US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on June 17 for "Optical scanning device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,578, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical scanning device" was invented by Yasushi Kuribayashi (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device deflects light for scanning in a main scanning direction and includes a plurality of light sources, a plurality of photodetectors, a plurality of optical element groups, and a polygon mirror. The plurality of light sources emit laser lights. The plurality of photodetectors detect beams formed by the laser lights. The plurality of optical element groups guide the beams to the photodetectors. The polygon mirror deflects the beam...