Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsuyoshi Ogawa, Tomonori Mori, Daisuke Abe, Noriyuki Komatsu, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Tadayuki Tsuda
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Abstract
A process cartridge mountable in and dismountable from an image forming apparatus includes a frame, a storing portion provided on a mounting surface of the frame and configured to store information on the process cartridge, a projection projecting outwardly of the mounting surface in a direction normal to the mounting surface, and an electrical contact portion mounted on the projection and electrically connected to the storing portion.
Claims10
A process cartridge mountable in and dismountable from an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
- a frame;
- a photosensitive member rotatably supported by the frame;
- a storing portion provided on a mounting surface and configured to store information on the process cartridge;
- a projection formed integrally with the mounting surface and projecting outward in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface;
- and
- an electrical contact portion mounted on the projection and electrically connected to the storing portion,
- wherein the storing portion is disposed different than the projection in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and
- wherein the projection includes a positioning portion protruding from the electrical contact portion in the direction perpendicular to the mounting surface, with the positioning portion being a separate member from the electrical contact portion.
A process cartridge mountable in and dismountable from an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
- a frame;
- a developing member rotatably supported by the frame;
- a storing portion provided on a mounting surface and configured to store information on the process cartridge;
- a projection formed integrally with the mounting surface and projecting outward in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface;
- and
- an electrical contact portion mounted on the projection and electrically connected to the storing portion,
- wherein the storing portion is disposed at a position different from the projection in an axial direction of the developing member, and
- wherein the projection includes a positioning portion protruding from the electrical contact portion in the direction perpendicular to the mounting surface, with the positioning portion being a separate member from the electrical contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.