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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Yoshihisa Miura, Nara, JP;
Tetsuaki Numata, Nara, JP;
Marc Le Calve, Cerelles, FR;
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
SKF France, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Abstract
A one-way clutch includes a retainer (), a spring () guided by the retainer, and sprags () which are pivotally provided in respective pockets of the retainer and respective pockets of the spring. A rounded section () is formed on an outer diameter side of each of tongue-like flaps () of the spring. Guide sections () are formed at respective corners on one side of each pocket with respect to a circumferential direction thereof. The width (D) of a space between the guide sections is set so as to become greater than the width (T) of each of the tongue-like flaps formed in the spring, and the rounded section () is housed in the space between the guide sections.