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US 10,254,703 B2Granted
Cable fixing mechanism and image forming apparatus therewith
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorNaoto Miyakoshi
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Abstract
A cable fixing mechanism has a guide member and a conductive member, and permits a flexible cable to be fixed that is formed in the shape of a strip with a plurality of conductive wires arranged parallel to one another inside a cover member. The guide member has a guide surface facing one face of the flexible cable, and is fixed to a frame made of metal. The conductive member is flexible, is fixed to the guide member to face the guide surface, and is in contact with the frame. By the restoring force of the conductive member elastically deformed when fixed to the guide member, the flexible cable is held between the conductive member and the guide surface.
Claims11
A cable fixing mechanism comprising:
- a guide member having a guide surface facing one face of a flexible cable which is formed in a shape of a strip with a plurality of conductive wires arranged parallel to one another inside a cover member, the guide member being fixed to a frame made of metal;
- and
- a conductive member that is flexible, the conductive member being fixed to the guide member so as to face the guide surface and being in contact with the frame, wherein
- by a restoring force of the conducive member which is elastically deformed when fixed to the guide member, the flexible cable is held between the conductive member and the guide surface,
- the conductive member has:
- a pressing portion in contact with substantially an entire area of the flexible cable in a width direction thereof;
- and
- a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion respectively protruding from opposite edges of the pressing portion in the width direction of the flexible cable, the first and second engaging portions engaging with the guide member, and
- as a result of at least one of the first and second engaging portions being elastically deformed, a restoring force acts on the pressing portion in a direction approaching the guide surface, and
- the first engaging portion has a tip end part thereof bent to have an acute angle toward a side opposite from the guide surface, and is inserted, starting with the bent part, into an engaging hole formed in the guide member.
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A cable fixing mechanism comprising:
- a guide member having a guide surface facing one face of a flexible cable which is formed in a shape of a strip with a plurality of conductive wires arranged parallel to one another inside a cover member, the guide member being fixed to a frame made of metal;
- and
- a conductive member that is flexible, the conductive member being fixed to the guide member so as to face the guide surface and being in contact with the frame, wherein
- by a restoring force of the conducive member which is elastically deformed when fixed to the guide member, the flexible cable is held between the conductive member and the guide surface,
- the conductive member has:
- a pressing portion in contact with substantially an entire area of the flexible cable in a width direction thereof;
- and
- a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion respectively protruding from opposite edges of the pressing portion in the width direction of the flexible cable, the first and second engaging portions engaging with the guide member, and
- as a result of at least one of the first and second engaging portions being elastically deformed, a restoring force acts on the pressing portion in a direction approaching the guide surface, and
- at a tip end of the second engaging portion, a conductive piece is continuously formed which is put in pressed contact with the frame by elastic deformation when the conductive member is fixed to the guide member.
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A cable fixing mechanism comprising:
- a guide member having a guide surface facing one face of a flexible cable which is formed in a shape of a strip with a plurality of conductive wires arranged parallel to one another inside a cover member, the guide member being fixed to a frame made of metal;
- and
- a conductive member that is flexible, the conductive member being fixed to the guide member so as to face the guide surface and being in contact with the frame, wherein
- by a restoring force of the conducive member which is elastically deformed when fixed to the guide member, the flexible cable is held between the conductive member and the guide surface,
- the conductive member has a curved portion, which is convex toward the guide surface, formed to extend along the flexible cable in a width direction thereof, and
- in the guide surface, a concavity is formed at a position facing the curved portion along the flexible cable in the width direction thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.