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Patent No.:

US 8977158 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2011

Electrical connecting mechanism, image forming apparatus and optional device

Applicant:

Takeshi Marumoto, Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Takeshi Marumoto, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Dilworth & Barrese, LLP.

Primary Examiner:

Clayton E Laballe

Assistant Examiner:

Jas Sanghera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/44 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0083 (2013.01); B65H 3/44 (2013.01); G03G 15/5004 (2013.01); G03G 21/1867 (2013.01); H04N 1/00885 (2013.01); H04N 1/00899 (2013.01); H04N 1/00904 (2013.01); H04N 1/00907 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); B65H 2402/10 (2013.01); B65H 2402/62 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2221/166 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrical connecting mechanism includes: a first connector disposed at an apparatus main body; a second connector disposed at an optional device, a power feed switch disposed at one among the apparatus main body and the optional device and capable of switching between a connected state and an unconnected state; and an operation element that is disposed in the other one among the apparatus main body and the optional device, and causes a state in which power can be supplied from the apparatus main body to the optional device to be entered by changing the power feed switch to the connected state, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Marumoto, Takeshi. (2015). Electrical connecting mechanism, image forming apparatus and optional device (U.S. Patent No. 8977158). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8977158

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