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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Mikasa, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasumasa Hibi, Iwata, JP;
Kyohei Sasanuma, Iwata, JP;
Kengo Watanabe, Iwata, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A clutch unit includes an operation lever, an operation member, an input-side clutch, an output-side clutch, and a bottomed cylindrical housing. The input-side clutch includes an input-side inner ring member and an operation bracket. The operation bracket includes an engagement portion that engages with the input-side inner ring member, a facing portion that faces the bottom surface of the housing with a gap therebetween, a fastened portion that penetrates a through hole formed in the bottom surface of the housing and is fastened to the operation member, and a sliding-contact portion that extends from the facing portion toward the bottom surface of the housing and comes into sliding-contact with the bottom surface of the housing.