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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Osamu Uto, Ebina, JP;
Tetsuo Ishizuka, Ebina, JP;
Fumio Furusawa, Ebina, JP;
Shiroh Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Osamu Uto, Ebina, JP;
Tetsuo Ishizuka, Ebina, JP;
Fumio Furusawa, Ebina, JP;
Shiroh Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main unit and a process cartridge including: an image holding member rotating about a rotation axis; an image developing device to develop a latent image on the image holding member; and a supporting member formed with a side face spreading in a direction of the rotation axis to support the image holding member and the image developing device and be moved in the direction to be attached/detached to/from the main unit. The main unit includes a main unit connector positioned adjacently to a side face of the supporting member of the process cartridge attached to the main unit such that a face mating with a counterpart connector faces the side face. The process cartridge includes on the side face a cartridge side connector electrically connected to the main unit side connector when the process cartridge is attached to the main unit.