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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2008
Applicants:

Nakatsune Shirai, Iwata, JP;

Hidenori Ishihara, Hamamatsu, JP;

Tomoki Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;

Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;

Katsumi Endo, Kosai, JP;

Inventors:

Nakatsune Shirai, Iwata, JP;

Hidenori Ishihara, Hamamatsu, JP;

Tomoki Yamashita, Hamamatsu, JP;

Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toyohashi, JP;

Katsumi Endo, Kosai, JP;

Assignee:

ASMO Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-pref., JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/116 (2006.01); F16H 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

At the time of assembling an electric motor, plain bearings are installed over a worm shaft to form a shaft assembly. Then, the worm shaft together with the plain bearings is inserted into a gear housing in an inserting direction, which is generally parallel to an axial direction of the worm shaft, such that each of the plain bearings is press fitted into a corresponding installation part of the housing.


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