US 12,187,050 B2
Printing apparatus
Koki Hasegawa, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,893.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-037852 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286307 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/02 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/02 (2013.01) [H05K 9/0007 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a motor;
a transport mechanism that transports a medium by virtue of power generated by the motor;
a printing mechanism that prints an image on the medium being transported by the transport mechanism;
a print processor that controls the motor, the transport mechanism, and the printing mechanism;
a connector to which a cable for communicating with an external apparatus is coupled;
a substrate that transmits a signal received via the connector to the print processor, the print processor and the connector being mounted on the substrate;
a first metal plate that separates the substrate from the motor;
a second metal plate disposed above the substrate, the second metal plate having a through-hole;
a third metal plate;
a fourth metal plate;
a fifth metal plate; and
a sixth metal plate,
the first metal plate to the sixth metal plate surrounding the substrate,
the cable being coupled to the connector via the through-hole,
the through-hole being covered with a metal cover.