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20100245939 | STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A structure for holding an optical component, includes: first and second flat plate portions provided in a state where the portions stand on a base plate, opposed to each other in a state where the flat plate portions are coupled to each other, and constituting first and second hierarchies, respectively; first and second positioning portions that are provided at the first flat plate portion, and that determine positions of directions of first and second coordinate axes of first, second, and third coordinate axes that intersect with each other; a third positioning portion that is provided at the second flat plate portion, and that determines a position of a direction of the third coordinate axis of the first, second, and third coordinate axes that intersect with each other; and a holding portion coupled to the first flat plate portion or the second flat plate portion, and holding the optical component. | 09-30-2010 |
20100290811 | OPTICAL COMPONENT BOWING DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes an optical component that reflects or shapes a light beam. In a particular embodiment, the optical device can include a bending moment generating structure that generates a bending moment in a supported portion of the optical component. The optical device can also include an adjusting mechanism that adjusts the bowing amount of the optical component by adjusting the bending moment of the bending moment generating structure. | 11-18-2010 |
20100296186 | OPTICAL COMPONENT BOWING DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical component bowing device includes a bending moment generating structure. In a particular embodiment, the bending moment generating structure can have extension members that extend in a direction substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of an optical component. The extension members can be positioned adjacent longitudinal end portions of the optical component. The bending moment generating structure can also have loading members that load the extension members in a direction that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the optical component, whereby displacement of the extension members can generate a bending moment in a supported portion of the optical component that reflects or shapes a light beam. The bending moment generating structure can also include a reflective surface. Extension members on at least one end of the optical component can be T-shaped when seen in plan view in a direction orthogonal to the reflective surface. | 11-25-2010 |
20110115870 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An optical scanner includes: a light source that emits plural laser-beams; a deflecting section that deflects the laser-beams; a first optical-element that reflects the laser-beams deflected at the deflecting section and converges the laser-beams in a slow-scanning direction, and that can adjust positions, in the slow-scanning direction, of the laser-beams that the first optical-element reflects; a second optical-element that converges, in the slow-scanning direction, the laser-beams reflected at the first optical-element, and that can adjust scan line tilt of the laser-beams that the second optical-element reflects; and a planar reflecting member provided on an optical path between the first and second optical-elements, and reflects, toward the second optical-element, the laser-beams converged in the slow-scanning direction, the reflecting member having an adjusting mechanism that can adjust an angle of incidence in the slow-scanning direction of the laser-beams that are incident on the second optical-element. | 05-19-2011 |
20120099168 | DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided a detection device including: a detection section detecting an image on a medium conveyed along the conveyance path or the medium; a reference member that is disposed at an opposite side of the conveyance path from the side thereof at which the illumination unit is disposed and that is provided to be rotatable with a rotation axis direction being a width direction of the medium; a test face comprising one of reflection faces of the reference member; a position detection pattern provided at the test face; a focal point detection pattern provided at the test face, the focal point detection pattern enabling detection by the detection section of a focal point; and a depth detection portion provided at the test face, the depth detection portion enabling detection by the detection section of an illumination depth of the light illuminated from a illumination unit. | 04-26-2012 |
20120099873 | SENSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sensing device including: a sensing section having an illuminating section that illuminates light and a light-receiving section that receives reflected light of light illuminated from the illuminating section, the sensing section sensing an image on a recording medium; a housing that accommodates the illuminating section; a covering member covering the housing, that is freely installed at and removed from the housing, having a transmitting member through which the light from the illuminating section is transmitted; and a setting section disposed at an opposite side to a housing side with respect to the covering member, the setting section being freely installed at and removed from the housing, and having a setting surface that sets a position at which the recording medium reflects light, wherein, at a positioning portion of the setting section, the covering member is positioned at least in a direction perpendicular to the setting surface, is provided. | 04-26-2012 |
20120099874 | DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection device includes: a detection member that includes an emission member emitting a beam toward a transportation direction of a transportation path and a beam receiving member receiving a reflected beam of the beam emitted from the emission member, and that detects an image on a medium; a transmissive member that allows the beam emitted from the emission member and the beam reflected from the medium to be transmitted therethrough; and a support member that has an open portion blocked by the transmissive member, and that supports an upstream end portion of the transmissive member in the transportation direction of the medium at an upstream portion of the open portion toward the medium, an edge portion of a downstream portion of the open portion in the transportation direction being located closer to the emission member than a bottom surface of the transmissive member. | 04-26-2012 |
20120099884 | DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection device includes: an imaging unit that forms an image of an incident beam on an image detection unit; an emission unit that includes a guided portion that is guided to a guiding portion provided at the imaging unit and guiding an attachment-detachment operation of the guided portion, a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the imaging unit, and an emission member that emits a beam toward a direction of a transportation path such that a beam reflected from the medium is incident to the imaging unit; and a setting unit that includes a positioned portion that is positioned in a positioning portion provided at the emission unit when a drawing unit is pressure-inserted into the image forming apparatus and a setting surface that sets a position on the medium at which the beam is reflected. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106987 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection apparatus includes a transmission member that is provided facing a conveying path on which a medium is conveyed and that transmits light from the medium being conveyed on the conveying path; a detection section that detects the medium or an image on the medium according to the light which is transmitted by the transmission member, wherein the light is received by a light-receiving member of the detection section; and an opposing member provided on an opposite side of the conveying path from the transmission member and having at least one opposing surface that faces the transmission member. In a conveying direction of the medium, a length of the opposing surface is shorter than a length of a detection surface. | 05-03-2012 |
20130258420 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a light source member having a substrate extending in a predetermined main scanning direction, and light source portions releasing light and supported by the substrate in the main scanning direction; a light guide member that has an input section disposed facing the light source portions and receiving the light, and an output section outputting the light, and that guides the light toward a predetermined radiation position; a support member supporting the light source member and the light guide member and having higher rigidity than the light guide member and the substrate; a first positioning section positioning the light guide member in the main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction; a second positioning section positioning the light guide member in the sub scanning direction; and a reader member receiving the light from the radiation position so as to read an image thereof. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258421 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a light source member having light source portions that release light; a light guide member that has an input section facing the light source portions and to which the released light is input, and an output section outputting the input light, and that guides the light toward a predetermined radiation position; a support member supporting the light source member and the light guide member and having higher rigidity than them; a retaining member retaining the light guide member in a supported state by the support member by pressing the light guide member toward the support member; a contact section that is provided in the light guide member, comes into contact with the retaining member, and protrudes from the light guide member toward the retaining member; and a reader member receiving the light from the radiation position so as to read an image thereof. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090231238 | Plasma display device - A plasma display device includes a plasma display module having a plasma display panel provided with a plurality of parallel electrodes, a circuit board for applying a voltage to the electrodes, and a chassis conductor configured to hold the plasma display panel and to which a ground of a circuit board is coupled, and further includes a cylindrical conductor portion configured to surround the plasma display module. | 09-17-2009 |
20090237907 | Plasma display device - A plasma display device capable of reducing an electromagnetic interference wave due to a driving current flowing in a plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having electrodes that are parallel to each other, a driver circuit board for applying a voltage to the electrodes, a chassis conductor holding the plasma display panel and to which a ground of the driver circuit board is connected, and a first additional conductor plate provided to the chassis conductor via an insulating layer and to which grounds of at least one circuit board in circuit boards other than the driver circuit board are attached. | 09-24-2009 |
20090251390 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device including a plasma display panel having electrodes through which a driving current flows; a chassis conductor holding the plasma display panel and provided with a return circuit of the driving current; a conductive case enclosing the plasma display panel and the chassis conductor; and a binding portion for binding the chassis conductor and the conductive case to each other and having a connection state different depending upon a frequency of flowing current. The binding portion has a connection state in which an amount of flowing current is less than a half of that in a short-circuited state and a connection state in which the amount is not less than a half of that in a short-circuited state. | 10-08-2009 |
20110201214 | RECEPTACLE STRUCTURE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A receptacle structure includes a housing structure, a terminal insulating board, a first terminal and a second terminal. The housing structure is configured to be mounted on a printed wiring board and to accommodate a plug. The terminal insulating board includes a top face and a bottom face that is opposite to the top face. The terminal insulating board is disposed inside the housing structure with the bottom face facing towards the printed wiring board. The first terminal is connected to the printed wiring board via the first rear connection part and to the terminal insulating board. The second terminal is connected to the printed wiring board via the first front connection part and to the terminal insulating board. The first front connection part has a width narrower than the first rear connection part and is connected to the printed wiring board away from the first rear connection part. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201215 | RECEPTACLE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a receptacle, a ground terminal includes a bottom face connection portion connected to a bottom face of a terminal insulating board and a forward connection portion that is distanced from an opening. A signal terminal includes a top face connection portion connected to a top face on the opposite side of the bottom face connection portion and a rearward connection portion that is provided closer to the opening than the forward connection portion. | 08-18-2011 |
20110256739 | RECEPTACLE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A receptacle includes a signal terminal, a ground terminal, and a signal terminal. A second portion of the ground terminal is distanced from a first portion of the signal terminal in an extension direction. A third portion of the signal terminal is distanced from the first portion of the signal terminal in the extension direction. | 10-20-2011 |