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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 451 ; 60345 ; 188 828 ;
Abstract
A one-way clutch includes an outer ring 8, an inner ring 9 and a plurality of clutch members 10 interposed between the outer and inner rings 8 and 9. The present invention provides a one-way clutch mounting structure by having the outer ring of one-way clutch mounted in a housing, which may be a part of stator 5 of a torque converter 2. In accordance with the present invention, the housing has an annular section and a side section which together define a pocket in which the outer ring 8 is mounted. The outer ring 8 has an outer peripheral surface formed with a spiral groove 8c and the annular section of the housing partly extends into the spiral groove 8c when casted.