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US 10,649,386 B2Granted
Driving device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiko Fuse
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Abstract
A driving device includes a motor; a stay supporting the motor; a gear configured to receive a driving force from the motor; and a supporting shaft rotatably supporting the gear, the supporting shaft being supported by the stay. The supporting shaft stands at a side of the stay opposite from a side thereof where the stay supports the motor. The stay supports the motor in a first region and supports the supporting shaft in a second region offset from the first region in a direction of being away from the motor.
Claims11
A driving device comprising:
- a motor including a driving shaft;
- a stay supporting the motor;
- a gear configured to receive a driving force from the motor;
- and
- a supporting shaft rotatably supporting the gear, the supporting shaft being fixed to the stay,
- wherein the motor is fixed on a first surface of the stay, and
- the supporting shaft extends from a second surface, opposite from the first surface, of the stay,
- wherein the stay comprises a first region where the motor is fixed and a second region being away from the first region in an extending direction of the driving shaft,
- wherein the driving shaft penetrates the second region of the stay in the extending direction, and the supporting shaft is fixed to the second region.
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A driving device comprising:
- a motor;
- a first metal plate supporting said motor and including a first surface where said first metal plate supports said motor and a second surface opposite from said first surface;
- a second metal plate provided on the second surface;
- a gear configured to receive a driving force from said motor;
- and
- a supporting shaft rotatably supporting said gear, said supporting shaft being supported by said second metal plate,
- wherein a driving shaft of said motor penetrates said first metal plate in an extending direction of said driving shaft;
- wherein said first metal plate is provided with a hole for permitting penetration of said supporting shaft through the hole, and
- wherein said first metal plate supports said motor in a first region and is provided with the hole in a second region, and said first metal plate in the second region is away from said first metal plate in the first region in the extending direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.