US 12,366,269 B2
Cam clutch
Yoshihito Shimanaka, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed by TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/983,929.
Application 18/983,929 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2023/014585, filed on Apr. 10, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-116424 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0116303 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. F16D 41/08 (2006.01); F16D 41/07 (2006.01); F16D 127/06 (2012.01)
CPC F16D 41/084 (2013.01) [F16D 41/07 (2013.01); F16D 2127/06 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam clutch comprising:
an outer race and an inner race that are coaxially provided to be capable of relative rotation with respect to each other; and
a plurality of cams arranged in a circumferential direction between the outer race and the inner race,
the plurality of cams including a first cam and a second cam that are engaged with the outer race and the inner race in mutually different directions,
the cam clutch further comprising:
an operation mode switching mechanism that acts on at least one of the first cam and the second cam to switch an operation mode,
the outer race or the inner race including an outer race main body or an inner race main body, and a first contact surface member and a second contact surface member that have cam contact surfaces respectively which come into contact with the first cam and the second cam,
the first contact surface member and the second contact surface member being provided at different positions in a rotation axis direction and configured to be independently movable in the circumferential direction relative to the outer race main body or the inner race main body,
the outer race main body or the inner race main body having a first movement restricting portion and a second movement restricting portion that restrict the movement of the first contact surface member and the second contact surface member in respective locking directions.