Patent ID: 7062200

Claim:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus main body, said process cartridge comprising: an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a bearing member rotatably supporting the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a photosensitive drum unit frame supporting the bearing member; a developing unit frame supporting a developer carrying member for developing a latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a connecting member swingably supporting the developing unit frame and the photosensitive drum unit frame, wherein a first flow passage for an adhesive for bonding the photosensitive drum unit frame and the connecting member to each other and a second flow passage for an adhesive for bonding the photosensitive drum unit frame and the bearing member to each other are communicated with each other, and wherein, by injecting an adhesive into the first flow passage and the second flow passage communicated with each other, the photosensitive drum unit frame and the connecting member are connected to each other with the adhesive and the photosensitive drum unit frame and the bearing member are connected to each other with the adhesive.