Patent ID: 9074644
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60N,F16D

Abstract:
1. A clutch unit comprising: a lever-side clutch portion provided on an input side, for controlling transmission and interruption of rotational torque to an output side through lever operation; and a brake-side clutch portion provided on the output side, for transmitting torque input from the lever-side clutch portion to the output side and for interrupting torque reversely input from the output side, wherein: the brake-side clutch portion comprises: a first engagement element and a second engagement element of each pair of engagement elements accommodated in one of the pockets have a same outer diameter; at least three pairs of the plurality of pairs of engagement elements have a first outer diameter dimension and a remainder of pairs of the plurality of pairs of engagement elements have a second outer diameter dimension, the first outer diameter dimension being larger than the second outer diameter dimension; and the pairs of engagement elements having the first outer diameter dimension and the pairs of engagement elements having the second outer diameter dimension are arranged alternately in a peripheral direction.