Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Sugita
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including an apparatus main body having a contact, and an electric component unit mountable and dismountable with respect to the apparatus main body, and wherein the electric component unit has a circuit substrate, and a contact electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and further including a guide portion for guiding a movement of the electric component unit when the electric component unit is mounted to the apparatus main body, and further wherein, when the electric component unit is mounted to the apparatus main body, the contact of the electric component unit is electrically connected to the contact of the apparatus main body by guiding the movement of the electric component unit by means of the guide portion.
Claims26
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body having a contact;
- and
- an electric component unit mountable and dismountable with respect to said apparatus main body;
- and wherein
- said electric component unit has a circuit substrate, and a contact electrically connected to said circuit substrate;
- and further comprising:
- guide means for guiding a movement of said electric component unit when said electric component unit is mounted to said apparatus main body;
- and further wherein
- when said electric component unit is mounted to said apparatus main body, said contact of said electric component unit is electrically connected to said contact of said apparatus main body by guiding the movement of said electric component unit by means of said guide means.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body having a contact;
- and
- an electric component unit mountable and dismountable with respect to said apparatus main body;
- and wherein
- said electric component unit has a circuit substrate, and a plurality of contacts electrically connected to said circuit substrate;
- and further comprising:
- connecting means for electrically connecting said plurality of contacts of said electric component unit to said contact of said apparatus main body at the same timing.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body;
- and
- an electric component unit mountable and dismountable with respect to said apparatus main body;
- and wherein
- said electric component unit has a plurality of laminated circuit substrates, and a frame including therein said circuit substrates, and said frame can be divided in a laminating direction of said plurality of circuit substrates, and, between at least two circuit substrate, said contacts of said circuits are released when said frame is divided and said contacts of said circuits are formed when said frame is assembled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.