Mounting structure for bearing member, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorMasaki Hata
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Abstract
A mounting structure for a bearing member comprises the bearing member, bearing a rotary shaft; a frame body that includes a mounting hole; and a plurality of projections, each of the projections being formed at one of three or more positions on at least one of an outer circumferential surface of the bearing member and an inner circumferential surface of the mounting hole, the positions extending radially from a center of the rotary shaft, the bearing member being press fitted into the mounting hole via the projections, each of the projections being formed at a circumferential position having no other projection formed at a position 180° therefrom with respect to the center of the rotary shaft.
Claims13
A mounting structure for a bearing member, comprising:
- the bearing member configured to support a rotary shaft;
- a frame body that includes a mounting hole, wherein the bearing member is press-fit into the mounting hole through a collar made of resin;
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- a plurality of projections, each of the projections being formed at one of three or more positions on at least one of an outer circumferential surface of the bearing member and an inner circumferential surface of the mounting hole, the positions extending radially from a center of the rotary shaft, the bearing member being press fitted into the mounting hole via the projections, wherein
- each of the projections is formed at a circumferential position having no other projection formed at a position 180° therefrom with respect to the center of the rotary shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.