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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Kosugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Kosugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data reader includes a memory board provided to a removable member and a reading member including a reading terminal. The memory board includes a positioning opening, a ground terminal provided to the positioning opening, and a contact terminal. The reading member includes an engagement projection that fits in the positioning opening and is disposed adjacent and parallel to the reading terminal. The engagement projection includes a uniform diameter portion, a tapered portion extending from the uniform diameter portion, and an apparatus-side ground terminal to contact the ground terminal of the memory board when the engagement projection fits in the positioning opening. The apparatus-side ground terminal includes a portion projecting laterally from the uniform diameter portion from an end of the uniform diameter portion toward a reading member base and an extended portion at the end of the uniform diameter portion, covered with the tapered portion.