Connector member
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSasuke Endo
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Abstract
A connector member connectable to a heating unit inside a heating roller of a fixing device includes a cover having a recess into which an end of a substrate of the heating unit in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the heating roller can be inserted, and an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including a contact portion on one side of the recess and to be in contact with a contact point on the substrate, and a connecting portion to which a conducting wire for receiving electric power is connected and located on the other side of the recess.
Claims20
A connector member connectable to a heating unit of a fixing device, the connector member comprising:
- a cover having a recess into which the heating unit can be inserted;
- and
- an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including:
- a contact portion on a first side of the energizing terminal to contact a contact point on the heating unit in the recess;
- and
- a connecting portion on a second side of the energizing terminal opposite to the first side in the recess, the connecting portion being connected to a conducting wire for receiving electric power, wherein
- the energizing terminal is formed to contact the heating unit in the recess only on the first side thereof and not contact any member of the heating unit and any member coupled to and directly contacting the heating unit in the recess on the second side thereof.
A fixing device, comprising:
- a heating roller including a heating unit and configured to rotate about a rotation axis;
- and
- a connector member connected to the heating unit and including:
- a cover having a recess into which the heating unit is inserted;
- and
- an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including:
- a contact portion on a first side of the energizing terminal to contact a contact point on the heating unit in the recess;
- and
- a connecting portion on a second side of the energizing terminal opposite to the first side in the recess, the connecting portion being connected to a conducting wire for receiving electric power, wherein
- the energizing terminal contacts the heating unit in the recess only on the first side thereof and does not contact any member of the heating unit and any member coupled to and directly contacting the heating unit in the recess on the second side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.