Developing cartridge having a housing featuring claws to engage a bearing unit for a developing roller

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9366991
APP PUB NO 20150117908A1
SERIAL NO

14593263

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A developing cartridge is provided for use with an image forming apparatus and may include a housing, a developing roller rotatably provided in the housing, and a developing roller gear configured to rotate integrally with the developing roller. Further, the developing cartridge can include a driving input gear configured to receive an external driving force and apply the received driving force to the developing roller gear. The driving input gear can be meshed with the developing roller gear or an intermediate gear can be provided to mesh with the developing roller gear and the driving input gear. Such an intermediate gear can be configured to apply the received driving force to the developing roller gear. Also, the developing cartridge can include a receiving member which is disposed between the housing and the developing roller gear and between the housing and the driving input gear.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fukamachi, Yasuo Nagoya, JP 129 1049
Nishiyama, Hideshi Owariasahi, JP 122 756

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