Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens array unit, image sensor unit, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing lens array unit
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Application No.: US17114255Application Date: 2020-12-07
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Publication No.: US11265437B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Hiroki Wakayama
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JPJP2019-224282 20191212
- Main IPC: H04N1/024
- IPC: H04N1/024 ; G03G15/22 ; B29D11/00 ; H04N1/10 ; G02B3/00 ; G03G15/04 ; H04N1/031 ; B29L11/00
Abstract:
A lens array unit includes a lens array including a plurality of lenses, a first side plate, and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate being configured to hold the plurality of lenses therebetween, and a frame made of resin and including a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, the first supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the first side plate, the second supporting portion being in contact with an outside surface of the second side plate, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion being configured to hold the lens array therebetween and support the lens array. The outside surface of the first side plate includes a plurality of first concave portions spaced from each other in an array direction of the lenses and configured to fit with the first supporting portion.
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