Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling structure for a developing roller of an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17792179Application Date: 2020-04-24
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Publication No.: US11698599B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Gabriel S. McDaniel , Justin Pettingill , Jeffrey H. Luke
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2020/029711 2020.04.24
- International Announcement: WO2021/216080A 2021.10.28
- Date entered country: 2022-07-12
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; F16D1/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/18 ; F16D7/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a development cartridge having a developing roller. The developing roller includes a roller body, and a shaft to pass through a central axis of the roller body. A coupling structure is disposed at an end part of the shaft, is movable from a first position to a second position, and includes a first coupling piece and a second coupling piece. Positions of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece are maintained with respect to one another by a static frictional force between surfaces of the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece to hold the coupling structure in the first position. When a predetermined force overcomes the static frictional force, the first coupling piece and the second coupling piece disengage from one another to allow the coupling structure to move from the first position to the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230077968A1 COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR A DEVELOPING ROLLER OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-03-16
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