US Patent Issued to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN on July 29 for "Cam clutch unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,123, issued on July 29, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cam clutch unit" was invented by Masayuki Okabe (Osaka, Japan), Akihiro Fukuda (Osaka, Japan) and Riku Kato (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cam clutch unit for which the rotational resistance of rollers can be reduced, the rollers can be arranged at optimum locations, and the weight can be reduced.The cam clutch unit includes: a plurality of cams and a plurality of rollers aligned in a circumferential direction between an inner ring and an outer ring; a cage ring that includes a plurality of pocket portions that restrict relative...