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US3194368A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Unitary assembly of overrunning clutch and bearing

Assignee: Timken US LLC
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Filing: 1963-05-06
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Granted: 1965-07-13
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Expires: 1983-05-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Carl F Benson
  • 👤 John H Cowles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 01:55
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D41/00; F16D41/06; F16D41/064; F16D41/066; F16D41/067; F16C; F16C19/00; F16C19/22; F16C19/24; F16C19/28; F16C33/00; F16C33/30; F16C33/58; F16C33/581; F16C33/588

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 178 words
AN OVERRUNNING ROLLER CLUTCH PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING ON A ONE-PIECE SINGLE DIAMETER INNER RACE, SAID ROLLER CLUTCH COMPRISING A HOMOGENEOUS THIN METAL OUTER SHELL HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE CONFIGURATION AND RADIALLY INWARDLY DIRECTED END FLANGES AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID SHELL HAVING AN INNER SURFACE DEFINING A FIRST OUTER RACEWAY ADJACENT ONE END FLANGE AND A SECOND OUTER RACEWAY AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST OUTER RACEWAY AND BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID END FLANGES, EACH OF SAID OUTER RACEWAYS BEING OF A CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION AND SAID SECOND RACEWAY BEING OF A GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID FIRST RACEWAY, SAID SHELL INNER SURFACE ALSO INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING CLUTCH CAMS, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING AN OVER-ALL INNER DIAMETER WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID FIRST RACEWAY AND LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID SECOND RACEWAY, A RETAINER WITHIN SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND EACH OUTER RACEWAY, AND A SERIES OF ROLLING BEARING ELEMENTS IN EACH RETAINER, ALL OF SAID ROLLING BEARING ELEMENTS HAVING A RADIALLY INNERMOST SURFACE DISPOSED IN A SINGLE CYLINDRICAL PATTERN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 178 words
AN OVERRUNNING ROLLER CLUTCH PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING ON A ONE-PIECE SINGLE DIAMETER INNER RACE, SAID ROLLER CLUTCH COMPRISING A HOMOGENEOUS THIN METAL OUTER SHELL HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE CONFIGURATION AND RADIALLY INWARDLY DIRECTED END FLANGES AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID SHELL HAVING AN INNER SURFACE DEFINING A FIRST OUTER RACEWAY ADJACENT ONE END FLANGE AND A SECOND OUTER RACEWAY AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST OUTER RACEWAY AND BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID END FLANGES, EACH OF SAID OUTER RACEWAYS BEING OF A CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION AND SAID SECOND RACEWAY BEING OF A GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID FIRST RACEWAY, SAID SHELL INNER SURFACE ALSO INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING CLUTCH CAMS, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING AN OVER-ALL INNER DIAMETER WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID FIRST RACEWAY AND LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID SECOND RACEWAY, A RETAINER WITHIN SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND EACH OUTER RACEWAY, AND A SERIES OF ROLLING BEARING ELEMENTS IN EACH RETAINER, ALL OF SAID ROLLING BEARING ELEMENTS HAVING A RADIALLY INNERMOST SURFACE DISPOSED IN A SINGLE CYLINDRICAL PATTERN.

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