US 12,263,690 B2
Printing apparatus and method of producing printing apparatus
Masamichi Tanemo, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,892.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-037856 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286303 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/02 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a main body having a printing mechanism;
a cover that is openable or closable by being rotated relative to the main body;
a first substrate disposed in the main body;
a second substrate disposed in the cover;
a first connector mounted on the first substrate; and
a second connector mounted on the second substrate, wherein
when the cover is open, the first connector and the second connector are separated from one another, and
in response to closing of the cover, terminal pins of the first connector and the second connector come into contact with one another.