Patent ID: 6612107
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: F16D,F16H

Abstract:
A one-way clutch comprising locking elements each accommodated in each of pockets defined in an inner peripheral surface of an outer race, each of said locking elements being urged by a spring toward an outer peripheral surface of an inner race, thereby inhibiting the relative rotation of said inner race and said outer race relative to each other in one direction, and permitting the relative rotation of said inner race and said outer race relative to each other in the other direction,wherein each of said locking elements is formed with a partially columnar support projection and an engage portion comprising a convex curved surface, said support projection being swingably supported in and substantially in face contact with a partially columnar support recess defined in the corresponding pocket, said engage portion being in line contact with an outer peripheral surface of said inner race comprising a columnar surface.