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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Hirobumi Shirataki, Fukuroi, JP;
Masanori Tateishi, Fukuroi, JP;
Inventors:
Hirobumi Shirataki, Fukuroi, JP;
Masanori Tateishi, Fukuroi, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A one-way clutch, for example, of a sprag or cam design is provided with a cage arranged between an outer ring and an inner ring. The cage has a flange portion extending outwardly in a radial direction. A slit is arranged at a location on a circle of the cage such that the cage is cut off to discontinue in a circumferential direction thereof. The flange portion has an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of the outer ring. Preferably, the slit can be an opening formed upon the cut-off by working residual stresses occurred when the cage was pressed into an annular form.