Patent ID: 8827369

Claim:
A bearing structure inserted into and fixed to a bearing hole formed in a substantially vertically-oriented plate member for supportively receiving a support shaft protruded from a workpiece, the bearing structure comprising: a resin bush having a flange, at one end, formed to be brought into contact with a plate face of the plate member around the bearing hole from one side, a locking edge, at the other end, formed to be locked with a plate face of the plate member around the bearing hole from the other side, and a circular through-hole, formed through a central portion thereof, to receive the support shaft inserted therethrough, the resin bush being configured to be slidably vertically movable to a limited extent with respect to the plate member when a load is applied thereto, wherein, upon receiving a load applied to the support shaft, the entire resin bush is flexibly displaced so that an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole is aligned with a hole edge of the bearing hole and the support shaft is supported by said plate member at the hole edge of the bearing hole.