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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Tomoharu Ando, Fukuroi, JP;
Tomoharu Ando, Fukuroi, JP;
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A one-way clutch of roller type including an outer race having a plurality of pockets provided at their inner peripheries with cam surfaces, an inner race coaxially arranged with the outer race, rollers disposed in the pockets and adapted to transmit torque between the outer race and the inner race when engaged by the cam surfaces, a cage having a cylindrical portion with windows for holding the rollers and a flange portion extending outwardly from the cylindrical portion in a radially outward direction and rotatable relative to the outer race, each window having a circumferential window width smaller than a diameter of a corresponding roller, and springs disposed in the pockets and adapted to bias the rollers toward engagement with the cam surfaces, an inclined surface portion inclined in the axial direction being provided on at least a circumferential part of the inner peripheral surface of the outer race.