Patent ID: 9429899
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear positioned between a first side and a second side of the housing, the housing has a reservoir for holding toner; a circuit board mounted within a pocket on the first side of the housing, the pocket having an opening facing the front of the housing to permit an electrical connector of the image forming device to enter the pocket and mate with the circuit board when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device; a first guide wall and a second guide wall each positioned outside the pocket on the first side of the housing closer to the front of the housing than the opening, the first guide wall positioned closer to the top of the housing and the second guide wall positioned closer to the bottom of the housing, the first and second guide walls each include an inclined surface, the inclined surfaces of the first and second guide walls incline in the same direction outward from the first side of the housing in a direction from the front to the rear to move the electrical connector of the image forming device toward the circuit board during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device; and a first ramp on the first side of the housing inside the pocket that inclines in the same direction as the inclined surfaces of the first and second guide walls outward from the first side of the housing in the direction from the front to the rear to move the electrical connector of the image forming device toward the circuit board during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device.