Drum cartridge and developing cartridge capable of suppressing variation in position of electrical contact surface

1. A developing cartridge comprising:

a casing configured to accommodate toner therein, the casing having a first end portion and a second end portion in a first direction, the casing having a third end portion and a fourth end portion in a second direction crossing the first direction;

a developing roller rotatable about a developing roller axis extending in the first direction, the developing roller being positioned closer to the third end portion of the casing than to the fourth end portion of the casing in the second direction;

a developing electrode for supplying electric power to the developing roller, the developing electrode being positioned at the first end portion of the casing; and

a storage medium having an electrical contact surface, the electrical contact surface being positioned closer to the second end portion of the casing than to the first end portion of the casing in the first direction, the electrical contact surface being positioned closer to the third end portion of the casing than to the fourth end portion of the casing in the second direction.

2. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the developing electrode is made of an electrically conductive resin.

3. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the developing electrode protrudes in the first direction.

4. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the developing roller includes a developing roller shaft extending in the first direction,

wherein the developing roller shaft has a first end and a second end in the first direction, the first end of the developing roller shaft being positioned at the first end portion of the casing, the second end of the developing roller shaft being positioned at the second end portion of the casing, and

wherein the developing electrode includes a developing roller bearing attached to the first end of the developing roller shaft.

5. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the developing electrode has a developing contact surface, the developing contact surface is positioned at the first end portion of the casing.

6. The developing cartridge according to claim 5 ,

wherein the developing contact surface is closer to the fourth end portion of the casing than the developing roller is to the fourth end portion in the second direction.

7. The developing cartridge according to claim 5 ,

wherein the developing contact surface faces in the first direction, and

wherein the electrical contact surface faces in a third direction crossing both of the first direction and the second direction.

8. The developing cartridge according to claim 5 ,

wherein the developing contact surface is positioned at an outer surface of the first end portion of the casing.

9. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising a developing gear rotatable together with the developing roller, the developing gear positioned at the second end portion of the casing.

10. The developing cartridge according to claim 9 , further comprising a gear cover positioned at the second end portion of the casing, the gear cover covering at least a portion of a circumference of the developing gear.

11. The developing cartridge according to claim 10 ,

wherein the electrical contact surface is positioned at an outer surface of the gear cover.

12. The developing cartridge according to claim 11 ,

wherein the storage medium is fixed to the outer surface of the gear cover.

13. The developing cartridge according to claim 12 ,

wherein the storage medium is fixed to the outer surface of the gear cover with adhesive.

14. The developing cartridge according to claim 10 ,

wherein the gear cover includes a protrusion for fixing the casing in position relative to a drum frame of a drum cartridge, and

wherein the electrical contact surface is aligned with the protrusion in the second direction.

15. The developing cartridge according to claim 9 ,

wherein the developing roller includes a developing roller shaft extending in the first direction, the developing roller shaft has a first end and a second end in the first direction, the first end of the developing roller shaft being positioned at the first end portion of the casing, the second end of the developing roller shaft being positioned at the second end portion of the casing,

wherein the developing gear is attached to the second end of the developing roller shaft in the first direction.

16. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising a coupling rotatable about a coupling axis extending in the first direction, the coupling rotatable together with the developing roller, the coupling being positioned at the second end portion of the casing.

17. The developing cartridge according to claim 16 ,

wherein the coupling has a recessed portion recessed in the first direction.

18. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the casing has a fifth end portion and a sixth end portion in a third direction crossing both of the first direction and the second direction, and

wherein the casing includes a plurality of ribs positioned on an outer surface of the fifth end portion of the casing, the plurality of the ribs extends in the second direction.

19. The developing cartridge according to claim 18 ,

wherein the plurality of ribs is aligned with the electrical contact surface in the first direction.

20. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 , further comprising a handle being positioned at the fourth end portion of the casing.

21. The developing cartridge according to claim 1 ,

wherein both of the storage medium and the electrical contact surface are positioned closer to the second end portion of the casing than to the first end portion of the casing in the first direction, and

wherein both of the storage medium and the electrical contact surface are positioned closer to the third end portion of the casing than to the fourth end portion of the casing in the second direction.