Patent ID: 7100756

Claim:
A one-way clutch comprising: a first race having a plurality of pockets, each pocket including an interior cylindrical surface on a wall of the pocket, said surface having a pivot center that is located at a first center of said cylindrical surface; a second race including a plurality of notches; a plurality of rockers, each rocker being supported on a respective pocket for pivoting movement about the pivot center relative to the second race, each rocker including first and second exterior partial cylindrical surfaces having a second center, said first surface being spaced a first radial distance from the second center, said second surface being spaced a second radial distance from the second center, the first and second distances being mutually unequal, an axis through the pivot center passing through the first center and the second center when the rocker pivots toward engagement with the second race; and a multiple springs, each spring urging a respective rocker toward engagement with a notch.