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OwnerLowell Stevensinventor
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Bearing and shaft assemblies include a shaft with at least one depressed region. A first one-way bearing can be positioned on the shaft in a manner such that the first one-way bearing facilitates clockwise rotation and resists counterclockwise rotation. A second one-way bearing can be positioned on the shaft in a manner such that the second one-way bearing facilitates rotation in the second direction and resists rotation in the first direction. The first one-way bearing and the second one-way bearing can be displaced axially along the shaft so the first one-way bearing, the second one-way bearing, or both one-way bearings is/are positioned around the one or more depressed regions of the shaft to facilitate rotation in one direction, both directions or neither direction, as described herein. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
A shaft and bearing assembly, comprising:
A method of operating a shaft and bearing assembly, where a shaft includes one or more circumferential depressed regions, and where a first one-way bearing and a second one-way bearing are positioned axially displaced from each other on the shaft in a manner to resist respectively opposite one-way rotation when at least a portion of each respective one-way bearing is not positioned around the one or more depressed regions, the method comprising:
A method of making a shaft and bearing assembly, the method comprising:
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