US Patent Issued to NSK on May 19 for "Reverse-input blocking clutch" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,223, issued on May 19, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Reverse-input blocking clutch" was invented by Nagao Dohi (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reverse-input blocking clutch includes a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, a pair of engaging elements, a first bearing mechanism provided between the input shaft and the housing, and a second bearing mechanism provided between the output shaft and the housing. At least one of the input shaft, the output shaft, and the housing has a raceway surface which contacts at least one rolling element of the first bearing mechanism and the second bearing mechanism."

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