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US 2022/0283528 A1Published application
Conduction mechanism and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSHOHTAROH OKAMOTO
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Abstract
A conduction mechanism includes: a conductive bearing that rotatably supports a rotary shaft; a non-conductive axial positioner that has a cylinder externally fitted to the bearing; and a contact terminal attached to an outer circumferential surface side of the cylinder. The cylinder has a slit, and the contact terminal has an abutment piece that is exposed to an inner circumferential surface side of the cylinder from the slit and abuts an outer circumferential surface of the bearing.
Claims9
A conduction mechanism that electrically connects a contact terminal to a rotary shaft, the conduction mechanism comprising:
- a conductive bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft;
- a non-conductive axial positioner that has a cylinder externally fitted to the bearing;
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- the contact terminal that is attached to an outer circumferential surface side of the cylinder, wherein
- the axial positioner has a slit that is formed in the cylinder, and
- the contact terminal has an abutment piece that is exposed to an inner circumferential surface side of the cylinder from the slit and abuts an outer circumferential surface of the bearing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.