US 12,326,671 B2
Image carrier unit and image forming apparatus
Haruno Nagumo, Kanagawa (JP); Atsushi Kaneko, Kanagawa (JP); and Yosuke Ninomiya, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,298.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-116036 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0021031 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G03G 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0233 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image carrier unit comprising:
an image carrier configured to carry an image on a surface of the image carrier;
a conduction member configured to establish electrical conduction of the image carrier by a contact point with the image carrier; and
a shape portion configured to allow viewing of the contact point.