Patent ID: 7818882
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a method of making a one-way drive device including a pocket plate assembly having a disk-shaped pocket plate and a notch plate assembly having a disk-shaped notch plate, the improvement comprising: (a) forming an axially extending open ended cylindrical shell adapted to contain therein said pocket and notch plate assemblies, said shell having opposite first and second axial ends and opposing inner and outer circumferential surfaces which extend axially between said ends and which together are configured to include a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially extending radially inward and outward projecting shell splines having radially innermost surface edges which together define an innermost annular bearing surface of the shell; (b) forming a first set of tabs adjacent the first axial end of the shell and extending radially inward beyond said innermost annular bearing surface; (c) providing said pocket plate assembly and said notch plate assembly and locating both assemblies within said shell through the second end of the shell such that one of the plate assemblies interlocks with said shell splines and such that the other assembly interlocks with the one assembly so that the two assemblies operate as a one-way drive device; (d) providing a disk-shaped washer and locating said washer within said shell through the second end of the shell such that the other plate assembly is positioned between the one plate assembly and said washer; and (e) thereafter forming a second set of tabs adjacent the second axial end of the shell and extending radially inward beyond said innermost annular bearing surface such that both plate assemblies are maintained in a cooperating axial relationship within said shell between said first and second set of tabs.