ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,395, issued on June 3, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cam clutch unit" was invented by Akira Morita (Osaka, Japan) and Hirokazu Tsuneda (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a cam clutch unit that can improve efficiency of torque transmission by improving ease of assembly and processability, while preventing a cam from falling out of a cage ring and preventing damage to a biasing member during assembly. The object is achieved by a cam by being configured to have a head portion and a leg portion that are configured to have respective maximum cross-sectional...