Printed board and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9360814-B2
Application number	US-201514601720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2015
Priority date	Jan 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

The printed board includes a slit portion and a first conductive member that is provided straddling the slit portion. In a state in which the printed board is attached to an apparatus to which one end of a second conductive member having an elastic force is connected, another end of the second conductive member contacts the first conductive member, and the another end of the second conductive member passes through the slit portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printed board on which a circuit is mounted, comprising:
a first opening portion provided at an end portion of the printed board;
a second opening portion provided at another end portion opposite to the end portion at which the first opening portion is provided;
a first conductive members straddling the first opening portion and the second opening portion; and
second conductive members, each of which contacts a corresponding one of the first conductive members,
wherein one of pressures from the each of the second conductive members to the corresponding one of the first conductive members is directed parallel to the printed board and another of the pressures directed to an inside from the end portion of the printed board, a direction of the one of the pressures are opposite to a direction of the another of the pressures.

2. The printed board according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive members are provided on a surface on which the circuit is mounted.

3. The printed board according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive members are provided on a surface on which the circuit is not mounted.

4. The printed board according to claim 1 ,
wherein the printed board has a surface that opposes the apparatus; and
the first conductive members are provided on the surface of the printed board that opposes the apparatus.

5. The printed board according to claim 1 ,
wherein the printed board has a surface that opposes the apparatus; and
the first conductive members are provided on a surface on an opposite side to the surface of the printed board that opposes the apparatus.

6. The printed board according to claim 1 ,
wherein a shape of the end of the second conductive members are linear; and
the second conductive member contacts each of the first conductive member at one portion.

7. The printed board according to claim 1 , wherein each end of the second conductive members has a shape which is folded back at least at one portion.

8. The printed board according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second conductive member is a torsion coil spring.

9. The printed board according to claim 1 ,
wherein the another end of the second conductive member is through the opening portion.

10. A printed board on which a circuit is mounted, comprising:
an opening portion; and
a first conductive member straddling the opening portion,
wherein in a state in which the printed board is attached to an apparatus to which one end of a second conductive member having an elastic force is connected, another end of the second conductive member contacts the first conductive member, and
wherein the opening portion has a shape that is recessed from an edge of the printed board.

11. The printed board according to claim 10 , wherein the opening portion comprises a portion having a shape that broadens toward the edge of the printed board.

12. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a printed board on which a circuit for supplying a voltage is mounted, and
a process member for forming an image, to which a voltage generated in the circuit of the printed board is supplied;
wherein the printed board includes
a first opening portion provided at an end portion of the printed board;
a second opening portion provided at another end portion of the printed board, the another end being opposite to the end portion on which the first opening is provided;
a first conductive members straddling the first opening portion and the second opening portion; and
second conductive members, each of which contacts a corresponding one of the first conductive members,
wherein one of pressures from the each of the second conductive members to the corresponding one of the first conductive members is directed parallel to the printed board and another of the pressures directed to an inside from the end portion of the printed board, a direction of the one of the pressures are opposite to a direction of the another of the pressures.

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:
an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed,
wherein the process member includes at least one of a charge member that charges the image bearing member to a predetermined potential, a developing device that develops a latent image on the image bearing member with a toner to form a toner image, a transfer device that transfers a toner image on the image bearing member onto a transfer member, and a cleaning member that cleans the transfer device.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the process member includes a separation member for separating a sheet from the image bearing member.

15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a sensor for sensing a remaining amount of a toner,
wherein a voltage that is generated in the circuit of the printed board is supplied to the sensor.

16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a toner charge member for charging a toner,
wherein a voltage that is generated in the circuit of the printed board is supplied to the toner charge member.

17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the transfer member includes an intermediate transfer member that bears a toner image;
the image forming apparatus has a primary transfer member for performing a primary transfer of a toner image that is formed on the image bearing member onto the intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer member for performing a secondary transfer of the toner image that was subjected to the primary transfer onto the intermediate transfer member; and
the process member includes the primary transfer member or the secondary transfer member.

18. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printed board on which a circuit for supplying a voltage is mounted, and
a process member for forming an image, to which a voltage generated in the circuit of the printed board is supplied;
wherein the printed board includes an opening portion and a first conductive member that is provided straddling the opening portion;
one end of a second conductive member having an elastic force is connected to the process member; and
in a state in which the printed board is attached to the image forming apparatus, another end of the second conductive member contacts the first conductive member,
wherein the opening portion has a shape that is recessed from an edge of the printed board.

19. The image forming apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the opening portion comprises a portion having a shape that broadens toward the edge of the printed board.

20. The image forming apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising:
an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed,
wherein the process member includes at least one of a charge member that charges the image bearing member to a predetermined potential, a developing device that develops a latent image on the image bearing member with a toner to form a toner image, a transfer device that transfers a toner image on the image bearing member onto a transfer member, and a cleaning member that cleans the transfer device.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Serizawa Shinsuke

Classifications

• H05K2201/09063

  Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections · CPC title

• H05K3/403

  Edge contacts; Windows or holes in the substrate having plural connections on the walls thereof (H05K3/4092 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K1/117 Primary

  Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors · CPC title

• G03G15/50 Primary

  Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control (sequencing control G03G21/14) · CPC title

• H05K2201/0394

  Conductor crossing over a hole in the substrate or a gap between two separate substrate parts · CPC title