US 12,442,423 B2
Cam clutch
Eiichi Nakagawa, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed by TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/599,989.
Application 18/599,989 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/027054, filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-175723 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0209903 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 41/08 (2006.01); F16D 41/07 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/084 (2013.01) [F16D 41/07 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cam clutch comprising:
an inner race and an outer race provided to be rotatable about a same rotation axis relative to each other;
a plurality of cams circumferentially arranged between the inner race and the outer race; and
a biasing means biasing each of the plurality of cams to make contact with the inner race and the outer race,
the cam clutch including an operating mode switch mechanism that switches operating modes of the cam clutch,
the operating mode switch mechanism including cam orientation changers that are movable to force the cams to rotate independently of rotation movement of the inner race and the outer race,
the cam orientation changers each being positioned for each of the cams,
one of the cam orientation changers has different relative position with respect to one of corresponding cams from a relative position of other cam orientation changers with respect to the other cams, so that the one of the cams is rotated at a different timing from the other cams.