US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,842, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Shingo Yoshida (Osaka, Japan) and Kenichiro Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device (12) includes a casing (12a), a transmissive member (52), a linear member (54), a drive portion (55), guide rails (61), a pair of cleaning holders (511), a cleaning member (53), a detecting portion (56), and a control section (90). The control section (90) controls driving of the drive portion (55). The control section (90) performs contro...