US Patent Issued to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS on Nov. 18 for "Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,544, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. (Osaka, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanner is provided with a light source, a deflector, an optical element, an imaging lens, a fixing structure, and a housing. The optical element has a reflecting surface. The fixing structure has a first support wall, a second support wall and a biasing member. The first support wall has a support projection with a tip part protruding along a thickness direction toward a rear surface and abutting ...