Overrunning clutch assembly

US5518093A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• INA-WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER KG · DE

Inventors

• Gunter Hartig
• Ernst Neuwirth · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 1995
• Grant date: May 21, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2361/43
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An overrunning clutch assembly inserted between a rotary driving element and a rotary driven element and comprising a locking element overrunning clutch and a radial rolling bearing arranged adjacent to each other with a gap therebetween, an axial securing arrangement provided for the two components of the overrunning clutch assembly comprising rims extending laterally from respective cages of the overrunning clutch assembly and the radial rolling bearing, characterized in that the axial securing (3, 3a to 3f) of the locking element overrunning clutch (2,20) and the radial rolling bearing (15,25) is effected in the gap (14, 14a to 14f).