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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Yasufumi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shouji Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shinshi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasufumi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiro Ohyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shouji Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shinshi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Ueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information storage device installed in a removable device configured to be removably installed in an image forming apparatus body, includes: an information storage unit that stores information communicated between the image forming apparatus body and the removable device; a terminal that comes in contact with a body side terminal; and a substrate that holds the information storage unit and the terminal and includes a hole configured to be engaged with a protruding section installed in the image forming apparatus body. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals each including one of a plurality of metallic plates arranged in a transverse direction thereof. An earth terminal, which comes in contact with a body side earth terminal formed in the protruding section, is formed in the hole. The hole is disposed at a position sandwiched between two metallic plates among the plurality of metallic plates.