Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cover unit, electronic device, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 盖单元,电子设备和图像形成设备
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Application No.: US12728360Application Date: 2010-03-22
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Publication No.: US07920373B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Mitsuya Matsubara
- Applicant: Mitsuya Matsubara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2009-076267 20090326
- Main IPC: H05K5/00
- IPC: H05K5/00 ; H05K7/00

Abstract:
A cover unit to open and close an opening formed in a main body includes a cover including a hinged first end portion, a second end portion including an engagement portion provided on a side facing the opening, and a deformable portion deformable toward the main body, provided in the second end portion, a rotation stopper disposed between the cover and the opening, to inhibit the cover from rotating excessively, and a push latch unit disposed in the main body to lock and unlock the cover, including an engagement pawl to contact the engagement portion of the cover when the rotation stopper prohibits the cover from rotating further to the main body. When the second end portion is pressed while the rotation stopper prohibits the cover from rotating, the engagement portion of the cover is engaged or disengaged from the engagement pawl of the push latch unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100246109A1 Cover Unit, Electronic Device, And Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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