Patent ID: 6983906

Claim:
A master gear for a spinning reel for transmitting rotation of a screw-in type handle to a rotor via a pinion gear, the master gear being rotatively supported on a reel unit of the spinning reel, the master gear comprising: a shaft portion made of a first lightweight metal that is rotatively supported by the reel unit at a rotational support portion, said shaft portion having female threaded portions on its ends such that the handle is adapted to be screwed to one of the female threaded portions; a gear portion that is arranged on an outer periphery of the shaft portion, the gear portion being adapted to mesh with the pinion gear; and an annular member that is made of a second metal that is harder than the first lightweight metal from which the shaft portion is made, the annular member being mounted on the outer periphery of the shaft portion such that at least part of the annular member is disposed between the rotational support portion and an end of the shaft portion.