US Patent 7286273 Light deflecting device

An object of the present invention is to provide an optical deflecting device capable of suppressing undesirable vibrations of an optical deflecting element such as a mirror and allowing a plurality of optical deflecting elements to be easily arranged. The optical deflecting device is characterized in that the device has: a moving body 21 having at least two optical deflecting elements 1,31 held to face each other; supporting means having a first supporting member 32 pivot-connected to the moving body 21 between the two optical deflecting elements 1,31, so as to support the moving body 21 to a stationary body 22 such that the moving body 21 is tiltable around at least a first axis; and first driving means 26, 27, 41, 43 for driving the moving body 21 around the first axis.