Patent ID: 8152379

Claim:
A bearing device comprising: (a) a bearing supporting a shaft, and having (a-1) a tubular body portion in which said shaft is rotatably received and (a-2) a radially projecting arm that projects from said tubular body portion outwardly in a radial direction of said tubular body portion; and (b) a bearing receiver plate having (b-1) a receiver hole in which said tubular body portion of said bearing is received, and (b-2) a cutout which extends from said receiver hole and which has an opening that opens outwardly of said bearing receiver plate, such that said bearing can be introduced into said receiver hole via said cutout, wherein said bearing receiver plate and said radially projecting arm of said bearing cooperate with each other to establish (i) a rotation preventer preventing rotation of said bearing relative to said bearing receiver plate and (ii) a backlash reducer reducing play of said bearing relative to said bearing receiver plate, wherein said bearing receiver plate has a peripheral surface including a cutout defining portion that defines said cutout, wherein said backlash reducer has (ii-1) a backlash reducing face which is provided in said cutout defining portion of said peripheral surface of said bearing receiver plate, and (ii-2) a backlash reducing protrusion which is provided in said radially projecting arm of said bearing and which protrudes toward said bearing receiver plate, such that said backlash reducing protrusion is held in contact with said backlash reducing face while said tubular body portion of said bearing is received in said receiver hole of said bearing receiver plate, and wherein said backlash reducing protrusion is elastically deformed while being held in contact with said backlash reducing face.