Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical connector assembly for an image forming device
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Application No.: US17942585Application Date: 2022-09-12
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Publication No.: US11762327B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Virgil Johnson, Jr. , Darren Adam Keese , James Richard Leemhuis
- Applicant: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An assembly for an image forming device includes an access door movable between an open position permitting replacement of a replaceable unit and a closed position. An electrical connector in the image forming device is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the electrical connector is disengaged from a corresponding electrical connector of the replaceable unit when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device. In the extended position the electrical connector is engaged with the corresponding electrical connector of the replaceable unit. The electrical connector is operatively connected to the access door such that movement of the access door from the closed to the open position moves the electrical connector from the extended to the retracted position and movement of the access door from the open to the closed position moves the electrical connector from the retracted to the extended position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230004117A1 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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