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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaki-shi, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Matsuno, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device and image forming apparatus include a main body and an attachment unit. The main body includes a main-body side connector. The attachment unit includes a unit-side connector connectable with the main-body side connector and is mounted detachably on the main body. The main body includes a static electricity prevention member and a biasing member. The static electricity prevention member is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position. The static electricity prevention member partially or completely covers an outer periphery of a terminal of the main-body side connector at the first position and exposes this terminal at the second position. The attachment unit presses the static electricity prevention member from the first position to the second position against a biasing force applied by the biasing member, such that the main-body side connector is connected with the unit-side connector.