IP Library Granted Patent US 8,826,507
Granted Patent B2
US 8,826,507 · App. 12/942,359 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Needle attaching structure of rotating shaft and meter device

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Patent No.
US 8,826,507
App. No.
12/942,359
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a press-in part 81 is pressed-in to a press-in hole 93 , a vertex of the press-in part 81 deformed to a form along the inner surface of the press-in hole 93 comes into contact with the inner surface of the press-in hole 93 and a press-in force when the press-in part 81 is inserted into the press-in hole 93 or a pull-out force when the press-in part 81 is pulled out from the press-in hole 93 is set in according with the length of an intersecting line that a surface on which the outer surface of the press-in part 81 comes into contact with the inner surface of the press-in hole 93 and a section intersecting orthogonally to the axial direction of the press-in part 81 intersect.

Claims (5)

1. A needle attaching structure of a rotating shaft in which a press-in part of the rotating shaft having light guide characteristics is pressed-in to a press-in hole of a needle,

wherein the press-in hole has a true circular form in section, the press-in part in an end part side of the rotating shaft has a regular n polygonal form in section where n is less than or equal to five,

when the press-in part is pressed-in to the press-in hole, a vertex of the press-in part is deformed to a form along the inner surface of the press-in hole and the vertex comes into contact with the inner surface of the press-in hole, and

a press-in force when the press-in part is inserted into the press-in hole or a pull-out force when the press-in part is pulled out from the press-in hole is set according to both the length of an intersecting line that a surface on which the outer surface of the press-in part comes into contact with the inner surface of the press-in hole and to a section intersecting orthogonally to the axial direction of the press-in part intersect, wherein the press-in part of the rotating shaft is configured to transmit light by the light guide characteristics.

2. The needle attaching structure of the rotating shaft according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the intersecting line is set in accordance with at least one of the diameter of the inner surface of the press-in hole, a length to the vertex from an axis of the press-in part and the number n of the vertexes of the press-in part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2010
From: AONO, YUUSUKE; TOTSUKA, SHIGEKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025416/0886 →