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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a unit including an electrical contact surface, and a main assembly which includes a contact member including first to fourth portions, and a contact portion, and a supporting member. A mounting and dismounting direction of the unit is a first direction. A direction crossing the first direction is a third direction. The supporting member includes an opposite wall opposing a side surface of the unit and being provided with an opening. The contact portion projects in the third direction through the opening toward an electrical contact surface side with respect to the opposite wall in the third direction. The contact member is provided so that the third and fourth portions are present on a side opposite from the electrical contact surface side with respect to the opposite wall. The fourth portion extends toward the third direction as viewed in the first direction.