Roller type freewheel clutch

Claim 1

A grip roller overrunning clutch, comprising an outer ring having a cylindrical gripping surface located on the inside thereof, an inner star having counter-gripping surfaces extending wedge-like toward said cylindrical gripping surface, and a cage having grip rollers disposed between said gripping surface of said outer ring and each countergripping surface of said inner star, each of said grip rollers being individually suspended in its coupling direction by a compression spring, said cage including a pair of side plates mounted on said star having an inner profile corresponding with the profile of said inner star disposed for centering said cage with respect to said star, and arranged for engagement with said countergripping surfaces for securing said cage against circumferential displacement with respect to said star, said side plates securing said cage against axial displacement with respect to said star, said cage including a parti-annular cavity portion adjacent each of said countergripping surfaces for receiving a pleated leaf spring, said cage further including a roller receiving pocket circumferentially adjacent each of said parti-annular cavity portions, said pocket including a shoulder disposed radially outwardly and remote from said spring, said shoulder extending from a wall of said pocket toward said roller.