A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotation unit. The rotation unit includes a rotor hub, an annular body, and a clamp. The rotor hub is mounted with a first magnet opposite to the stator. The annular body is supported on an outer circumferential portion of the rotor hub. The clamp is directly or indirectly fixed to the rotor hub farther radially inside than the annular body, and presses the annular body to an axially lower side. The rotor hub includes a flange that expands radially outside from at least a portion excluding an upper end portion. On a surface of the clamp, a pattern to be detected to detect rotation of the rotation unit positioned in a circumferential direction with the central axis as the center is provided. The annular body is sandwiched between the flange and the clamp in an axial direction.

A mounting assembly for mounting a mirror to a frame in a laser scanning unit of an electrophotographic image forming device includes a bracket attached between the frame and the mirror. The bracket includes a body having a first surface and a second surface transverse to the first surface. A first set of protrusions extends from the first surface for defining a first gap between the frame and the bracket that limits adhesive thickness therebetween when the first surface of the bracket is adhesively attached to the frame. A second set of protrusions extends form the second surface for defining a second gap between the mirror and the bracket that limits adhesive thickness therebetween when the second surface of the bracket is adhesively attached to the mirror.

An apparatus, for example, the imager of a printer is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an elongate member including an optical element. At least one bearing supports the member to allow rotation about a lengthwise axis of the member. An actuator comprises a plurality of load sharing motors to apply torque to the member at a plurality of locations, the locations being spaced apart along the length of the member.

A light control system includes an optical reflection element and a controller. The optical reflection element includes: a reflector; and a first swing portion and a second swing portion disposed at respective one of positions sandwiching the reflector. Each of the first swing portion and the second swing portion includes: a first connection portion coupled to the reflector; a first vibration portion; a second vibration portion; a first drive portion; a second drive portion; and a second connection portion that connects the first and second vibration portions to a base. The controller causes the first and second drive portions of the first swing portion to vibrate in the same phase, and causes the first and second drive portions of the second swing portion to vibrate in the same phase but in the opposite phase to the first swing portion.

A system and method for scanning of coherent LIDAR. The system includes a motor, a laser source configured to generate an optical beam, and a deflector. A first facet of the plurality of facets has a facet normal direction. The deflector is coupled to the motor and is configured to rotate about a rotation axis to deflect the optical beam from the laser source. The laser source is configured to direct the optical beam such that the optical beam is incident on the deflector at a first incident angle in a first plane, wherein the first plane includes the rotation axis, wherein the first incident angle is spaced apart from the facet normal direction for the first facet. A second facet of the plurality of facets includes an optical element configured to deflect the optical beam at the first incident angle into a deflected angle.

A scanning optical device includes a scanning lens, a deflector, and a frame configured to support the scanning lens and the deflector. The deflector includes a substrate, a motor fixed to the substrate, and a polygonal mirror rotary driven by the motor. The scanning lens is arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in a main scanning direction of the deflector. The frame includes a supporting part configured to support the scanning lens. The supporting part is located such that the substrate and at least a portion of the supporting part overlap when viewed in a rotation axis direction of the motor.

An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light source units and a casing of the optical scanning device. The plurality of light source units includes a light source and a holder for holding the light source, respectively. The casing includes a plurality of mounting surfaces for holding a cylindrical portion of the holder. Each of the holders includes two projecting portions at one end portion of the holder with respect to a direction of a central axis of the cylindrical portion, perpendicular to the central axis of the cylindrical portion and extending in a direction away from the central axis each other when viewing the light source unit in the axial direction of the central axis, the projecting portions being provided with a U-shaped cut-way portion, respectively.

A system and method for scanning of coherent LIDAR. The system includes a motor, a laser source configured to generate an optical beam, and a deflector. A first facet of the plurality of facets has a facet normal direction. The deflector is coupled to the motor and is configured to rotate about a rotation axis to deflect the optical beam from the laser source. The laser source is configured to direct the optical beam such that the optical beam is incident on the deflector at a first incident angle in a first plane, wherein the first plane includes the rotation axis, wherein the first incident angle is spaced apart from the facet normal direction for the first facet. A second facet of the plurality of facets includes an optical element configured to deflect the optical beam at the first incident angle into a deflected angle.

A system and method for scanning of coherent LIDAR. The system includes a motor, a laser source configured to generate an optical beam, and a deflector. A first facet of the plurality of facets has a facet normal direction. The deflector is coupled to the motor and is configured to rotate about a rotation axis to deflect the optical beam from the laser source. The laser source is configured to direct the optical beam such that the optical beam is incident on the deflector at a first incident angle in a first plane, wherein the first plane includes the rotation axis, wherein the first incident angle is spaced apart from the facet normal direction for the first facet. A second facet of the plurality of facets includes an optical element configured to deflect the optical beam at the first incident angle into a deflected angle.

Various arrangements and methods are disclosed for forming one or more perforations on a substrate surface using a laser system, at least one rotating polygon mirror, and at least one other movable mirror. A rotating polygon mirror may be used to define a plurality of perforations in a row set or band on a substrate surface by incrementing (e.g., moving) a first mirror between a plurality of fixed (e.g., pointing) positions. A rotating polygon mirror may be used to define a plurality of perforations in a row set or band on a substrate using a first mirror that is maintained in a fixed (e.g., pointing) position. A first rotating polygon mirror and a second rotating polygon mirror may be used to define a plurality of perforations in a row set or band on a substrate surface, where the first and second polygon mirrors are used to define an extent of a given perforation in two dimensions on the substrate.