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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fuyuko Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Takeo Kawanami, Kamakura, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When viewed in an axial direction, a pair of circumferential ends and a notched portion of a cylindrical shaft are at different positions in a circumferential direction, and a first central angle of a first imaginary arc which connects the pair of circumferential ends and a first force receiving portion nearest to the pair of circumferential ends in an opposite direction to a direction, in which a force is received, from the pair of circumferential ends to the first force receiving portion in the opposite direction is smaller than a second central angle of a second imaginary arc, which connects the pair of circumferential ends and a second force receiving portion nearest to the pair of circumferential ends in the direction, in which the force is received, from the pair of circumferential ends to the second force receiving portion in the direction in which the force is received.