ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,124, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus mounted with it" was invented by Jun Nagatoshi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device includes a casing including a bottom portion on which the deflector is disposed and a side wall stood from the bottom portion, a circuit board, a cover closing an opening, formed by the side wall, of the casing. The side wall includes first and second side walls, and the second side wall includes a through hole, and first and second side surfaces of the through hole. The cover includes a protective portion for pr...