Electrical connecting member and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorKiyonori YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
An electrical connecting member electrically connects between two conductive members comprising. The electrical connecting member includes a coil spring part formed by winding a wire around a coil axis. The electrical connecting member comes into contact with one of the conductive members with elastic force in a circumferential direction around the coil axis and comes in contact with the other of the conductive members with elastic force in an axial direction of the coil axis so that the conductive members are electrically connected.
Claims7
An electrical connecting member electrically connecting between two conductive members, the electrical connecting member comprising:
- a coil spring part formed by winding a wire around a coil axis,
- wherein the electrical connecting member comes into contact with one of the conductive members with elastic force in a circumferential direction around the coil axis and comes in contact with the other of the conductive members with elastic force in an axial direction of the coil axis so that the conductive members are electrically connected.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a drum unit to which an image carrier is rotatably supported around a rotating shaft;
- a supporting plate to which the drum unit is detachably attached;
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- an electrical connecting member which electrically connects between the rotating shaft and the supporting plate,
- wherein the electrical connecting member includes a coil spring part formed by winding a wire around a coil axis,
- wherein the electrical connecting member comes in contact with the rotating shaft with elastic force in a circumferential direction around the coil axis and comes in contact with the supporting plate with elastic force in an axial direction of the coil axis so that the rotating shaft and the supporting plate are electrically connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.