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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Aruga, Abiko, JP;
Hitoshi Iwai, Abiko, JP;
Shinichiro Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Momoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Ishidate, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Tamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Shinichiro Kaikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a drum unit, an optical print head, a moving mechanism, a moving mechanism supporting member, a main assembly, a flexible flat cable, a first cover portion made of a resin material and provided in the supporting member so as to cover a first portion of a cutting plane of the opening, the first portion opposing one surface of the flexible flat cable, and a second cover portion made of a resin material and provided in the supporting member so as to cover a second portion of the cutting plane of the opening, the second portion opposing the other surface of the flexible flat cable.