US 11,835,908 B2
Image forming apparatus having a frame body with a first frame and a second frame
Ryoichi Kawasumi, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,771.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-081509 (JP), filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365474 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/80 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first electrical component;
a second electrical component;
a control board configured to control the first electrical component and the second electrical component;
a frame body supporting the first electrical component, the second electrical component, and the control board; and
a connection unit configured to connect the first electrical component and the second electrical component to the control board,
wherein the frame body includes a first frame and a second frame, the first frame being provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus and attached with the first electrical component and the second electrical component, the second frame being provided on a rear side of the image forming apparatus so as to be spaced from the first frame and attached with the control board,
wherein the first electrical component includes a first connector configured to be connected to the control board,
wherein the second electrical component includes a second connector configured to be connected to the control board,
wherein the connection unit includes a first cable connected to the control board, a second cable connected to the control board, a first relay connector, and a second relay connector, the first relay connector being provided on a leading end portion of the first cable in such a manner that the first connector is connected to the first relay connector, the second relay connector being provided on a leading end portion of the second cable in such a manner that the second connector is connected to the second relay connector, and
wherein the first relay connector and the second relay connector are located more frontward than the first frame.