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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Yoshifumi Mitani, Sakai, JP;
Yoshifumi Mitani, Sakai, JP;
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an engaging memberwhich holds a contact membermade of metal and having two contact surfaceswhich form a recessfor receiving a shaft memberso as to be slidably displaceable on the shaft memberin accordance with displacement in a direction of the axis of the shaft member, a holding grooveis formed for exposing at least either end of a back side of the contact surfaceof the contact memberin a direction of the axis of the shaft member, and not for exposing a central section of a back side of the contact surfaceof the contact memberin the axial direction. As a result, it becomes possible to hold the contact memberin the manufacturing process, so that the contact surfaceis accurately positioned.