US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 9 for "Scanning optical device having positioning part on reinforced wall for positioning of the device relative to main body of image-forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,433, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Scanning optical device having positioning part on reinforced wall for positioning of the device relative to main body of image-forming apparatus" was invented by Junichi Yokoi (Nagoya, Japan) and Koji Abe (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning optical device includes a light source, a deflector, a scanning optical system, and a frame. The deflector includes a polygon mirror rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction to deflect light beam from the light source. The scanning optical system is configured to form an image on an i...