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US 6,279,708 B1Granted
One-way clutch containing rolling bearing
AssigneesNsk Ltd., NSK-Warner K.K.
InventorsTakayuki Yatabe, Takashi Ogawa, Naoki Fukuda, Kenji Takei, Hisato Yamamoto, Kouzaburo Igari, Masanori Tateishi
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Abstract
A one-way clutch containing rolling bearing comprises a bearing part 2 and an OWC part 10 sharing an outer race 3 and an inner race 4. The bearing part 2 contains a plurality of balls 9 and the OWC part 10 contains sprags 11a and a ribbon spring 12a. The balls 9 and the sprags 11a are held by a single integral-type cage 13.
Claims15
A one-way clutch containing rolling bearing comprising:
- a common inner race;
- a common outer race;
- a bearing part including a plurality of rolling elements;
- a one-way clutch part including a plurality of wedge elements and a spring element, said bearing part and said one-way clutch part sharing said common inner race and said common outer race;
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- a single cage disposed between said common inner race and said common outer race for holding said rolling elements and said wedge elements;
- wherein said single cage has first openings for holding said rolling elements and second openings for holding said wedge elements, said first openings being offset from said second openings along an axial direction of said one-way clutch containing rolling bearing;
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- wherein said single cage is made of a single unit.
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A one-way clutch containing rolling bearing comprising:
- an inner race;
- an outer race;
- a plurality of rolling elements rotatably disposed between said inner race and said outer race;
- one-way clutch elements disposed between said inner race and said outer race and each changeable in posture between (1) a first position preventing a relative rotation between said inner race and said outer race when said inner race is moved relative to said outer race in a first direction, and (2) a second position allowing the relative rotation when said inner race is moved relative to said outer race in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
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- a common cage disposed between said inner race and said outer race for holding said rolling elements and said one-way clutch elements;
- wherein said common cage has first openings for holding said rolling elements and second openings for holding said one-way clutch elements, said first openings being offset from said second openings along an axial direction of said one-way clutch containing rolling bearing;
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- wherein said common cage is made of a single unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.