US 12,267,471 B2
Image forming apparatus having a cable and a reinforcing member along the cable
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 Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/528,238.
Application 18/528,238 is a continuation of application No. 17/678,845, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,876,938.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030363 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106951 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. 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)] 8 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 moveably placed on a top surface of the first housing and configured to receive an operation by a user, the operation unit including a second housing different from the first housing and a display unit configured to display an image;
a first board provided in the first housing and including an output unit configured to output the image to be displayed by the display unit;
a second board provided in the second housing and having a control unit configured to control display by the display unit;
a cable connected to the first board and the second board and configured to transmit the image; and
a reinforcing member provided along the cable and including a first fixing portion fixed to the first housing and a second fixing portion fixed to the second housing,
wherein the reinforcing member is not fixed to the first board and the second board, and
wherein a movable range of the operation unit on the top surface of the first housing is a range of a length of the reinforcing member.