Patent ID: 8231476

Claim:
A yoke for universal joint to which one end side of a rotating shaft is connected, the yoke for universal joint, comprising: an insertion portion formed in a U-shape or a cylindrical shape having an opening which opens along an axial direction of the connected rotating shaft, the insertion portion, an inner circumferential surface of which comes into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft when the one end side of the rotating shaft is inserted thereinto; a first tightening portion and a second tightening portion being a pair of tightening portions which is extended from the insertion portion so as to face each other with the opening of the insertion portion between them; and a bolt and nut for tightening the pair of tightening portions from either outside thereof, the yoke for universal joint wherein: the tightening portions are tightened by the bolt and nut, thereby, the rotating shaft inserted into the insertion portion is held and fixed; a through hole penetrating to the facing direction of the pair of the tightening portions is co-axially formed in each of the first tightening portion and second tightening portion; the bolt is inserted into the through hole of the first tightening portion; the nut is fitted into the through hole of the second tightening portion so as to engage with the second tightening portion; a part of an end surface on the side facing the first tightening portion of the nut is extended toward the first tightening portion side; a predetermined gap is formed between the end surface of the nut and the first tightening portion before the tightening portions are tightened by the bolt and nut; and the end surface of the nut and the first tightening portion come into contact with each other when the tightening portions are tightened by the bolt and nut.