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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Takashi Ota, Saitama, JP;
Jun Togashi, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Morikawa, Saitama, JP;
Hideki Kinoshita, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Anada, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A combination gear having a gear slipping-off preventing structure with an easier combining operation is provided, which includes: a first gear having a shaft hole; a second gear, having a shaft hole, to coaxially couple with the first gear so as to constitute the combination gear; and a shaft to be inserted into the shaft holes of the respective first and second gears, wherein either one of the first and second gears is provided with a coupling male-portion having a securing projection and the other of the first and second gears is provided with a coupling female-portion having a securing recess so that the first and second gears combine together by coupling the coupling male-portion with the coupling female-portion with an engagement between the securing projection and the securing recess. And, a relief portion to permit a relief of an end portion of the securing projection on coupling the coupling male-portion with the coupling female-portion is also provided inside the securing recess.