Patent ID: 11966191
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of photosensitive members;
a support frame configured to support the plurality of photosensitive members; and
an electric unit secured to the support frame, and including:
a first electric board;
a second electric board;
a third electric board;
a first supporting portion extending in an arrangement direction of the plurality of photosensitive members;
a second supporting portion extending in the arrangement direction;
a first-second electric board holding portion configured to hold the first electric board and the second electric board and bridging between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion;
a third-electric-board holding portion configured to hold the third electric board and bridging and disposed between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion, and the third-electric-board holding portion is arranged to not overlap with the first-second electric board holding portion as the image forming apparatus is viewed from a back surface side,

wherein the first electric board is positioned in the image forming apparatus more inwardly than at least one of the first supporting portion or the second supporting portion in an orthogonal direction, which is orthogonal to the arrangement direction and a vertical direction.