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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeyuki Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Hidefumi Katayama, Anjo, JP;
Katsumi Chono, Hekinan, JP;
Takuya Kotani, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A driving apparatus for a vehicle includes a rotation member, as support pin including a flange for stopping a movement of the rotation member in one axial direction and a circumferential groove formed at an end portion that penetrates through the rotation member, an annular elastic member supported relative to the circumferential groove and configured to reduce a diameter in a radial direction, and a support member including an attachment hole in which the end portion of the support pin is idly provided, the support member including an inwardly protruding flange provided at the attaching hole and having an inner diameter equal to or greater than an outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastically deformed state having reduced diameter and smaller than the outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastic recovery state.