Patent ID: 6902127

Claim:
A spinning-reel reel unit adapted to be mounted onto a fishing rod, for use in a spinning reel in which rotation of a handle is transmitted to a rotor and a line-winding spool through a master gear to wind fishing line around the spool, the master gear being non-rotatably coupled to a master gear shaft, the spinning-reel reel unit comprising: a housing unit having a mechanism accommodating space formed therein for accommodating and supporting therein the master gear; a first lid being fixedly coupled to a side of the housing unit detachably/reattachably, the first lid including a first cover portion for at least partially covering the mechanism accommodating space of the housing unit in which the master gear is disposed, and a first cut-out portion for partially exposing the housing unit in a direction parallel to the master gear shaft; a second lid fixedly coupled to another side of the housing unit detachably and reattachably; a rod-attachment portion formed integrally with one of the housing unit and the first lid and being adapted to be mounted to the fishing rod; and a cover member for covering at least the first cut-out portion of the first lid when the first lid is coupled to the housing unit.