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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Mark Amann, Lexington, KY (US);
James Anthany Carter, Ii, Lexington, KY (US);
Katrina Rosit Lactuan, Cebu City, PH;
Matthew Jeremy Litman, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Lee Rogers, Lexington, KY (US);
Keith Seaman, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Amann, Lexington, KY (US);
James Anthany Carter, II, Lexington, KY (US);
Katrina Rosit Lactuan, Cebu City, PH;
Matthew Jeremy Litman, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Lee Rogers, Lexington, KY (US);
Keith Seaman, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A toner cartridge for an imaging forming device having a retainer for holding a circuit board having processing circuitry with a plurality of contacts. A reference datum point in the retainer aligns the circuit board with the retainer while an alignment device aligns the retainer with respect to the supply item that is inserted into a frame within the image forming device having an electrical connector with a plurality of connecting pins. When the retainer and circuit board are mounted on the supply item and the supply item is inserted into the frame, a pair of cam surfaces and a corresponding pair of supports spaced apart and extending from an outer surface of the housing, align the connector with the retainer with the retainer aligning the connecting pins of the connector with corresponding contacts of the circuit board for electrical interconnection therebetween.