Patent ID: 8157069

Claim:
An overrunning clutch having an annular space formed between an inner raceway and an outer raceway, a cage positioned in the annular space, the cage having cutouts for housing clamping bodies and transverse webs arranged axially and delimiting adjacent cutouts, a spring carrier attached to each one of the transverse webs of the cage, the improvement wherein each spring carrier comprises: a transverse web that extends axially on a circumferential surface of the one of the transverse webs of the cage on which the spring carrier is attached; a spring element extending tangentially from the transverse web of the spring carrier and into one of the cutouts delimited by the one of the transverse webs of the cage on which the spring carrier is attached, the spring element having two spring limbs positioned in the cutout and extending axially in the cutout, the spring limbs angled approximately 10° to 25° outward to exert a force both radially and tangentially on the clamping bodies; retaining arms extending tangentially from the transverse web of the spring carrier and into the other of the cutouts delimited by the one of the transverse webs of the cage on which the spring carrier is attached; and a retaining lug extending tangentially from the transverse web of the spring carrier and extending circumferentially over the other of the cutouts delimited by the one of transverse webs of the cage on which the spring carrier is attached, such that the clamping bodies are held in the cutouts during assembly.