US 12,292,699 B2
Driving device and printing apparatus having a connection circuit switching connection combinations of load blocks and driving circuits
Naoki Isoda, Tokyo (JP); and Mizuki Nagasaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,123.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-120713 (JP), filed on Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036492 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/043 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/043 (2013.01) [G03G 15/011 (2013.01); G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0409 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving device comprising:
a plurality of load blocks each including a load element;
a plurality of driving circuits configured to drive the plurality of load blocks; and
a connection circuit configured to connect the plurality of load blocks to the plurality of driving circuits, respectively,
wherein the connection circuit is configured to switch a connection combination of each of the plurality of load blocks and each of the plurality of driving circuits such that each of the plurality of load blocks is connected to a driving circuit among the plurality of driving circuits.