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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shinji Nemoto, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Miyakoshi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A retaining member is integrally formed of an elastically deformable material, and has an inner circumferential portion, an outer circumferential portion, a linkage portion, a plurality of engagement claws, and a slit. The inner and outer circumferential portions are ring-shaped, and the outer circumferential portion is disposed outside the inner circumferential portion in a radial direction. The linkage portion connects the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion to each other in the radial direction. The engagement claws project from a surface of the inner circumferential portion pointing in a direction of the shaft, and engage with an engagement groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The slit is formed on a side opposite from the linkage portion with a center of the inner circumferential portion located between the slit and the linkage portion, and cuts the inner circumferential portion in the radial direction.