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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Hayato Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pinion slip-off preventive structure of a starting apparatus is provided in which a bearing applied to a snap ringcan be decreased to make the snap ringless prone to being worn out and damaged, thus preventing the snap ringfrom slipping off from a pinion shaft. The pinion slip-off preventive structure includes a projected portionextending from an end face of the pinion shaftin an axial direction thereof and having a grooveformed on a smooth surface thereof in a circumferential direction thereof, the snap ringfitted in the groove, and a stopperhaving an abutting surfacein abutting engagement with an end face of the pinionand an engaging portionengaged with the snap ring