Patent ID: 11960230
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus main body including an electric substrate, and a first main body electrical contact and a second main body electrical contact which are electrically connected to the electric substrate; and
a cartridge configured to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body, the cartridge including:
a first process member;
a second process member;
a first cartridge electrical contact electrically connected to the first process member; and
a second cartridge electrical contact electrically connected to the second process member,

wherein the apparatus main body includes a common holding member holding a first end portion of the first main body electrical contact on a side and a second end portion of the second main body electrical contact on a side so as not to cause the first portion end and the second end portion to be electrically connected to each other,
wherein the first end portion and the second end portion are configured to come into contact with the first cartridge electrical contact and the second cartridge electrical contact, respectively,
wherein the holding member includes a first press-fitted portion and a second press-fitted portion,
wherein the first end portion is a first bent portion obtained by a coil end being bent to form a convex curved portion facing the cartridge and is held by the holding member by the first press-fitted portion being press-fitted into an inside of the first bent portion, and
wherein the second end portion is a second bent portion obtained by a coil end being bent to form a convex curved portion facing the cartridge and is held by the holding member by the second press-fitted portion being press-fitted into an inside of the second bent portion.