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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Jouta Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sunohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grounding structure for an endless belt includes: an endless belt including a conductive layer, the endless belt being configured to move; a conductive conducting unit that is in contact with the conductive layer which is exposed at an end surface of the conducting unit in a direction intersecting a moving direction of the endless belt such that the conducting unit is electrically connected to the conductive layer; a pressure contacting unit that brings the conducting unit into pressure contact with the end surface of the conductive layer of the endless belt; and a grounding unit that grounds the conducting unit.