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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1825 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 21/186 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1606 (2013.01); G03G 2221/163 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example process cartridge includes a developing unit, a photosensitive unit, and a hinge to connect the developing unit to the photosensitive unit to be pivotable between a direction in which a developing roller approaches a photosensitive drum and a direction in which the developing roller separates from the photosensitive drum. The hinge includes a driving-side hinge to connect driving ends of the photosensitive unit and the developing unit to be pivotable. The driving-side hinge has a spacing.