US 12,253,123 B1
Cam clutch
Yuto Hanawa, Osaka (JP); and Masahiro Kobayashi, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed by TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/817,951.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-151343 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2023.
Int. Cl. F16D 41/07 (2006.01); F16D 41/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/07 (2013.01) [F16D 2041/0605 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam clutch comprising:
an inner race and an outer race coaxially disposed and rotatable relative to each other;
a plurality of cams arranged between the inner race and the outer race;
a cage ring holding the cams in a circumferential direction; and
a biasing means biasing the cams to make contact with the inner race and the outer race,
the biasing means being a ribbon spring including a base part shaped into a ring and having cam-receiving portions and cam-biasing portions that bias the cams fitted in the cam-receiving portions,
the biasing means having an end structure configured to allow both ends of the base part to push each other in a circumferential direction, and
the end structure including a contact portion that extends in a radial direction and makes surface-contact with any of the inner race, the outer race, and the cage ring.