Process unit for connecting a photosensitive unit with an image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8428486
APP PUB NO 20100135689A1
SERIAL NO

12625588

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A process unit and an image forming apparatus are provided. The process unit is slidably moutable on an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus. The process unit includes plural photosensitive units which include photosensitive members, respectively, and are arranged at an interval, each of the photosensitive units including a unit contact, an electrode unit which electrically connects the photosensitive units to the apparatus main body. The electrode unit includes plural unit-side electrode members which come into contact with the unit contacts of the photosensitive units, respectively, a relay electrode member which comes into contact with the respective unit-side electrode members to electrically connect the respective unit-side electrode members, and a body-side electrode member which comes into contact with an apparatus main body contact provided in the apparatus main body.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHANAGOYA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abe, Koji Nagoya, JP 340 2689
Hashimoto, Junichi Toyohashi, JP 250 1782

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