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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Nobuyuki Kawahara, Toyota, JP;
Masanobu Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawahara, Toyota, JP;
Masanobu Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A bearing member includes: a large-diameter tubular portion having an external diameter larger than a diameter of a mounting hole formed in a pedal arm and having a cylindrical inner peripheral face; a small-diameter tubular portion formed continuously with the large-diameter tubular portion, having a cylindrical outer peripheral face with a diameter smaller than that of the mounting hole, and having the cylindrical inner peripheral face; and a thin-wall tubular portion formed continuously with the small-diameter tubular portion, having an inner diameter larger than a diameter of the cylindrical inner peripheral face, and having the cylindrical outer peripheral face, and in a condition that the bearing member is inserted into the mounting hole such that the thin-wall tubular portion is protected, and the thin-wall tubular portion is swaged, the mounting hole is held between a swaged portion bulged radially outward and the large-diameter tubular portion.