Patent ID: 8577252

Claim:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising: an image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is to be formed; a first frame; a bearing member, detachably mountable to said first frame, for rotatably supporting said image bearing member; a first hole provided in said bearing member; a first wall, provided on said first frame, in which a second hole is provided; a second frame for rotatably supporting a developer carrying member on which a developer for developing the electrostatic image is to be carried; a second wall, provided on said second frame, in which a third hole is provided; and a connecting member including a shaft portion penetrating through said first hole, said second hole, and said third hole, and said connecting member tightly engaging in said second hole, and including a flange portion, provided at an end portion of the shaft portion, for preventing said bearing member from being detached from said first frame, wherein said second frame is rotatable about said connecting member relative to said first frame.