One-way clutch
AssigneeKoyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu Shiraishi, Kazuo Iga
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Abstract
A retainer (12) arranged on an inner side of an outer ring (11) is formed with a projection (12d) at an outer periphery thereof by being projected from one end side of the outer ring (11) to an outer side, a recess portion (2b) is formed at a surface of a hole. (2a) of a housing (2) which is a member for fitting the outer ring (11) and by fitting the projection 12d of the retainer (12) to the recess portion (2b), not only the outer ring (11) but also the retainer (12) can be constituted to be unable to rotate relative to the housing (2), the relative rotation between the outer ring (11) and the retainer (12) are substantially made unable to carry out in the state via the housing (2).
Claims7
A one-way clutch comprising:
- an outer ring fitting member including a hole, in which a recess portion is formed at an inner peripheral face of the hole;
- a shaft passed through the hole of the outer ring fitting member;
- an annular outer ring including a plurality of cam faces on an inner peripheral face thereof, which is fitted into the hole of the outer ring fitting member and through which the shaft is passed;
- a plurality of rollers arranged between the shaft and the annular outer ring so as to correspond to the plurality of cam faces, respectively;
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- an annular retainer for retaining the plurality of rollers fitted to the outer ring, the retainer including,
- an axially projected portion projected from the outer ring in an axial direction thereof, and
- a projection projected from the axial projected portion in a radial direction of thereof, which is fitted to the recess portion of the outer ring fitting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.