US 12,235,440 B2
Movable apparatus
Mizuki Shinkawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/639,340
Filed by Mizuki Shinkawa, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/038498
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075403, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-190737 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2019; application No. 2019-190738 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2019; and application No. 2020-045695 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326512 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 26/08 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 26/105 (2013.01) [B81B 3/0043 (2013.01); G02B 26/0858 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01); B81B 2201/042 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A movable apparatus comprising:
a movable unit including a mirror configured to reflect light;
a support portion including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the movable unit, and the support portion configured to swingably support the movable unit; and
a fixed unit connected to the second end of the support portion,
wherein the support portion includes:
a plurality of beam units including more than two beam units; and
at least one connection unit connecting adjacent beam units of the plurality of beam units,
wherein among the plurality of beam units including more than two beam units, lengths of the plurality of beam units gradually decrease from the movable unit to the fixed unit.