US 12,363,236 B2
Image forming apparatus including antenna in cover
Ryoichi Matsushima, Nagoya (JP); Hirofumi Kondo, Ama-gun (JP); Yasuhiro Kato, Nagoya (JP); Masayoshi Hayashi, Nagoya (JP); Masato Sueyasu, Nagoya (JP); and Reiko Toyama, Iwakura (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,818.
Application 18/481,818 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,498, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,811,989.
Application 17/018,498 is a continuation of application No. 15/862,395, filed on Jan. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,778,857, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 15/862,395 is a continuation of application No. 15/349,049, filed on Nov. 11, 2016, granted, now 9,900,453, issued on Feb. 20, 2018.
Application 15/349,049 is a continuation of application No. 13/852,795, filed on Mar. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,509,873, issued on Nov. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-100080 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2012; and application No. 2012-139862 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0179254 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00559 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5087 (2013.01); H04N 1/00519 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a feed tray configured to hold a sheet, the feed tray configured to move in forward and backward directions;
an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet from the feed tray;
a discharge tray;
a discharge port configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion in a discharge direction along with the forward and backward directions;
an antenna configured to communicate using NFC (Near Field Communication) type communication; and
a housing including the discharge tray and configured to accommodate the image forming portion and the antenna,
wherein the antenna is positioned below a communication region of an upper surface of the housing and faces upward toward the communication region of the upper surface of the housing, the communication region being displaced with respect to the discharge tray in a width direction that is perpendicular to the discharging direction and an up-down direction, and the communication region being provided downstream of the discharge port in the discharging direction.