Patent ID: 7766140

Claim:
A freewheel bearing device comprising: an outer element; an inner element placed in the outer element; a rolling bearing; and a freewheel provided with at least one jamming element, the rolling bearing and the freewheel being mounted adjacent between the inner element and the outer element to leave free a rotation movement in one direction and to transmit a torque in the other direction between the outer element and the inner element; wherein the at least one jamming element is mounted between, and in contact with, one of the outer and inner elements, and a first cylindrical surface of a race of the freewheel, and wherein the jamming elements of the freewheel are cams, rollers or pawls; and a torque limiter member capable of limiting the torque transmitted by the freewheel, the torque limiter member being placed radially on a second cylindrical surface of the race of the freewheel, between the race and the other one of the outer and inner elements with which the at least one jamming element is not in contact.