Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17391148Application Date: 2021-08-02
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Publication No.: US11509783B2Publication Date: 2022-11-22
- Inventor: Kozo Toda
- 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: JPJP2019-018771 20190205
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; G06F3/02

Abstract:
A numerical key unit 70 mounted in a mounting portion 12 of an image forming apparatus 1 and card reader of inputting information to the image forming apparatus 1 includes a casing 71 mounted on the mounting portion 12, an operating key 100 comprised of a hardware key capable of inputting information on a numerical value, a substrate 73 provided inside the casing 71, a main assembly-side cable 76 connected to a connector 85 mounted on the substrate 73 and electrically connecting the image forming apparatus 1 and the numerical key unit 70, and a first opening 71a through which the main assembly-side cable 76 is inserted. The first opening 71a is provided on a bottom of the casing 71 so that in a thickness direction of the substrate 73, the main assembly-side cable 76 is exposed to an outside of the casing 71 from a surface on a side opposite from a surface where the operating key 100 is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210360114A1 INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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