US Patent Issued to NSK on March 25 for "Reverse-input blocking clutch and manufacturing method thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,015, issued on March 25, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Reverse-input blocking clutch and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Nagao Dohi (Fujisawa, Japan) and Shohei Kaneko (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reverse-input blocking clutch includes a pressed member having a pressed surface; an input member having an input-side engaging portion; an output member having an output-side engaging portion; an engaging element having a pressing surface, an input-side engaged portion, and an output-side engaged portion and arranged between the pressed surface and the output-side engaging portion with respect to a ...