Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including optical scanning device

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PATENT NO 11997241
APP PUB NO 20220385782A1
SERIAL NO

17720052

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An optical scanning device includes a housing and an fθ lens accommodated in the housing. The housing has a bottom surface, and side walls erected from a bottom surface and surrounding the bottom surface along a perimeter thereof. One side wall of the side walls has, on an outer surface thereof, one or more positioners that position the optical scanning device relative to an image forming apparatus main body. The bottom surface has one or more first bottom surface ribs extending from the positioners toward the fθ lens in an oblique direction with respect to the side wall having the positioners in a plan view.

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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAABENO-KU OSAKA-SHI 22-22 NAGAIKE-CHO OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goi, Hiroaki Sakai, JP 2 0
Nakao, Atsuo Sakai, JP 28 13
Sato, Hidenori Sakai, JP 115 1210
Yamamoto, Hiroshi Sakai, JP 1032 14677

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