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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Marc Le Calve, Cerelles, FR;
SKF France, Clamart, FR;
Abstract
Free wheel device, of the type corn sing an outer ring equipped with an interior slideway, an inner ring or shaft equipped with an exterior slideway, a free wheel placed between the slideway of the outer ring and the slideway of the inner ring and comprising a number of cams placed in windows of a cylindrical part of a single cage and providing a one-way coupling between the outer and inner rings, and at least one bearing placed radially between the outer an inner rings and intended to keep the outer and inner rings concentric. At least a free end of the cylindrical part of the cage is centered radially on a cylindrical guiding bearing surface formed on the bearing adjacent to the free end, the cylindrical bearing surface being arranged so that it is coaxial with the slideways, approximately mid-way between the slideways.