Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 耦合部分,感光鼓,处理盒和电子照相成像设备
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Application No.: US12271415Application Date: 2008-11-14
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Publication No.: US07660545B2Publication Date: 2010-02-09
- Inventor: Shinya Noda , Shinichi Sasaki , Akihiro Toma , Isao Ikemoto , Kazushi Watanabe , Akira Higeta
- Applicant: Shinya Noda , Shinichi Sasaki , Akihiro Toma , Isao Ikemoto , Kazushi Watanabe , Akira Higeta
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP7-067796 19950327; JP8-064105 19960321; JP8-277530 19960926; JP8-356297 19961224; JP9-269320 19970916
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact
Public/Granted literature
- US20090074452A1 COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-03-19
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