Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive transmitting device configured to reduce cost and/or noise, and image forming apparatus incorporating the drive transmitting device
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Application No.: US16229753Application Date: 2018-12-21
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Publication No.: US10579013B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Hiroaki Nieda
- Applicant: Hiroaki Nieda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2018-018650 20180205
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A drive transmitting device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a support, a first rotary body, a second rotary body, and a connector. The first rotary body is rotatably supported by the support and includes a support receiving portion with an opening disposed at a center of rotation of the first rotary body. The second rotary body has having an opening at a center of rotation of the second rotary body. The connector has one end inserted into the opening of the support receiving portion of the first rotary body and another end inserted into the opening of the second rotary body in an axial direction of the connector and connect the first rotary body and the second rotary body. The support is inserted into the opening of the support receiving portion of the first rotary body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190243303A1 DRIVE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE DRIVE TRANSMITTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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