Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive coupler for a replaceable unit of an electrophotographic image forming device
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Application No.: US17150209Application Date: 2021-01-15
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Publication No.: US11249439B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Brian Lee Hawes
- Applicant: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Agent Justin M. Tromp
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An interface drive coupler for a replaceable unit of an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a first component and a second component coaxial with the first component along a rotational axis of the interface drive coupler. A force receiving portion is positioned on the first component and a force transmitting portion is positioned on the second component. One of the first component and the second component includes a male connector and the other of the first component and the second component includes a female connector that matably receives the male connector. Each of the male connector and the female connector includes a helical thread that extends circumferentially around the rotational axis of the interface drive coupler and that is angled in an operative rotational direction of the interface drive coupler in a direction from the force receiving portion toward the force transmitting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210132541A1 DRIVE COUPLER FOR A REPLACEABLE UNIT OF AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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