US 12,306,569 B2
Drive transmitter, drive device, and image forming apparatus
Shogo Sakamoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Shogo Sakamoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,858.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-191678 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176276 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); F16D 27/00 (2006.01); F16D 27/14 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/757 (2013.01) [F16D 27/00 (2013.01); F16D 27/14 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive transmitter comprising:
a connector;
an electromagnetic clutch including the connector as a single unit;
a shaft as a rotation axis of the electromagnetic clutch, the rotational axis extending in an axial direction;
a gear coaxial with the electromagnetic clutch, the gear facing the connector in the axial direction; and
a single restrictor to restrict a position of the connector in the axial direction which is toward the gear, and to restrict the connector from rotating around the rotation axis.