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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Kazuhiro Iwano, Tochigi, JP;
Showa Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a propeller shaft supporting structure where an annular supporting member obtained by connecting an inner ring and an outer ring to each other via an elastic member axially supports a propeller shaft through a center bearing at an inner side of the inner ring. In the propeller shaft supporting structure, a metal stopper piece formed in a simple cylindrical shape with no flange is press-fitted on the propeller shaft to abut on an inner race of the center bearing so as to position and fix the center bearing to an axially predetermined position. A thin annular metal plate is fixed to an inner peripheral portion of an annular rubber flange, and the annular metal plate is fitted on an outer periphery of an end portion of the stopper piece, thereby covering the opening of the inner ring with the flange.