CONDUCTIVE PART, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND SET OF PROCESS CARTRIDGES Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC G03G21/18 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions discloses a conducting part installed in a process cartridge, a process cartridge and a set of process cartridges. Conducting part comprises an electrical receiving section, an electrical output section, an electrically conductive section and an electrical transmitting section, which are electrically connected to each other. Electrical transmitting section is configured to transmit power received by the electrical receiving section to the electrical output section and the electrically conductive section. When the conductive part is configured to supply power to the process cartridge, the electrical receiving section is electrically connected to a power source outside the current process cartridge to receive a first power supply from the outside of the current process cartridge. Electrical output section is electrically connected to the imaging element in the current process cartridge and transmits the second power to the imaging element. Electrically conductive section outputs the third power supply to the outside of the current process cartridge, so that certain process cartridges are able to receive power by means of voltage transmitted by other process cartridges.

EFFECT: number of conductive leads on the side of the main body of the image forming apparatus is reduced and the elastic force created between the process cartridges and the main body is reduced, improving stability of the process cartridge and reducing costs.

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