Patent ID: 7484825

Claim:
A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals, the printing material container comprising: a first device; a second device; and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal, wherein: the plurality of first terminals are electrically connected to the first device, the at least one second terminal is electrically connected to the second device, the at least one third terminal is for the detection of electrical shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal, each of the terminals has a circumferential edge, a portion of the circumferential edge of the third terminal faces a portion of the circumferential edge of the second terminal and a portion of the circumferential edge of one said first terminal faces another portion of the circumferential edge of the second terminal, the length of the portion of circumferential edge of the third terminal is greater than that of the portion of the circumferential edge of the one said first terminal.