US Patent Issued to RICOH on Nov. 18 for "Light deflector, analyzer, resin identification system, and distance measurement device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,569, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Light deflector, analyzer, resin identification system, and distance measurement device" was invented by Masami Seto (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Fujishima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light deflector includes a movable portion including a reflector; multiple drive beams supporting the movable portion to allow the movable portion to be oscillatable; at least one supporting part supporting the multiple drive beams, the at least one supporting part including a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion different from the first connect...