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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Muramatsu, Fukuroi, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/124 ; F16D 4/1069 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/124 ; F16D 4/1069 ;
Abstract
A stator using a ratchet one-way clutch including an inner race having concave portions on the outer periphery thereof, a claw member to be fitted into one of the concave portions on the outer periphery of the inner race, a spring biasing the claw member toward the outer periphery of the inner race, and an outer race having on the inner periphery thereof a pocket receiving therein the claw member and the spring and arranged so as to be concentric with and rotatable relative to the inner race, wherein at least one of the inner race and the outer race has a bearing function.