One way clutch

192 clutches and power-stop control – Clutches – Automatic

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74446, F16D 4106

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046606980

ABSTRACT:
A one way clutch includes a tubular outer drive member formed of a thermoplastic resin and integrally formed with a torque transmitting member such as a gear or hand lever, a metal sleeve with a polygonal inside face located in the bore of and rotatable with the outer drive member, an integrally formed thermoplastic resin cage member projecting into the sleeve and having retainer spaces holding rollers engagable with respective sleeve polygonal faces, a coaxial shaft engaging the rollers which are spring biased to release positions in the wedge spaces delineated by the confronting shaft and sleeve surfaces and snap fastening means integrally formed with the cage and outer drive members locking the clutch in assembled condition. In one form the fastening means are snap interlocking annular groove and rib formed on the confronting faces of the cage and drive members and in another form the cage member includes a flange having coupling openings engaged by the barbed ends of resilient arms integrally formed with the outer drive member.

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patent: 2815838 (1957-12-01), Dodge
patent: 3108670 (1963-10-01), Habicht
patent: 3625324 (1971-12-01), Scharf
patent: 3909086 (1975-09-01), Keleshian
patent: 3990555 (1976-11-01), Carullo
patent: 4003457 (1977-01-01), Dahlstrom
patent: 4236619 (1980-12-01), Kuroda

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