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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Nobuya Shinozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanari Yasuda, Tochigi, JP;
Piolax, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
TS Tech Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A shaft fixing clip that is fitted into a groove of a shaft, the shaft fixing clip includes: a shaft clamping portion that is formed by a metal wire member; and a pinch portion that is monolithically formed with the shaft clamping portion, wherein: the metal wire member is bent into an 8-like shape; both end portions of the metal wire member are crossed in an end portion of one of loops to respectively protrude toward both sides; tip ends of the both end portions are bent; the loop that is positioned on a side of the both end portions is configured as the shaft clamping portion; and bent portions of the tip ends of the both end portions are configured as the pinch portion.