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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Dwayne P Joppeck, Canton, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A segmented roller clutch cage is comprised of loose jointed modules that combine good clutch race conformance with easy assembly, as well as allowing for selective module disassembly axial parting motion. Each of a plurality of separately molded elements is joined to the next with identical male and female fasteners that fit together with a simple straight line push, along the cage axis. A slide and rail combination on one end of each module fits into matching grooves on the other end of each module. The grooves are created by undercut, radially opposed beam pairs, the radially outboard one of which is more flexible. A barb on the slide-rail unit is designed to snap or latch past the flexible beam. The slide and rail fit into the grooves with enough clearance to give freely expanding and contracting joints, so that between race conformance is very good. The joints may even be disassembled with a compound radial bending and axial parting motion.