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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2016
Nsk-warner K.k., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiyoshi Suzuki, Omaezaki, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Kikugawa, JP;
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A one-way clutch is disclosed, which improves durability while reducing a drag torque and restraining burning of a block bearing. The one-way clutch includes: a torque transfer mechanism disposed between an outer raceand an inner raceso disposed in the outer raceas to be spaced inwardly in a diametrical direction, and hindering the outer raceand the inner racefrom making a relative rotation in a predetermined direction; and block bearingsdisposed between the outer raceand the inner racetogether with the torque transfer mechanism, and keeping the outer raceand the inner racein a concentric state, in which each block bearing has a slide surfacecontiguous with an axis-directional surface of the outer raceor the inner race, and at least part of the slide surfaceis a roughened surface.