Patent ID: 7406768

Claim:
A method of producing a one-way clutch integrated with a rolling bearing, comprising: arranging rolling elements and sprags in an annular space between an inner race and an outer race; forming a one-way clutch raceway surface in each of the inner race and the outer race axially adjacent to a rolling bearing raceway surface; processing said inner race and said outer race so that a radial dimension difference between said rolling bearing raceway surface and said one-way clutch raceway surface is within a predetermined tolerance with respect to dimensions that are set respectively for said raceway surfaces; matching and incorporating said inner race and said outer race so as to obtain an initial radial gap between the rolling elements and the rolling bearing raceway surface at which, in a state where said inner race and said outer race are fitted to respective counterparts including respectively a shaft and a housing, a desired modified radial gap between the between the rolling elements and the rolling bearing raceway surface of said rolling bearing after the matching and incorporating has a preset value; and subjecting the inner race and the outer race to an assembling process which includes: measuring the rolling bearing raceway surfaces of the inner race and the outer race in order to obtain the desired modified radial gap after deformation due to respective dimensions of said counterparts to which the inner race and the outer race are to be fitted; and selecting a combination of dimensions of the inner race and the outer race that results in the initial radial gap in which the deformation is considered.