# US 10,765,097 B2 · Dual-bearing reel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,097 B2 - Document ID: US10765097B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/224,097 - Filed: 2018-12-18 - Published: 2019-07-11 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-11 - Assignees: Shimano Inc.; Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. - Applicants: Shimano Inc.; Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. - Inventors: Chun Wee Chew; Shoji Nakagawa; Shingo Aoki; Kotaro Shinzaki; Takashi Saito - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765097B2 ## CPC - A01K 89/0193: {with bearing features} - A01K 89/0175: {Axial unwinding} - A01K 89/0192: {Frame details} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool, a handle, and a spool shaft. The reel body has a first side plate having a first opening that opens in an axial direction of the spool shaft and through which the spool can pass, a second side plate that faces the first side plate, and a second side cover that is mounted on the second side plate. The spool has a bobbin trunk and a second flange. The handle is rotatably provided on the first side plate side of the reel body. The second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion for mounting a second side cover member, the fixing portion being provided on a peripheral edge of the second opening and at a position overlapping the second flange as viewed in the axial direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A dual-bearing reel comprising: a reel body having a first side plate, a second side plate that is disposed facing the first side plate with a space therebetween, and a cover member that is mounted on the second side plate to cover an outer side of the second side plate; a spool shaft that is supported by the reel body; a spool that is rotatably supported by the spool shaft between the first side plate and the second side plate, and that has a bobbin trunk and a flange with a larger diameter than an outer diameter of the bobbin trunk on a second side plate side of the bobbin trunk; and a handle rotatably provided on a first side plate side of the reel body, wherein the first side plate has a first opening that opens in an axial direction of the spool shaft and through which the spool can pass, and the second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion configured to mount the cover member on the second side plate, the fixing portion provided on a peripheral edge of the second opening and at a position overlapping the flange of the spool as viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion protrudes inward in a radial direction from the peripheral edge of the second opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion extends outward in the axial direction from a side surface of the second side plate and has a threaded portion in an inner periphery thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is fixed to the second side plate by a screw member that is inserted in the fixing portion from an outer side in the axial direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, wherein one of the cover member and the second side plate has a protrusion that extends toward the other of the cover member and the second side plate, and the other of the cover member and the second side plate has an engaging portion that is provided at a position overlapping with the flange of the spool as viewed in the axial direction and engages with the protrusion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, further comprising a bearing that is disposed in the cover member and that supports one end of the spool shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 1, further comprising an interlocking mechanism that is provided on the second side plate side of the reel body and that interlocks with the spool. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The dual-bearing reel according to claim 7, wherein the interlocking mechanism includes a counter or a sounding mechanism. ### Claim 9 A reel body comprising: a first side plate having a first opening that opens in an axial direction; a second side plate that is disposed facing the first side plate with a space therebetween; and a cover member that is mounted on the second side plate to cover an outer side of the second side plate, wherein the second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion configured to mount the cover member on the second side plate, the fixing portion extending radially inward from an inner peripheral edge of the second opening, and the fixing portion extends outward in the axial direction from a side surface of the second side plate and has a threaded portion in an inner periphery thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The reel body according to claim 9, wherein the cover member is fixed to the second side plate by a screw member that is inserted in the fixing portion from an outer side in the axial direction. ### Claim 11 A reel body comprising: a first side plate having a first opening that opens in an axial direction; a second side plate that is disposed facing the first side plate with a space therebetween; and a cover member that is mounted on the second side plate to cover an outer side of the second side plate, wherein the second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion configured to mount the cover member on the second side plate, the fixing portion extending radially inward from an inner peripheral edge of the second opening, one of the cover member and the second side plate has a protrusion that extends toward the other of the cover member and the second side plate, and the other of the cover member and the second side plate has an engaging portion that is provided at a position overlapping with a flange of a spool as viewed in the axial direction and engages with the protrusion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The reel body according to claim 11, further comprising: a mechanism that interlocks with the fixing portion to mount on the second side plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The reel body according to claim 12, wherein the mechanism is a counter or a sounding mechanism.