Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17720874Application Date: 2022-04-14
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Publication No.: US11644786B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Yuki Kurosu , Yuichi Tanabe
- 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: JP 2021073856 2021.04.26 JP 2022036137 2022.03.09
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a driving unit including a driving source, a drive gear, a first support member that holds the driving source and includes a first support portion that supports one end portion of a rotation shaft of the drive gear, and a second support member that includes a second support portion that supports another end portion of the rotating shaft. The first support member includes a fastening hole disposed in a projection plane obtained by projecting the second support portion in the rotation axis direction of the drive gear. The second support member is disposed upstream of the first support member in a fastening direction, and includes a mounting portion extending so as to be in contact with the first support portion in the projection plane, the mounting portion including an attachment hole, the attachment hole being disposed at a position overlapping the fastening hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220342356A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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