Uni-directional clutch bearing with on/off switching function
AssigneeShin A Sports Co., Ltd.
InventorSoo Jin Jung
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Abstract
A clutch bearing for preventing reverse rotation of a bushing received within the bearing includes a housing having a plurality of recesses, each recess having a shallow portion and a deep portion, an insert member disposed within the housing and having a plurality of retaining bars, a plurality of rollers each being received between two adjacent retaining bars, a clutch coupled to the insert member and operable to either dispose the rollers near the respective deep portions of the recesses for rotation in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions or dispose the rollers near the respective shallow portions of the recesses for preventing rotation in one direction.
Claims2
A clutch bearing for preventing reverse rotation of a bushing received within the bearing, comprising:
- a housing having an open side and a plurality of recesses formed on an inner circumference of the housing;
- an insert member made of synthetic resin and positioned within the housing for retaining therein a plurality of rollers, the insert member having a circular base, a plurality of retaining bars protruded from the circular base, and a plurality of plate springs each disposed adjacent to each of the retaining bars to urge each of the rollers toward the adjacent retaining bar;
- a clutch lever having a plurality of circular slots for receiving bosses formed on upper ends of the retaining bars, respectively, and a table for selecting a rotation direction of the bushing;
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- a cap for covering the open side of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.