Patent ID: 6401893
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A one-way clutch assembly, comprising:an outer race having a substantially annular inner peripheral raceway surface, an inner race radially spaced apart from said outer race and disposed concentrically therewith for rotation relative thereto, and having a substantially annular outer peripheral raceway surface, a plurality of torque transmitting members disposed between said outer race and said inner race and engaged with said inner peripheral raceway surface and said outer peripheral raceway surface for transmitting torque between said inner and outer races, and a lubricant reservoir extending from a diameter of the outer peripheral raceway surface of said inner race to an inner diameter side thereof, wherein said lubricant reservoir has a volume capable of being filled with an amount of lubricant which is more than filling a lubricant enclosing volume positioned from the diameter of the outer peripheral raceway surface of said inner race to the outer diameter side thereof, together with a total amount of initially enclosed lubricant.