US 12,436,496 B2
Process cartridge, process cartridge assembly, and image-forming apparatus
Zhe Shao, Zhuhai (CN); Xiangchao Xia, Zhuhai (CN); and Hongjian Yang, Zhuhai (CN)
Assigned to Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed by Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/757,715.
Application 18/757,715 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/142112, filed on Dec. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202123372434.9 (CN), filed on Dec. 29, 2021; and application No. 202211217029.6 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353794 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/06 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1871 (2013.01) [G03G 15/065 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 21/1828 (2013.01); G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1867 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process cartridge, applied to an image-forming apparatus, comprising:
a cartridge main body;
a rotating part, disposed on the cartridge main body, wherein along an axial direction of the rotating part, the cartridge main body includes a first portion and a second portion;
a chip part, wherein the chip part is disposed on the cartridge main body and includes a contact point portion for being in contact with and electrically connected to an electrical contact portion of the image-forming apparatus; and
a positioning portion, wherein the positioning portion is at the first portion and configured to be supported on a moving part of the image-forming apparatus, wherein:
when the process cartridge is installed in the image-forming apparatus, any point on the second portion is configured as a reference point, a distance between projections of the contact point portion and the reference point onto an axle of the rotating part is L1, and a minimum distance between projections of the reference point and a surface of the positioning portion away from the second portion to onto the axle of the rotating part is L2, wherein L1>L2.