One-way clutch

Details One-way clutch One-way clutch

1998-11-04

2000-10-03

Bonck, Rodney H.

192 clutches and power-stop control

Clutches

Automatic

192 451, F16D 1106, F16D 1500

Patent

active

061259780

ABSTRACT:
A one-way clutch comprises plural sprags to be arranged between an outer ring and an inner ring, a retainer holding the sprags in place, and a spring guided by the retainer to urge the sprags in wedging directions. The retainer comprises a cylindrical part provided with sprag windows, which serve to retain the sprags, and a flange extending from one of opposite ends of the cylindrical part in radial directions of the cylindrical part and provided with plural slits, and is formed of a resiliently-deformable material. The flange comprises large-diameter portions and small-diameter portions separated from each other by the slits. The large-diameter portions of the flange can be press-fitted in a flange-receiving slot formed in an inner peripheral wall of the outer ring by causing the large-diameter portions to flex owing to the resiliency of the retainer, whereby the large-diameter portions can be maintained in engagement with the flange-receiving slot.

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patent: 5758755 (1998-06-01), Igari
patent: 5842548 (1998-12-01), Sato et al.
patent: 5894915 (1999-04-01), Igari et al.
patent: 5979626 (1999-11-01), Igari et al.

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