Title:
SUPPORTING DEVICE OF DRIVE SHAFT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017116036
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To keep sealability of an oil seal by suppressing backlash in an axle direction, of a bearing in assembling without degrading durability of a supporting device.SOLUTION: A supporting device of a drive shaft has a bearing 31 for supporting the drive shaft 2a, an external bracket 33 of a trans-axle 4, a bearing holding member 32 for fixing the bearing to the bracket by being fastened to the bracket by a bolt inserted to an insertion hole 32b of a tub 32a, and a spring plate washer 7 having a base piece 71 kept into contact with the bracket, and an inclined piece 72 at least partially having a slant inclined to an axial direction of the bolt and facing a trans-axle side, capable of elastically changing an angle between the base piece and the slant of the inclined piece, and disposed between the bracket and the bearing holding member. In a process of fastening the bolt 34, the slant of the inclined piece 72 of the spring plate washer 7 is kept into contact with an outer peripheral edge of the tub 32a of the bearing holding member 32.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Inventors:
KAWAHARADA KOKI
YAOI YUICHIRO
YAOI YUICHIRO
Application Number:
JP2015253970A
Publication Date:
June 29, 2017
Filing Date:
December 25, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
F16C35/077; F16B43/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation Tani/Abe Patent Office