ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,269, issued on July 22, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cam clutch" was invented by Yoshihito Shimanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cam clutch that prevents occurrence of cam jamming. The cam clutch includes a first contact surface member (130) and a second contact surface member (140) that have cam contact surfaces respectively which come into contact with a first cam (170a) and a second cam (170b) that are engaged with an outer race (110) and an inner race (160) in mutually different directions. The first contact surface member (130) and the second contact surface member (140) a...