发明名称 REPLACEABLE UNIT FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING POSITIONING FEATURES FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
摘要 A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an electrical contact positioned on a first side of a housing of the replaceable unit for contacting an electrical contact in the image forming device. A guide on the first side of the housing is positioned closer to a front of the housing than the electrical contact and leads rearward toward the electrical contact. The guide includes an inside surface that faces inward sideways toward a second side of the housing. At least a portion of the inside surface is angled inward sideways from front to rear permitting contact between the inside surface and an electrical connector in the image forming device to draw the electrical connector in the image forming device inward sideways relative to the replaceable unit during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device.
申请公布号 US2017075294(A1) 申请公布日期 2017.03.16
申请号 US201615285932 申请日期 2016.10.05
申请人 LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 发明人 PAYNE JEREMY KEITH;TRIPLETT EDWARD LYNN
分类号 G03G21/16;G03G15/08 主分类号 G03G21/16
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear positioned between a first side and a second side of the housing, the housing has a reservoir for holding toner; an electrical contact on the first side of the housing for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device, the electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry mounted on the housing; and a guide on the first side of the housing positioned closer to the front of the housing than the electrical contact is to the front of the housing, the guide leads rearward toward the electrical contact, the guide includes an inside surface that faces inward sideways toward the second side of the housing, the inside surface is unobstructed permitting the inside surface to contact an electrical connector in the image forming device during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device, at least a portion of the inside surface is angled inward sideways in a direction from the front to the rear permitting contact between the inside surface and the electrical connector in the image forming device to draw the electrical connector in the image forming device inward sideways relative to the replaceable unit during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device with the front of the housing leading.
地址 Lexington KY US