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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spiral spring () has an inner circumferential end () fixed to a rotor () and an outer circumferential end () fixed to a plate () of a housing (), and biases the rotor () in one direction with respect to the housing (). A projection () protrudes from the plate (), and stops radially outward expansion of an outermost winding () of the spiral spring (). A clip () has a first portion () coming in contact with the outermost winding () of the spiral spring (), and is attached to the projection () by elastic force of the clip ().