Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical connector, heater, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17197694Application Date: 2021-03-10
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Publication No.: US11314192B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Daisuke Inoue , Yuusuke Furuichi
- Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-070459 20200409
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00 ; H05B3/06
Abstract:
An electrical connector includes a power feeding portion and a powered portion that contacts the power feeding portion. At least one of the power feeding portion and the powered portion includes a surface layer, a primary coat layer, and an exposed portion. The surface layer is made of a first conductive metal and includes a contact portion where the power feeding portion contacts the powered portion. The primary coat layer mounts the surface layer and is made of a second conductive metal. The exposed portion is separated from the contact portion and exposed to an atmosphere.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210318655A1 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, HEATER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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