Patent ID: 8089711

Claim:
An engaging construction of a shaft member, comprising: a shaft member; a single-piece contact member made of metal and having first and second integrally formed sections joined at a common vertex along a longitudinal axis thereof, the first and second sections having corresponding contact surfaces which form a recess for receiving the shaft member; an engaging member for holding the contact member, the engaging member formed with holding grooves on each back side of the corresponding contact surfaces and configured to expose a portion of the back side of the contact surface of the contact member, which is brought into contact with the shaft member; the first and second contact sections each having a rectangular-shaped embedded section integrally formed at distal longitudinal edges, the embedded section being embedded in the engaging member; wherein the holding groove exposes the back side of the contact surface at an axial end in a direction of an axis of the shaft member, and the holding groove not exposing an axially central section.