Patent ID: 7103297

Claim:
A robust method of grounding a photoreceptor drum assembly (PRA) in a xerographic image producing machine, the method comprising: (a) electro-plating a flange of a conductive photoreceptor drum of the PRA flange including a relatively large conductive top external surface area of a first portion having a first diameter for protruding above the outer surface of the drum and a second portion having a second and relatively smaller diameter for inserting into an inside diameter of the drum, using a conductive material so as to form a plated flange having a conductive plating including said relatively large conductive top external surface area on said first portion and said second portion; (b) contactably assembling said relatively large surface area of said conductive plating on said second portion to and against an inside diameter of a wall of the conductive photoreceptor drum; and (c) electrically connecting said relatively large surface area of said conductive plating to a grounded conductive portion of the xerographic image producing machine.