A one-way clutch with taper rollers

Abstract

A one-way clutch 200 includes an outer body 202 with an inner periphery and a conical inner surface 204, a shaft 206 with a cylindrical outer surface 208, a plurality of taper rollers 210 disposed in a plurality of pockets 214 open towards the shaft 206, and a plurality of springs 216 configured to bias the plurality of taper rollers 210 in an axial direction towards a lower diameter side of the respective taper rollers 210. Further, a counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft 206, when viewed from bigger end side of the rollers 210, is blocked on account of tendency of the rollers 210 to move axially towards a narrower side of the conical inner surface 204 of the an outer body 202 due to rotation of the taper rollers 210 on the cylindrical outer surface of the shaft 206 and the biasing force from the springs 216.

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