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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Hiroki Segawa, Fukuroi, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Segawa, 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
An outer retainer for a one-way clutch has a cylindrical portion and a flange portion extending radially outward from an axial end of the cylindrical portion. The flange portion has three or more arc-shaped major parts disposed circumferentially and arc-shaped minor parts, each adjacent two of the major parts being connected to one another through a minor part, the major and minor parts projecting radially outward to different extents, and the arc-shape of the major and minor parts constituting continuously the shape of the outer periphery of the flange portion.