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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hajime Watanabe, Kashiwara, JP;
Hideo Shibata, Kashiba, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An annular groove, in which a lower end of a boot is fitted, is formed in an outer periphery of an open end of a housing so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the housing. The annular groove is defined by a cylindrical face, an upper inner wall, and a lower inner wall. By fitting a clip onto a cylindrical portion of the lower end of the boot, the cylindrical portion is pushed against the cylindrical face, and an inner end portion and a folded-back portion are pushed against the upper inner wall and the lower inner wall, respectively. The inner end portion has an annular protrusion that is engaged with the upper inner wall and elastically contracted when the lower end of the boot is fitted in the annular groove.