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A cage segment for use in a clutch having a cam race and a pathway race. The cage segment has at least one engaging means which matingly engages a retaining means on the cam race. The cage segment is secured to the cam race in the radial, axial and circumferential directions.

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A roller clutch having a plurality of rollers located between a cam race and a pathway race, the cam and pathway races being substantially coaxial about a single axis extending in an axial direction and defining an annular space, the cam race defining a plurality of sloped cam ramp surfaces and the

A roller clutch having a plurality of rollers located between a cam race and a pathway race, the cam and pathway races being substantially coaxial about a single axis extending in an axial direction and defining an annular space, the cam race defining a plurality of sloped cam ramp surfaces and the pathway race defining a cylindrical path in opposed relationship to the cam ramp surface, each of the rollers being engaged between the cylindrical path on the pathway race and an adjacent cam ramp surface on the cam race, the rollers moving in a circumferential direction in the annular space between the races during clutch operation, each of the rollers being held in position by a cage segment in the annular space between the races, each cage segment being in a spaced apart relationship to an adjacent cage segment, each cage segment having substantially parallel opposed side walls and substantially parallel opposed end walls, the cage segment defining an interior space wherein the roller is circumferentially moved along the annular space between the races, the cage segment having at least one camming surface for slideably engaging the cam ramp surface, the cage segment having at least one engaging means for securing the cage segment to the cam race within the annular space between the races, wherein the segment is secured to the cam race in radial, axial and circumferential directions.