Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Terminal contact structure for removable body and image forming apparatus having the same
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Application No.: US15903378Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US10281874B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Kohyu Shigemori , Tsutomu Komiyama , Kaoru Matsushita
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-049933 20170315
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18

Abstract:
A terminal contact structure includes a first terminal provided on a removable body; a second terminal provided on an apparatus body in which the removable body is inserted, the second terminal not being in contact with the first terminal when the removable body is in a removable state, the second terminal being in contact with the first terminal when the removable body is in a fixed state; and a guide member provided on the apparatus body and having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface guiding the first terminal in an insertion direction in which the removable body is inserted, the second surface guiding the second terminal in a contact direction in which the second terminal comes into contact with the first terminal, the contact direction being a crossing direction that crosses the insertion direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180267460A1 TERMINAL CONTACT STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
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