ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,230, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Optical scanning device" was invented by Ryo Abe (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device configured to expose a charged surface of a photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image includes a light source configured to emit light, a deflector configured to deflect the light emitted from the light source, a driving unit configured to rotationally drive the deflector, a control substrate provided with the driving unit and the deflector and configured to control the driving unit, a cover member configured to cover the deflector, a ca...