Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical cable connecting apparatus, method for connecting electrical cable, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16041748Application Date: 2018-07-21
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Publication No.: US10310445B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Masahiro Imoto , Yasumasa Morimoto , Toshiki Ohgita
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2011-249647 20111115
- Main IPC: H02G15/18
- IPC: H02G15/18 ; H02G3/32 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus main body (apparatus main body) and an automatic document feeder mounted on the apparatus main body are provided, and a cable-side connector provided at a front end of an electrical cable extending from the automatic document feeder is removably connected to a board-side connector provided on a circuit board of the apparatus main body. In this configuration, an opening portion is provided in a back face of a housing of the apparatus main body at a position opposing the board-side connector, a lid that covers this opening portion is attached to a front end portion of the electrical cable by an attachment member, and this lid is configured so as to be attachable to the opening portion by a hook and fixing by screwing by means of a screw insertion boss.
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