Roller freewheel unit for a vehicle
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorAlexander Reimchen
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Abstract
A roller freewheel unit for a vehicle includes an outer sleeve element, an inner ring element and a cage element for accommodating spring/roller elements. The inner ring element has at least one radially protruding sliding shoe element, which can be inserted into a corresponding receptacle of the cage element in the axial direction in order to interconnect the inner ring element and the cage element. The inner ring element may have multiple sliding shoe elements arranged on the circumference of the inner ring element, and the cage element may have correspondingly arranged receptacles. The outer sleeve element may be slid onto outer surfaces of the sliding shoe elements in such a manner that the outer sleeve element is centered and supported by the sliding shoe elements.
Claims16
A roller freewheel unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- an outer sleeve element;
- an inner ring element;
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- a cage element for accommodating spring/roller elements, wherein:
- the inner ring element comprises multiple radially protruding sliding shoe elements, arranged on a circumference of the inner ring element, which can be inserted into a correspondingly arranged receptacles of the cage element in an axial direction in order to interconnect the inner ring element and the cage element;
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- the outer sleeve element is slid onto outer surfaces of the sliding shoe elements in such a manner that the outer sleeve element is centered and supported by the multiple radially protruding sliding shoe elements.
A roller freewheel unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- an outer sleeve element;
- a cage element for accommodating spring/roller elements, the cage element comprising a receptacle and a snap-on lug;
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- an inner ring element comprising a radially protruding sliding-shoe element axially inserted into the receptacle to interconnect the inner ring element and the cage element, the sliding-shoe element comprising a contact surface latched in the snap-on lug to axially secure the cage element to the inner ring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.