Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Part positioning mechanism and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16628509Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US10996614B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Tatsuo Nishiyama , Tetsuo Furukawa , Shigeo Murayama , Kenji Ninomiya
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-133461 20170707
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/025560 WO 20180705
- International Announcement: WO2019/009367 WO 20190110
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; F16B17/00 ; F16B5/00

Abstract:
The present invention is a part positioning mechanism configured to insert a protruding portion constituting a part of a second sheet metal part into an opening formed in a first sheet metal part. The first contact portion which contacts the first convex portion of the first sheet metal and the second contact portion which contacts the second convex portion of the first sheet metal are disposed to be shifted in an orthogonal direction which intersects orthogonally with the plate thickness direction and an insertion direction for the protruding portion. The edge of the opening of the first sheet metal part has a first edge which is distant from the protruding portion increases from the first convex portion to the second convex portion, and a second edge which is distant from the protruding portion increases from the second convex portion to the first convex portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200183320A1 PART POSITIONING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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