- Patent Title: Developing cartridge including developing roller at one end of developing frame and terminal at another end of developing frame, and memory electrically connected to terminal
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Application No.: US15429405Application Date: 2017-02-10
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Publication No.: US10281867B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Masahiro Ishii , Fumio Morita
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2007-040029 20070220; JP2007-122706 20070507
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer cartridge according to one aspect described herein is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170153594A1 Image Forming Device, Process Cartridge, and Developer Cartridge Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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