Patent ID: 9317009
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An information exchange device, comprising: a structural mounting component that is non-fixedly attached to an outer surface of a rotatable customer replaceable unit for use in a device, a structure of the rotatable customer replaceable unit limiting axial movement of the structural mounting component along a body of the rotatable customer replaceable unit, and the structural mounting component being free to rotate independent of a rotation of the rotatable customer replaceable unit; a structural projection component that is at least one of formed on or attached to the structural mounting component and that projects in a direction away from the outer surface of the rotatable customer replaceable unit; and an electronically-readable monitoring module mounted to the structural mounting component that establishes data communication with a reader unit in the device when the rotatable customer replaceable unit is installed in the device for use, wherein the structural mounting component comprising a circumferential band formed of a flexible material and the flexible material being a plastic film.