US 12,253,120 B2
Cam and one-way cam clutch
Yuto Hanawa, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed by TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,338.
Application 18/403,338 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/017674, filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-111619 (JP), filed on Jul. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133433 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0229872 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 41/07 (2006.01); F16D 41/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/07 (2013.01) [F16D 2041/0603 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam disposed in an annular space between an inner race and an outer race and configured to make contact with the inner race and the outer race by a rotational moment applied in an engaged direction by an annular spring,
the cam comprising a plurality of cam plates having an identical outer contour and arranged in parallel along a direction of a pivot axis of the cam, and a connecting pin extending along the direction of the pivot axis and coupling together the plurality of cam plates,
the annular spring being configured to be mountable between adjacent the cam plates and/or on an outer side of the plurality of cam plates in the direction of the pivot axis,
the cam further comprising a biasing means support plate integrally fixed to an adjacent cam plate by the connecting pin,
the biasing means support plate being configured to make contact with the annular spring and to receive a biasing force from the annular spring.