the light source and the deflecting and scanning device therein, and a supporting member for supporting the frame body, the frame body having a fixed portion fixed to and supported by the supporting member, and an overhanging portion overhanging from the fixed portion, the side wall having a cut-away portion between the fixed portion and the overhanging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: Hidehiro Iimura