US 12,461,485 B2
Positioning adapter, adapter, and cartridge
Feng Chen, Zhuhai (CN)
Assigned to Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed by Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/767,663.
Claims priority of application No. 202310845551.7 (CN), filed on Jul. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0021047 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1871 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1857 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning adapter, installed on a cartridge, wherein
the cartridge is detachably disposed on a main body of an image forming apparatus; the main body of the image forming apparatus comprises a first driving head, a first conductive contact, and a first positioning matching part; the cartridge comprises a storage apparatus and a first meshing part; the storage apparatus comprises a second conductive contact;
the positioning adapter comprises a first positioning part; the first positioning part is configured to, when the cartridge with the positioning adapter is inserted into the main body of the image forming apparatus and installed in place, cooperate with the first positioning matching part to position the first meshing part, stabilizing a transmission-connection between the first meshing part and the first driving head; and
when the cartridge with the positioning adapter is inserted into the main body of the image forming apparatus and installed in place,
the first conductive contact contacts the second conductive contact; and
a maximum width of an outermost contour of the first positioning part on a transverse cross-section of the main body of the image forming apparatus is greater than or equal to a maximum line distance between any two of multiple contacts where the first conductive contact contacts the second conductive contact on the transverse cross-section of the main body of the image forming apparatus.