US 12,474,569 B2
Light deflector, analyzer, resin identification system, and distance measurement device
Masami Seto, Osaka (JP); and Masayuki Fujishima, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Masami Seto, Osaka (JP); and Masayuki Fujishima, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,507.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-182635 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2020; and application No. 2021-144079 (JP), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0137398 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); G01N 33/44 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 26/0833 (2013.01) [G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G01N 33/442 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 7/1821 (2013.01); G02B 26/0858 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0636 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light deflector comprising:
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 connecting portion; and
a stopper having one end connected to the first connecting portion and the other end connected to the second connecting portion,
wherein the stopper straddles at least one of the multiple drive beams,
wherein the stopper is wire, and
wherein the stopper is an electrical connection between the first connection portion and the second connection portion.