Turbocompound unit
US10473024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbocompound unit for converting energy of an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine to torque increase of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine includes a turbine arrangement and an arrangement configured to operatively connecting the turbine arrangement to the crankshaft is a hydrodynamic coupling and freewheeling arrangement. The turbocompound unit further includes a brake arrangement, wherein the brake arrangement and the freewheeling arrangement are located on an opposite side of the hydrodynamic coupling in relation to the turbine arrangement.
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