Apparatus and method for preventing an information storage device from falling from a removable device

摘要

An information storage device installed in a removable device configured to be removably installed in an image forming apparatus body, includes: an information storage unit that stores information communicated between the image forming apparatus body and the removable device; a terminal that comes in contact with a body side terminal; and a substrate that holds the information storage unit and the terminal and includes a hole configured to be engaged with a protruding section installed in the image forming apparatus body. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals each including one of a plurality of metallic plates arranged in a transverse direction thereof. An earth terminal, which comes in contact with a body side earth terminal formed in the protruding section, is formed in the hole. The hole is disposed at a position sandwiched between two metallic plates among the plurality of metallic plates.

主权项

1. An information storage system installed in a removable device that is removably installable in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store information to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus; an opening to receive a protrusion of the image forming apparatus; a ground terminal to contact a ground terminal of the image forming apparatus when the protrusion of the image forming apparatus is inserted through the opening; and a plurality of terminals having a clearance therebetween, the plurality of terminals including a terminal to contact a terminal of the image forming apparatus and transmit the information to the image forming apparatus, the plurality of terminals excluding the ground terminal, wherein the opening is disposed at a position between two of the plurality of terminals of the information storage system.