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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Eiichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihito Shimanaka, Osaka, JP;
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a cam clutch that allows use of the outer race as a rotating member without requiring a complex structure, and that allows a size reduction in the axial direction. The cam clutch includes an operating mode switch mechanism () for switching between two or more of a free state that allows relative rotation in both directions, a one-way clutch mode that allows relative rotation in one of forward and reverse directions, and a locked state that prohibits relative rotation in both directions. The operating mode switch mechanism () includes a cam orientation changing part () axially movable independently of rotation of the inner race () and the outer race (). A plurality of cams () include an engaging portion () protruding from a side face toward the cam orientation changing part ().