Patent ID: 6089363
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
A friction resistance generator comprising:a rotary member rotatable on a prescribed axis of rotation;a passive member facing the rotary member in the axial direction;numerous rollers being located between the rotary member and the passive member, said rollers making rolling motions in contact with the rotary member and the passive member when the rotary member makes rotary movements; anda cage having a plurality of inclined slots for maintaining the rollers at prescribed intervals along a prescribed peripheral line around the axis of rotation of the rotary member while allowing free rolling of the rollers;in which axes of rolling of the rollers are inclined to produce a prescribed angle between a plane including the axis of rotation of the rotary member;the rollers being alternately inclined in opposite directions, numerous balls being disposed between the rollers and maintained by the cage in a freely rolling manner,one or more circumferential grooves with which the balls are engaged in a freely rolling manner being provided on a side of the rotary member and a side of the passive member.