US Patent Issued to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN on March 18 for "Cam clutch unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,119, issued on March 18, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cam clutch unit" was invented by Akira Morita (Osaka, Japan), Tadashi Murakami (Osaka, Japan) and Hirokazu Tsuneda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam clutch unit which can receive an axial load in a small space without increasing rigidity of a cage ring or disposing another member is provided.The cam clutch unit includes a plurality of cams 130 and a plurality of rollers 140 disposed so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction between an inner ring and an outer ring, a cage ring 150 having a plurality of pocket portions 151, 152 wh...