Patent ID: 9688008
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,G03G

Claim:
1. A manufacturing method of a cartridge detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, wherein said cartridge includes: (i) process means for effecting image formation, (ii) a frame for supporting the process means, and (iii) a cartridge electrode including a first contact portion provided for being electrically connected to a main assembly contact of the apparatus main assembly and a second contact portion provided for being electrically connected to the process means, wherein said manufacturing method comprises: a step of integrally molding the cartridge electrode with the frame in a manner such that a mold is contacted to the frame so as to form a space including a first space for forming the first contact portion, a second space for forming the second contact portion, and a connecting space branching from an injection portion into the first space and the second space and an electroconductive resin is injected from the injection portion into the space.