US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Nov. 3 for "Scanning optical device including light-shielding wall for shielding stray lights, and image forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,840, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Scanning optical device including light-shielding wall for shielding stray lights, and image forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Naoya Higashihara (Toyoake, Japan), Junichi Yokoi (Nagoya, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ominato (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning optical device includes: a first light source device configured to emit a first beam; a second light source device configured to emit a second beam; a deflector configured to deflect the first beam and the second beam; a first scanning optical system including a first scanni...