US 12,085,868 B2
Image forming apparatus including a printed circuit board connectable to an image forming unit through an elastic member
Shinsuke Serizawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,156.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-190757 (JP), filed on Nov. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0161280 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0266 (2013.01) [G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00978 (2013.01); G03G 2221/166 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0394 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09154 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10363 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material;
a printed circuit board including a voltage generation unit mounted thereon, the voltage generation unit being configured to generate a voltage to be applied to the image forming unit;
a conductive member provided on the printed circuit board, the voltage generated by the voltage generation unit being applied to the conductive member;
an elastic member including an arm portion configured to be biased toward the conductive member, the elastic member being connected to the image forming unit, the elastic member being capable of being moved between a first position where the arm portion is in contact with the conductive member and a second position where the arm portion is not in contact with the conductive member in a state where the printed circuit board is mounted on a main body of the image forming apparatus; and
a holding unit capable of holding the arm portion of the elastic member so that the elastic member is held in the second position.