Output shaft support structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorSatoshi Uchino
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Abstract
An output shaft support structure includes: an output shaft; and a supporting body that supports the output shaft, the output shaft including: a rotating shaft; a first rolling bearing fixed to one end section of the rotating shaft; a second rolling bearing fixed to the other end section of the rotating shaft; and a secondary reduction driven gear including a boss section fixed to the rotating shaft. For a predetermined period, the boss section of the secondary reduction driven gear contacts the second rolling bearing, and a lower end of the rotating shaft is always separated from the supporting body.
Claims4
An output shaft support structure comprising:
- an output shaft;
- and
- a supporting body configured to support the output shaft, wherein the output shaft includes:
- a rotating shaft;
- a first rolling bearing fixed to one end section of the rotating shaft;
- a second rolling bearing fixed to another end section of the rotating shaft;
- and
- a gear including a boss section fixed to the rotating shaft, wherein
- the boss section of the gear contacts the second rolling bearing, and a lower end of the rotating shaft is always separated from the supporting body,
- the boss section of the gear projects only to the second rolling bearing,
- the supporting body includes, at a position opposing the rotating shaft, a first groove which is annular and in which a circlip is housed, and
- an outer race of the first rolling bearing includes a second groove which is annular and in which an inner ring section of the circlip is locked.
An output shaft support structure comprising:
- an output shaft;
- and
- a supporting body configured to support the output shaft, wherein the output shaft includes:
- a rotating shaft;
- a first rolling bearing fixed to one end section of the rotating shaft;
- a second rolling bearing fixed to another end section of the rotating shaft;
- and
- a gear including a boss section fixed to the rotating shaft, wherein the boss section of the gear contacts the second rolling bearing, and a lower end of the rotating shaft is always separated from the supporting body, wherein
- the supporting body includes, at a position opposing the rotating shaft, a first groove which is annular and in which a circlip is housed, and
- an outer race of the first rolling bearing includes a second groove which is annular and in which an inner ring section of the circlip is locked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.