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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Akio Handa, Saitama, JP;
Bunzo Seki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Gokyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A joint is sub-assembled on a front wheel propeller shaft side of a vehicle by integrally fitting one end of the joint to one end of the front wheel propeller shaft and covering the connection portion with a boot. This arrangement provides a shaft drive mechanism capable of easily assembling a propeller shaft with a pinion gear via a joint. The leading end side of the joint is fitted on a small-diameter boss of a pinion gear supported by a front wheel gear case. The joint is spline-connected so that it is integrally rotatably connected to the boss of the pinion gear. A C-shaped clip previously mounted on the small-diameter boss is engaged on the joint side in order to prevent the spline of the joint from slipping off from the spline of the pinion gear.