US 12,346,047 B2
Image forming apparatus with reduced number of connection lines
Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto, Nagoya (JP); Nobuyuki Tanaka, Konan (JP); Yasuhiro Suzuki, Nagoya (JP); and Wataru Yamaguchi, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,445.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-056309 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0329581 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2064 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5004 (2013.01); G03G 15/751 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00354 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main body housing;
an image forming engine configured to form a developer image on a sheet;
a main body connector disposed at a first end section in the main body housing, the first end section being an end section close to a first side face of the main body housing in a particular direction;
a fuser configured to be removably attached to the main body housing and to thermally fix the developer image formed on the sheet, the fuser comprising:
a heating member having a heater;
a pressurizing member configured to sandwich the sheet in pressure contact between the pressurizing member and the heating member; and
a fuser connector configured to connect with the main body connector when the fuser is attached to the main body housing, the fuser connector being disposed at the first end section in the main body housing when the fuser is attached to the main body housing;
a power supply board configured to generate voltage to be applied to the image forming engine, the power supply board being disposed at the first end section in the main body housing in such a manner that a board surface of the power supply board is parallel to the first side face of the main body housing;
a main board having a controller configured to control the image forming engine, the main board being disposed at a second end section in the main body housing, in such a manner that a board surface of the main board is parallel to a second side face of the main body housing, the second end section being an end section close to the second side face of the main body housing in the particular direction, the second side face being opposed to the first side face in the particular direction;
a first connection line configured to connect the main board and the power supply board with each other, the first connection line being disposed close to and along a ceiling surface or a bottom surface in the main body housing; and
a second connection line configured to connect the power supply board and the main body connector with each other, wherein the main board is connected with the fuser via the first connection line, the power supply board, the second connection line, the main body connector, and the fuser connector.