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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Akio Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Akio Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A flanged coupling member is provided with a shaft portion to which a drive force is input, and a flange portion formed in one end of the shaft portion. The flanged coupling member is coupled to a front housing member with a bolt in which a shaft portion thereof is coaxially arranged in a front housing member and a flange portion contacts an outer surface in an axial direction of a bottom portion of the front housing member. The flange portion is provided with a tubular engagement portion that extends in an axial direction from an outer peripheral edge thereof. The engagement portion is arranged on an outer circumference of the front housing member on the basis of the fastening, and the engagement portion and the front housing member are engaged via a spline. The flanged coupling member is fastened to the front housing member at the shaft portion.