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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1987
Kyoichi Okamoto, Himeji, JP;
Shigeru Shiroyama, Himeji, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an over-running clutch including a cylindrical clutch outer, a clutch inner located inside an inner periphery of the clutch outer and defining a wedge-shaped space between the same and the inner periphery of the clutch outer, an engagement member mounted in the wedge-shaped space, an elastic member of urging the engagement member in a convergent direction of the wedge-shaped space, a washer for closing the wedge-shaped space, and a cover fitted on an outer periphery of the clutch outer for fixing the washer; a method of mounting the cover comprising the steps of bending a front end portion of the cover inwardly at an acute angle, insertingly engaging the cover with the outer periphery of the clutch outer, bending back the front end portion at right angles and bending the rear end portion of the cover to fix the cover to the clutch outer.