Patent ID: 7210851

Claim:
An arrangement structure for bearings comprising: a plurality of power transmission shafts positioned in a substantially parallel arrangement relative to each other, the power transmission shafts being rotatably supported via bearings, respectively, and arranged so that the bearings overlap partly with each other in an axial view, whereby a center-to-center distance between the power transmission shafts can be minimized; a wall portion having a surface facing a space in which the power transmission shafts are disposed and being formed with a recess that is axially displaced from an adjacent region of the wall portion, the bearings being mounted to the surface of the wall portion substantially in the same direction; a second bearing contacts the wall portion in the axial direction at the adjacent region; and a first bearing contacts the recess in the axial direction, whereby the first bearing is disposed on the far side of the second bearing in terms of the mounting direction of the bearings.