Patent ID: 8591015

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording material accommodation container mounting portion into which a recording material accommodation container having a plurality of container side terminals is able to be inserted in a mounting direction; and a terminal module held by the recording material accommodation container mounting portion, the terminal module including: a housing having a plurality of slit formation walls, with slits being formed between respective adjacent pairs of the plurality of slit formation walls, the housing having a plurality of protective walls arranged in a direction intersecting the mounting direction, a first pair of the plurality of protective walls and a first part of a first one of the slits forming a first trap portion, a second pair of the plurality of protective walls and a first part of a second one of the slits forming a second trap portion, a cross-sectional view of the first trap portion in a direction intersecting the mounting direction being different from a cross-sectional view of the second trap portion in the direction intersecting the mounting direction, and a plurality of contact terminals having respective contact points respectively in contact with the plurality of container side terminals in a state where the recording material accommodation container is mounted in the recording material accommodation container mounting portion, the plurality of contact terminals being respectively disposed in the slits so that each contact point protrudes outwardly from the slit in which it is disposed.