US 11,706,361 B2
Image forming apparatus
Tomohiro Wada, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,871.
Application 17/514,871 is a continuation of application No. 17/083,060, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,165,921.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-198964 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210283 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00602 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00204 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a discharge tray;
a housing having an upper surface at which the discharge tray is provided, the housing including:
a top cover arranged at a higher position with respect to the discharge tray;
a first side cover arranged at one end part of the housing; and
a second side cover arranged at another end part of the housing;
a discharging roller pair configured to discharge a sheet, in a discharge direction that is directed from the second side cover toward the first side cover, to the discharge tray, a nip point of the discharging roller pair being arranged at a higher position with respect to a lowest end of the discharge tray;
a main board arranged in the housing; and
a first wireless communication board being connected to the main board, the first wireless communication board being arranged between the second side cover and the discharging roller pair in the discharge direction, the first wireless communication board being arranged under the top cover and between the lowest end of the discharge tray and the nip point of the discharging roller pair in an upper-lower direction, at least a part of the first wireless communication board being arranged at a higher position with respect to the main board.