US 12,127,541 B2
Reel body for a spinning reel
Takashi Kawabata, Osaka (JP); Hirotaka Nagashima, Osaka (JP); and Muhd Syukri Nazry Bin Mustapha, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,560.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-188765 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157269 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/015 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/01925 (2015.05) [B29C 45/14 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7002 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel body for a spinning reel, comprising:
a foot portion configured to attach to a fishing rod;
a housing having an accommodating portion for accommodating a mechanism, the accommodating portion including a retaining part;
a leg portion extending from the housing toward the foot portion; and
an insert element disposed in the housing and the leg portion,
the foot portion, the housing, and the leg portion integrally formed by injection molding, and
the insert element including a first portion, the first portion including a retained part that is positioned within an interior of the retaining part of the accommodating portion such that a single surface thereof is exposed relative to the retaining part, and a second portion that is integrally formed with the first portion and at least a part of which is disposed in a proximal end part of the leg portion, and the second portion including at least one recess formed on the outer surface thereof and having a concaved shape, a hole is disposed in the surface of the first portion and is configured to enable the first portion to be held by a positioning member when the injection molding is performed.