US 12,174,575 B2
Image forming apparatus
Yu Shuhama, Yokohama (JP); and Satoru Takahashi, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/359,784.
Application 18/359,784 is a continuation of application No. 17/856,501, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,754,962.
Application 17/856,501 is a continuation of application No. 17/230,688, filed on Apr. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,392,073, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 17/230,688 is a continuation of application No. 16/831,440, filed on Mar. 26, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-068047 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384729 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/80 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recoding medium;
a top surface member arranged above the image forming unit and including a discharge tray onto which a recording medium with an image formed by the image forming unit is to be discharged;
a frame including
a first side plate configured to support the image forming unit, the first side plate extending in a first direction; and
a second side plate configured to support the image forming unit, wherein the second side plate is opposite to the first side plate in a second direction so that the discharge tray is arranged between the first side plate and the second side plate;
a first electronic circuit board supported by the first side plate;
a second electronic circuit board electrically connected to the first electronic circuit board, wherein the second electronic circuit board extends on a plane intersecting with a plane on which the first electronic circuit board extends;
a supporting member attached to the first side plate; and
a holding member configured to support the second electronic circuit board, the holding member being attached to the supporting member so that an engagement portion is formed,
wherein, in the second direction, a distance between the second electronic circuit board and the first side plate is shorter than a distance between the second side plate and the first side plate, and
wherein the engagement portion includes a projection projecting toward a direction crossing to the first direction and a hole into which the projection is inserted.