US Patent 6995919 F-theta lens and laser scanning unit including the same

An f-theta lens and a laser scanning unit including the same are provided. The f-theta lens for a laser scanning unit includes a lens body that to focus incident light onto a scanning surface, and ribs formed on opposite sides of the lens body to protect the lens body, wherein the ribs have variable heights corresponding to a peak height of the lens body such that the ribs are higher than the peak of the lens body at a convex portion of the lens body and lower than the peak of the lens body at a concave portion of the lens body.