Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Norihiro Ueda

Eiichi Hamada

Hiroshi Sarai

A device for preventing a tubular bushing assembly from slipping out of a hole in a bushing receiving portion, wherein the tubular bushing assembly is incorporated in a pivot coupling portion between two members, and includes an inner sleeve, a resilient member and an outer sleeve, the tubular bushing assembly being fitted under pressure into a hole provided in the bushing receiving portion provided in the other member of the aforesaid two members, so as to receive in the inner sleeve a pivot extending from one of the aforesaid two members. A flange extends from one end of the outer sleeve radially outward of the sleeve along the opening edge of the bushing receiving portion, and the flange is held between the opening edge portion and a holder member removably joined to a support member provided in the bushing receiving portion.

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Norihiro Ueda