US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on March 25 for "Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,665, issued on March 25, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Kenichiro Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan) and Shingo Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device irradiates an image carrier with laser light to form an electrostatic latent image. The optical scanning device includes a casing, a transmissive member, a wire-shaped member, a driving portion, a guide rail, a cleaning holder, a cleaning member, and a stopper. The cleaning member is fixed to the cleaning holder and cleans the transmis...