Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grooved photoconductive drum end cap
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Application No.: US17573989Application Date: 2022-01-12
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Publication No.: US11599056B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Alfred Louis Fahmy , Kyle Benjamin Freels , Jody Evan McCoy
- 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:
A photoconductive drum for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a cylindrical drum member. A shaft defines a rotational axis of the photoconductive drum. An end cap is positioned at an axial end of the drum member. An electrical contact is positioned against an axially inboard side of the end cap. The electrical contact electrically connects the shaft to the drum member. The electrical contact includes a plurality of projections that contact an inner circumferential surface of the drum member. A plurality of grooves are formed in an outer circumferential surface of the end cap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230025282A1 GROOVED PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUM END CAP Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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