US 11,876,938 B2
Image forming apparatus having a cable protected by a reinforcing member
Yusaku Makino, Chiba (JP); Hirohisa Sawada, Saitama (JP); and Shingo Hattori, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,845.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030363 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279078 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/0083 (2013.01) [G03G 15/50 (2013.01); H04N 1/00496 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/00907 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first housing including an image forming unit configured to perform image formation on a sheet;
an operation unit including a display panel configured to display information and a second housing different from the first housing, disposed to be movable on a top surface of the first housing, and configured to receive an operation performed by a user;
a signal cable connected to the image forming apparatus and the operation unit and configured to transmit a signal;
an electric power cable separate from and independent of the signal cable, connected to the image forming apparatus and the operation unit, and configured to supply power to the operation unit;
a reinforcing member including a first fixing unit to be fixed to the first housing and a second fixing unit to be fixed to the second housing and separate from and independent of the signal cable and the electric power cable; and
a covering enclosing the signal cable, the electric power cable, and the reinforcing member in the covering,
wherein the signal cable and the electric power cable are deflected at portions enclosed by the covering.