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US 10,471,737 B2Granted
Transmissions with retention noses
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAsa Weiss
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Abstract
In an example, a transmission may include a driven gear attached to a module housing of the imaging module. Further, the transmission may include a retention nose fixed or attached to the module housing. The retention nose may engage with a retention shelf of a drive housing and may retain the module housing to the drive housing such that the driven gear is operably engaged with a drive gear attached to the drive housing.
Claims19
A module housing for an imaging module, comprising:
- a drive gear disposed in the module housing;
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- a retention nose fixed to the module housing and extending from the module housing in an engagement direction adjacent the driven gear and over an exposed portion of the driven gear.
An imaging module, comprising:
- a module housing to engage with a drive housing having a drive gear;
- a transmission having a driven gear disposed in the module housing and
- a retention nose extending in an arc from the module housing over an exposed portion of the driven gear.
An imaging device, comprising:
- a printer having a module bay;
- a printer transmission having a drive gear;
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- an imaging module to detachably engage with the module bay, the imaging module comprising:
- a module housing having a retention nose extending from the module housing and
- a driven gear disposed within the module housing to engage with and be driven by the drive gear,
- wherein the retention nose extents over an exposed portion of the driven gear and is to engage with a retention shelf of the primer transmission upon the imaging module being engaged with the module bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.