Patent ID: 7798437

Claim:
A rotor for a spinning reel configured to reel out a fishing line forward, the rotor being connected to a pinion gear of the spinning reel to rotate integrally with the pinion gear, the rotor comprising: a rotor body including a tubular member, a first rotor arm, and a second rotor arm, the tubular member being coupled to the pinion gear to rotate integrally with the pinion gear, the first rotor arm being arranged to extend forward from a first side of a rear end of the tubular member, the second rotor arm being arranged to extend forward from a second side of the rear end of the tubular member, the first and second rotor arms being spaced apart from an outer periphery of the tubular member; an outer cover member configured to cover the outside of at least either of the first and second rotor arms; and a separate rear cover member coupled to a rear end of the outer cover member and configured to cover a rear end of the tubular member, the rear cover member including at least one mounting bracket configured to attach the rear cover member to the rotor body by way of a screw member, the mounting bracket being disposed forward of the rear cover member along the axial direction of the rotor body so as to be covered by the outer cover member, each of the mounting brackets having an axial flange portion and a radial flange portion with a through-hole to accommodate the screw member, the axial flange portion extending forward along the axial direction from a rim of the rear cover member and the radial flange portion extending from an end of the axial flange portion in a radially outward direction.