US 12,253,119 B2
Cam clutch unit
Akira Morita, Osaka (JP); Tadashi Murakami, Osaka (JP); and Hirokazu Tsuneda, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed by TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,717.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-201314 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200619 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 41/07 (2006.01); F16D 41/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/07 (2013.01) [F16D 2041/0603 (2013.01); F16D 2041/0605 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam clutch unit comprising a plurality of cams and a plurality of rollers disposed between an inner ring and an outer ring coaxially provided capable of relative rotation, a cage ring having a plurality of pocket portions which regulate relative movement in a circumferential direction of the cams and the rollers, and an annular spring which urges the cams, wherein
each of the rollers has a part protruding in an axial direction more than the cage ring when being held by the cage ring,
wherein
each of the rollers has a circumferential-shape groove portion; and
each of the pocket portions for the rollers of the cage ring has a holding beam portion which extends in the circumferential direction and is capable of advancing into a respective groove portion.