Clamping roller overrunning clutch
AssigneeIna Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
InventorJohann Stark
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Abstract
The invention concerns an overrunning clutch for receiving a shaft (10), said overrunning clutch comprising an outer ring having clamping surfaces, a cage (5) equipped with clamping rollers (6) and spring elements (8) for suspending the clamping rollers (6) being arranged in the outer ring. The clamping rollers (6) comprise a frustoconical bevel (9) on at least one end face, so that when the shaft (10) is not inserted, the enveloping circle diameter DHK of the conic frustum at its outer end is equal to or larger than the diameter DW of the shaft (10). This enables an automatic assembly of the entire overrunning clutch because the shaft (10) can be inserted without any problem into the cage (5).
Claims6
An overrunning clutch for receiving a shaft, said overrunning clutch comprising an outer ring having clamping surfaces, a cage equipped with clamping rollers and spring elements for suspending the clamping rollers being arranged in the outer ring, wherein the clamping rollers comprise a bevel on at least one end face, so that in absence of an installed shaft, an enveloping circle diameter DHK at an outer end of a frustum of the bevel is equal to or larger than a diameter DW of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.